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HON. MORRILL NEWMAN DREW—The 
death of Hon. Morrill N. Drew, attorney, business 
man, financier and man of affairs, at his home in 
the city of Portland, Maine, September 25, 1917, 
deprived this city of one of its leading figures, 
both in the business world and that of politics. 
Mr. Drew, who was a son of Jesse and Clarissa 
(Wellington) Drew, came of good old Maine 
stock. His father, a native of Turner, Maine, in 
1858 decided to settle in Aroostook county at 
Fort Fairfield, where he became active and promi- 
nent in the life of the community. Here, on May 
17, 1862, his son, Morrill Newman, was born, and 
here Morrill’s childhood and early youth were 
‘passed. He attended, as a lad, the schools of his 
native town. After some time spent at the high 
school there, his father sent him to the Little Blue 
School at Farmington. Later he attended the 
Nichols Latin School at Lewiston, from which he 
graduated in the year 1879. He then pursued the 
regular classical course at Bates College, from which 
he was graduated in the class of 1883 with the degree 
of Bachelor of Arts. Meanwhile he had determined 
to make the law his career in life. It was with 
this end in view that he entered the law depart- 
ment of Boston University. Here, after estab- 
lishing for himself an enviable record as an in- 
dustrious and intelligent student, he was gradu- 
ated with the class of 1885, and received his 
legal degree. He now continued his studies in 
the law offices of Governor Powers at Houlton, 
Maine. The following year he took and passed his 
bar examinations, being admitted to practice in 
the Maine courts, and at once began his profes- 
sional career in Fort Fairfield. How quickly he 
rose into the confidence of his colleagues and the 
community at large, may be seen from the fact 
that in 1886, only one year after he had com- 
menced his practice, the people elected him to the 
responsible position of county attorney. They 
re-elected him the following year. It was this of- 
fice which first introduced him to public life, and 
from that time on until his death, he was a very 
conspicuous figure in the political affairs of 
county and State. In the years 1890 and 1892 he 
was elected to the Maine House of Representa- 
tives from Fort Fairfield. In the year 1893 he 
changed his residence from that place to the city 


of Portland. It was natural that such an ambi- 
tious man as Mr. Drew should come to that point 
in the State, where the greatest opportunities, 
not only for the practice of his profession, but 
also for active participation in public affairs, 
awaited him. He at once established a law of- 
fice in the city and was soon well known as a 
leader of his profession. 

Mr. Drew was one of those men whose mind 
seems equally capable of leadership in whatever 
department of activity they take up, and this is 
nowhere more obvious than in the fact that while 
actively engaged in professional practice and in 
serving the community in his several public of- 
ces, he was also making himself a conspicuous 
figure in the banking circle of the State. As early 
as 1888 he conceived the idea of organizing a 
national bank in Fort Fairfield. This ambition was 
soon realized and he was elected its first presi- 
dent. When he left his native town, his banking 
ability was well established for this bank had 
prospered greatly under his careful direction. 
This reputation he increased upon coming to 
Portland, for in 1905 he organized the United 
States Trust Company. This important institu- 
tion had an immediate success and has steadily 
grown in size and prosperity up to the present 
time. A year before Mr. Drew’s death, it was re- 
moved to larger and more commodious quarters 
at the corner of Middle and Exchange streets, 
Portland. As vice-president and treasurer of this 
company, Mr. Drew maintained the keenest in- 
terest in its welfare from the time of its found- 
ing until his death. 

In the year 1902 the people of Portland chose 
him to represent them in the State Legislature, 
where he had already served two terms from Fort 
Fairfield, and again in 1904. In 1905, when the 
house organized, he was chosen its speaker, where 
he served with great distinction in this difficult 
position. He had a complete and thorough knowl- 
edge of parliamentary order. His keen sense of 
justice and non-partisanship made him deeply be- 
loved by his fellow legislators, and gave him a quite 
unusual influence with both sides of the house. 
He was a staunch Republican in politics, and al- 
ways acted for the best interests of his party so 
long as he felt that these did not conflict with 


public welfare. Indeed, he became one of the 
leaders of his party in the State, and in the year 
I9I2 was chosen a delegate-at-large to the Re- 
publican National Convention at Chicago. Mr. 
Drew, who was the chairman of the delegation 
from Maine, went to the convention thoroughly in 
sympathy with the cause of Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. 
Drew’s remarkable ability as an organizer and 
leader brought him immediately into a conspicu- 
ous place in the convention, where he became one 
of the group of men who directed its affairs. Col- 
onel Roosevelt, who was not slow to perceive 
how able a lieutenant he had in Mr. Drew, at once 
decided to confide to him his plans. It is a well 
admitted fact to those who came into close con- 
tact with the procedure of that convention, that 
had Mr. Drew’s suggestions as to the course to 
be pursued been followed by Colonel Roosevelt’s 
supporters, a very different outcome might have 
resulted. 

In‘addition to his professional, banking and poli- 
tical activities, Mr. Drew was ever ready to take 
part in any movement which he believed would 
be to the advancement of the welfare of the com- 
munity. He was asked to fill a great number of 
public positions, aside from those connected with 
politics, and in a large majority of cases he ac- 
cepted. In 1907 the Legislature passed a resolve 
providing for the appointment of a tax commis- 
sion. The duties of this commission were to be 
the investigation of the tax laws of Maine and 
other states, and a report to the Legislature of 
1909 recommending such changes in the existing 
laws as seemed wise. When Governor Cobb se- 
tected the members of the commission, Mr. Drew 
was named as its chairman. The report which 
the commission returned to the Legislature of 
1909, written by Mr. Drew, who had made a very 
careful investigation of the entire field, as this 
work seemed to interest him especially, was one 
of the most complete and instructive documents 
ever presented before the Legislature of the State 
of Maine. The theories and systems were clearly 
and accurately set forth in such a manner that 
the recommendations of this commission were 
extremely valuable to the State. In fact, the re- 
port attracted wide attention both in and outside 
of the State. Asa result of this report, the Com- 
mission of Public Utilities was formed. This or- 
ganization was to be of a permanent nature, and 
Mr. Drew was asked to serve as its chairman. 
This position he was obliged to refuse as it would 
have necessitated a change of residence from 
Portland to Augusta. The United States Census 
of 1910 was taken under the supervision of two 


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directors. Mr. Drew was appointed as supervisor 
for the western part of the State. By his energy 
and splendid executive ability he accomplished 
the difficult task in the brief time allotted and re- 
ceived the high commendation of the Census Bu- 
reau for his work. During the last few years of 
his life, many prominent men of his party, urged 
Mr. Drew many times to accept the nomination 
of governor of the State. These offers he always 
refused. 

Mr. Drew was elected to the board of the Maine 
Eye and Ear Infirmary in 1903, and in 1915 was 
made its president. He also served as chairman 
of its executive committee from 1914 until his 
death. He was most interested in the cause of this 
institution as he realized that the misfortunes 
which it prevented were indeed great. He was a 
Universalist, and at one time served as president 
of the Maine Universalist Convention. He was 
also interested in many other philanthropic and 
educational movements. Among others he served 
as trustee and treasurer of Westbrook Seminary, 
president of the Maine Institution for the Blind, 
and trustee of the Maine Home for Friendless 
Boys. 

He was a member of the Society of Colonial 
Wars, the Maine Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, the Portland Athletic Club, 
the Portland Country Club and of several frater- 
nal orders. Chief among these was the Masonic 
order, in which he had taken the thirty-second de- 
gree, and in which he was affiliated with Eastern 
Frontier Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons; the Garfield Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
the Blue Lodge and Council, Royal and Select 
Masters; the Portland Commandery, Knights 
Templar; and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Or- 
der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also 
a.member of the Portland Lodge, Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks. 

Mr. Drew was united in marriage, December 20, 
1892, with Louise S. Davis, a daughter of the Hon. 
Jesse and Mary A. (Woodberry) Davis, old and 
highly respected residents of Lisbon, Maine. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Drew, in 1896, a son was born, 
Jesse Albert, who, at the time of his father’s 
death, was a junior in Williams College. He and 
his mother survive Mr. Drew. 

It will be appropriate to close this sketch with 
some of the remarks which formed a chorus of 
praise and regret at the time of his death, and 
which were voiced by his associates, by the insti- 
tutions with which he was connected and by the 
local press. The Press of Portland, commenting 
upon him editorially, said in part, as follows: 


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Portland loses a good citizen in the death of Morrill 
N. Drew. While he enjoyed good health, it was char- 
acteristic of him to take a great interest in every- 
thing pertaining to the city and the State, and there 
was no man in Portland who was better informed than 
was Mr. Drew upon all questions which came before 
the people for consideration. He enjoyed the con- 
fidence of people to a remarkable degree. His friends 
were not confined to any one class or any one section 
of the city, and for that matter he numbered them by 
scores in every part of the State. From them he abt- 
sorbed opinions and ideas as to how the public viewed 
every question, and when it came to forecasting the 
drift of sentiment, there was no man in the State more 
certain of coming to a correct conclusion than Mr. 
Drew. He had a liking for men of all sorts and times 
and he did not regard the time as wasted when he 
had secured some man’s opinions upon any question, 
whether it was one of national consequence or of pure- 
ly local interest. . . . 

But there was another side to Morrill N. Drew 
besides that which the’public could see. His loyalty 
to his friends was one of his finest qualities. No sacri- 
fice was too great for him to make if he could help a 
friend, and it made little difference to him whether 
the man he tried to help was from the humble walks 
of life or was numbered among the more prominent 
and fortunate. He was frank even to bluntness. No 
man ever questioned his word which, once given, was 
held by him as a sacred obligation. He was cour- 
ageous in the expression of his views and stood loyatly 
by his principles whether they met with popular ap- 
proval or not. By instinct he was progressive, his 
foresight directing him to assist in the support of 
Tuany ideas which, at the time he first advocated them, 
were looked upon as radical but which later came to 
be accepted by the majority. 

He rendered great service to the State and to the 
city. He was modest, unassuming, genial and always 
courteous, a most agreeable companion and the kind 
of a man to win and hold friends through thick and 
thin. Morrill N. Drew’s effort in life was to help 
others rather than to help himself. He had a heart 
big enough to throb with sympathy for the sorrows 
and misfortunes of others. Envy and jealousy were 
foreign to his nature, and he found his greatest pleas- 
ure in life in contributing to the happiness of all about 
him. 

Mr. Drew will be greatly missed by many people. 
When in good health he delighted to mingle with his 
fellows, and the recollection of his pleasant smile and 
cheery greetings, which always made him welcome 
in every gathering, will long be treasured by all who 
knew him. 


The Telegram of Portland, had this to say con- 
cerning Mr. Drew: 


The death of Hon. Morrill N. Drew is a distinct Joss 
to the social and business life of Portland and ihe 
State. Few men were better known or had more friends 
throughout Maine than Mr. Drew, to whom the news 
of his passing away came as a great shock. In poli- 
tics he possessed to a superlative degree the courage 
of his convictions and the moral strength to execute 
bis purposes. His counsel was frequently sought by 
politicians and no man possessed a wider or more 
intimate knowledge of affairs of the state. In public 
office he displayed the same remarkable ability and 
sound judgment that won for him such signal success 
in business. Those who knew Mr. Drew intimately 
trusted him implicitly as in all their dealings with 
him they required nothing more than his word and he 
was never known to break that. He enjoyed the con- 
fidence of the people in all walks of life and of every 
political faith. In political contests his opponents 
always regarded him as a formidable antagonist but 


always as an honorable and fair fighter who wonld 
not stoop to petty or questionable tactics to gain an 
advantage. He was above board in all his dealings, 
whether in politics or in commercial life. He will be 
mourned not as the lawyer or banker, but as Morrill 
N. Drew, the man. ; 


JESSE DAVIS—No citizen of Lisbon, Maine, 
was better known or more highly respected than 
the Hon. Jesse Davis, who for many years was 
one of the most conspicuous figures in the busi- 
ness and public life of this region, and whose 
death, February 16, 1897, was felt as a severe loss 
by the entire community. Mr. Davis came of old 
New England stock, and was a direct descendant 
of Gresham Davis, who came to this country dur- 
ing the sixteenth century and settled in Massa- 
chusetts. One of his descendants, Dr. Jonathan 
Davis, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, had been 
granted a large tract of land during Colonial days 
in the section that was then known as Burnt 
Meadow, now called Webster, Maine. Dr. Jona- 
than gave his claim of this land to his brother, 
Jesse, under the condition that he would person- 
ally develop and improve it. 

Jesse Davis, a soldier in the War of the Revo- 
lution, and grandfather of the Jesse of this sketch, 
left his native place, Roxbury, Massachusetts, and 
came to Burnt Meadow, or Webster, in 1780, 
where he founded a settlement and developed a 
water power which the land contained. As the 
region became more thickly inhabited, the land 
appreciated in value, and the Davis tract, increas- 
ing accordingly, soon placed the family as among 
the “forehanded” people of that section. Jesse 
Davis died at the early age of thirty-five years, 
from wounds contracted in the Revolutionary 
War, leaving two children, a son and daughter. 
The son named Jonathan married Rebecca Lar- 
tabee, of Brunswick, Maine, and to them were 
born six children. Of these, the second son, 
Jesse, was born in the old homestead, July 2r, 
1814. 

Jesse Davis, Jr., developed at an early age a 
remarkable aptitude for the management of af- 
fairs, and soon became his father’s “right hand” 
man in carrying on the work of the farm. This 
left him little time for study; but, being an am- 
bitious and industrious youth, he used to read 
and study what few books came within his reach 
during the long winter evenings. Later in his life, 
Mr. Davis would laughingly recall the times when 
he puzzled away at his arithmetic by the light of 
an open fire after the others had retired. As he 
used to say—“Education came hard in those days, 
and we did not get much of it, but what we did— 


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we remembered.” So well did he ground himself 
in the common studies that he began teaching 
school at the age of twenty-two. In this occu- 
pation he was very successful, and only gave it 
up because his attention was needed on the farm 
and in the development of real estate in which his 
father had become largely interested. At the time 
of his marriage, in 1845, he built a house directly 
across from the old homestead, which he occu- 
pied until the death of his father, when he moved 
to Lisbon. 

Mr. Davis, from early youth, was interested in 
public affairs, and when still a young man was 
elected one of the selectmen of the town of 
Webster, a position which he held to the satis- 
faction of all parties for more than fourteen years, 
first in Webster, later in Lisbon. He was also 
sent as representative from Webster to the State 
Legislature during the Civil War. In 1867, after 
the death of his father, he moved to Lisbon, 
where he built the large and handsome residence 
which he continued to occupy until the date of 
his death. In 1872 he was honored by election to 
the State Senate from Androscoggin county. He 
was also appointed one of the county commission- 
ers, where he served for six years, and for twelve 
years as town treasurer of Lisbon, also serving 
as justice of the peace and officer in the State mi- 
litia. He was one of the founders of the Manu- 
facturers’ National Bank of Lewiston, Maine, and 
served as one of its directors until his death. 

In 1874 Mr. Davis had the misfortune to be 
thrown from his carriage, and his leg was crushed 
so badly that amputation below the knee was 
necessary, and from that time on he was obliged 
to use a crutch. About twelve years later, trou- 
ble with this leg developed and it became neces- 
sary for him to go to Boston for treatment. He 
was in the hospital for many weeks, and the en- 
forced quietness of his life there proved so great 
a strain on his nerves that he aged perceptibly 
during his confinement. After this experience his 
health began to fail and he was confined to his 
home for some time previous to his death. In 
spite of his sufferings, however, his habitual 
cheerfulness never deserted him, and he made 
himself beloved by all who came in contact with 
him. 

Mr. Davis was at first a Whig in politics, but 
joined the Republican party at the time of its 
organization and was thereafter a staunch sup- 
porter of its principles and policies. His relig- 
ious preference was the Universalist faith, in 
which he was reared. He inherited a consider- 
able fortune from his father, and by careful man- 


agement and shrewd investments added to it year 
by. year. He was largely interested in real es- 
tate in Lewiston, Lisbon, Bangor and other 
places. 

Jesse Davis was united in marriage, March 6, 
1845, with Mary Ann Woodberry, of Litchfield, 
Maine, a daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Wood- 
berry, old and highly respected residents of that 
place. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis four children 
were born: Albert, who died at the age of twenty- 
four; Adda Elisabeth, who died at the age of six- 
teen years; Emily Jane, who became the wife of 
F. W. Dana, of Brookline, Massachusetts; and 
Sarah Louise, who became the wife of Morrill N. 
Drew, of Portland, Maine. 

Mr. Davis was a man of great personality and 
good judgment, and during his lifetime enjoyed 
the confidence of the people of his vicinity and 
perhaps more than any man of his time. His ad- 
vice was sought by both rich and poor alike, 
and many were helped along the rough path- 
way of life by his wise counsel and assistance. 


FRANK NATHANIEL WHITTIER—One of 
the prominent medical men of Maine is Dr. Frank 
Nathaniel Whittier, who has stood for the highest 
advance in the science of medicine. The founder 
of the Whittier family in America was Thomas 
Whittier, who came to this country from England 
in the good ship Confidence in 1638. He mar- 
ried Ruth Green, at Salisbury, Massachusetts. He 
died in 1696. 

John Greenleaf Whittier, the poet, was a 
great-great-grandson of Thomas Whittier. An- 
other great-great-grandson was Benjamin Whit- 
tier, a captain in the War of the Revolution, who 
at the close of the war came to Maine, and was a 
first settler at Farmington, in the valley of the 
Sandy river. One of the sons of Captain Ben- 
jamin Whittier was Nathaniel Whittier, who mar- 
ried Alice Sears, a member of another prominent 
New England family. Nathaniel Whittier lived 
on the Whittier homestead at Farmington. A 
son of Nathaniel Whittier, Nathaniel Gross Whit- 
tier, married Mary Lawrence Hardy, and was the 
father of Dr. Frank N. Whittier, of further men- 
tion. 

Dr. Whittier was born at Farmington, Maine, 
December 12, 1861. He prepared for college at 
Wilton Academy, and graduated from Bowdoin 
College in 1885. In college, Dr. Whittier distin- 
guished himself as a student and as an athlete. 
He received an honor part at graduation, and an 
electicn to Phi Beta Kappa. He was also cap- 
tain of the first Bowdoin boat crew to win an 


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intercollegiate championship and to establish an 
intercollegiate record. He received the degree of 
A.M. in 1888, and received the degree of M.D. 
from the Bowdoin Medical School in 1889. He was 
a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon college 
fraternity and the Phi Chi medical school fra- 
ternity. Dr. Whittier has been a member of the 
Bowdoin faculty since 1886, when he was made 
director of the Sargent Gymnasium. He became 
lecturer on hygiene at Bowdoin in 1887, and col- 
lege physician in 1890. 

In 1891, Dr. Whittier visited Europe, and stud- 
ied in the hospitals of London and Berlin. From 
1892 to 1895 he was instructor in anthropometry 
and use of developing appliances in the Harvard 
summer school of physical training. During the 
early nineties, Dr. Whittier spent much time in 
introducing physical training in the Maine public 
schools. His system of physical training for 
schools was published by the Maine State Board 
of Health. This system was adopted by Portland 
and many other Maine cities and towns. From 
1894 to 1900 Dr. Whittier devoted himself to the 
study of the then new science of bacteriology, 
carrying on his studies in the summer courses of 
the Harvard Medical School and at the Boston 
hospitals. In 1897 Dr. Whittier introduced cour- 
ses in bacteriology and pathology in the Bow- 
doin Medical School. 

As a result of his interest in pathology and 
microscopy, Dr. Whittier has been employed by 
Maine and other states in many celebrated court 
cases. In the Lambert murder trial he was the 
first in America to apply the serum diagnosis of 
human blood in a court case. In the Terrio mur- 
der trial he demonstrated for the first time that 
each discharged cartridge shell has the markings 
of the firing pin of the rifle stamped upon it, and 
that by means of these markings it is possible to 
identify the discharging rifle. This principle has 
since been used to convict many, murderers, 
notably in the Brownsville murders. 

During his busy years Dr. Whittier has found 
time to take a prominent part in the upbuilding 
of the “New Bowdoin.” He planned and raised 
funds for the Whittier Athletic Field, named in 
his honor. He was the Brunswick member of the 
building committee for the Delta Kappa Epsilon 
chapter house. He was associated with the ar- 
chitect, Henry Vaughan, in planning and building 
the Hubbard Athletic building and grandstand 
given to Bowdoin by General Hubbard. He 
worked for years on plans for a gymnasium for 
Bowdoin, and had the satisfaction of overseeing 
the erection of the fine Bowdoin gymnasium and 


the General Thomas Worcester Hyde athletic 
building. He was active in planning and build- 
ing the Dudley Coe Memorial Infirmary, and was 
a member of the building committee for Hyde 
Hall. Dr. Whittier suggested the polar bear as 
a mascot for Bowdoin. The appropriateness of 
this mascot has been generally recognized, and 
won the approval of Admiral Robert E. Peary, 
Bowdoin, ’77, and Donald B. MacMillan, Bowdoin, 
788. Dr. MacMillan has given for the gymna- 
sium’s trophy room the remarkably fine specimen 
of polar bear shot by himself near Etah. Dr. 
Whittier has been the author of many pamphlets 
and articles for medical journals and magazines. 
He collaborated with Albert W. Tolman in writ- 
ing “Brunswick, An Historical Play.” 

The outbreak of the great war found Dr. Whit- 
tier already enrolled in the Medical Reserve Corps 
of the U.S. A. He was appointed first lieutenant, 
Medical Reserve Corps, March 24, 1917, was pro- 
moted to captain, June 16, 1917, and received his 
commission as major, Medical Reserve Corps, 
March 19, 1919. His medical work in the army 
was important and varied. On May 2, 1917, he 
was appointed president of a Medical Examining 
Board for the examination of Maine physicians 
for commisisons in the Medical Reserve Corps. 
He was also appointed a medical examiner for the 
first Plattsburg Camp. From June 13, 1917, to 
January 22, 1919, he was in charge of the Post 
Hospital at Fort Preble, Maine. At different times 
he was in charge of the post hospitals at Fort 
Williams and Fort McKinley. From May, 1918, 
to January, 1919, he was medical supply officer 
for the port of Portland, and from July 26, 1918, 
to January 22, 1919, he was senior surgeon for the 
port of Portland. He was honorably discharged 
from active service January 22, 1919. He still 
holds the commission of major in the Medical Re- 
serve Corps, U. S. A. 

Dr. Whittier was united in marriage, June 24, 
1895, with Eugenie Harward Skolfield, daughter 
of the late Alfred Skolfield, the well known ship 
owner of Brunswick, Maine, mentioned below. 
Dr. and Mrs. Whittier are the parents of three 
children: Isabel M. S., born April 10, 1896; Alice 
A. S., born January 24, 1898; Charlotte Harward 
S., born February 27, 1903, and died January 17, 
IgI2. 


ALFRED SKOLFIELD—No seamen or navi- 
gators are more famous than the hardy mariners 
developed in our New England states during the 
old days when a sea voyage was an enterprise of 
moment and a very real peril. They made their 


§ HISTORY OF MAINE 


names known in every part of the world. If their 
fame as seamen was great, it was scarcely less 
so as the builders of the great ships which sailed 
the seas and bore the American flag in honor to 
the four quarters of the globe. Indeed, it was 
often the same men who both built and sailed 
these vessels. This is particularly true in the 
case of the Skolfield family, which for a number 
of generations was closely identified with the 
shipping interests of Maine, and of whom the late 
Alfred Skolfield was a distinguished member. 

Alfred Skolfield was born in Harpswell, Maine, 
December 5, 1815. He was descended from a 
prominent English family, and was a great-great- 
grandson of Thomas Skolfield, an officer in King 
William’s army at the battle of the Boyne, 1690 
Thomas Skolfield had a son named Thomas, who 
was the founder of the family in the United 
States. The younger Thomas was educated at 
Dublin University. He came to America with the 
Orr family. He married the daughter, Mary Orr, 
and lived in Boston a year or two and then moved 
with the Orr family to the district of Maine, 
where they bought land from the Indians. This 
land was at the head of Casco Bay. A large pine 
tree stood on this land, marking the dividing line 
between the towns of Harpswell and Brunswick. 

The third child of Thomas and Mary Orr Skol- 
field was Clement. He was a man of most hon- 
orable character, and held many town offices. 
He married Alice Means. One of their sons 
was George, the father of Alfred Skolfield, who is 
the subject of this sketch. George was known 
as Master George Skolfield, and became a con- 
spicuous figure in the shipping world of Maine. 
He buiit many vessels in the Skolfield shipyard at 
the head of Casco bay. He became very wealthy 
as a result of his business, but he never lost his 
simple and direct attitude of mind, and had no 
false pride. Although a shrewd business man, he 
never took advantage of others, but was always 
liberal and generous. He married Lydia Doyle, 
September 13, 1805. 

Alfred Skolfield, son of George and Lydia 
(Doyle) Skolfield, attended the local public 
schools during his boyhood. He was little more 
than a lad when he gave up his studies and 
started his life at sea on one of his father’s ves- 
sels. In a short time he had risen to be captain. 
His first vessel was the Dublin. He afterwards 
commanded the Scioto, the Roger Stewart and 
the John L. Dimmock. All of these vessels were 
engaged in the cotton trade. Mrs. Whittier, his 
daughter, has a painting of the Roger Stewart, 
by Walters, in which the ship is shown passing 


the Great Orme’s Head on her way out of Liver- 
pool, and the Scioto is seen in the distance, enter- 
ing the port. This represents an actual occur- 
rence. Mrs. Whittier also has a card advertising 
the sailing of the Roger Stewart: 

Landing Berth, South Side Waterloo Dock. Black 
Star Line Packets, Liverpool to New York. American 
Packet ship, “Roger Stewart.” <A. Skolfield, Com- 
mander. 1066 tons register, copper fastened and cep- 
pered, a fast sailer. August 25, 1853, 

Cc. Grimshaw & Co. 

This ship was lost at sea April 28, 1860. 

After the death of his father, in 1866, Alfred 
Skolfield went to Liverpool, England, and there 
became a partner of James R. Ross, formerly of 
Brunswick, Maine. They formed the firm of Ross, 
Skolfield & Company, which firm engaged in the 
business of chartering vessels. Captain Skolfield 
continued active in this business for twenty 
years. He was a member of the Liverpool Ex- 
change. Although Mr. Skolfield withdrew from 
the business in 1887, and his partner, Mr. Ross, 
is long since deceased, the business is still car- 
ried on in Liverpool under the name of Ross, 
Skolfield & Company. The high honor in which 
the firm’s name and his own name was held was 
always a source of great pride to Captain Skol- 
field. He was a staunch Democrat in politics, 
but never sought public office for himself. He 
attended the Congregational church in Bruns- 
wick, and occupied the pew which has father 
bought when the church was erected. For many 
years he was a director in the Pejepscot National 
Bank and the Union National Bank. 

Alfred Skolfield was united in marriage, No- 
vember 30, 1858, to Martha Isabel Harward, 
daughter of Major John and Jane M. (Spear) 
Harward, of Harward’s road, Bowdoinham, 
Maine. The Harward family was of English ori- 
gin; the first of the family in this country came 
from Guildford, Surrey. He was the seventh 
preacher at King’s Chapel, Boston. Mrs. Skol- 
field was a woman of unusual character and an- 
tainments. She died in Brunswick, June 5, 1904. 
To Captain and Mrs. Skolfield three children were 
born: Eugenie Harward, married Dr. Frank N. 
Whittier, of Brunswick; Augusta Marie, who 
died in Brunswick in 1902, and Eveline Blanchard, 
died in England in 1874. When Alfred Skolfield 
returned to the United States he took up his 
abode in his Brunswick home, which he con- 
tinued to occupy until his death, in 1895. 

Captain Skolfield was of a retiring disposition, 
but very hospitable and charitable, thoroughly 
upright, a man who commanded the respect of 
all who knew him. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 9 


CHARLES WAY SHANNON—The following 
is the record of the lives and activities of three 
generations of the family of Shannon long resi- 
dent in Maine and identified in many channels 
with the town of Saco, Maine. 

Charles Way Shannon was born in New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, April 24, 1837, the son of 
Charles Tebbets Shannon, who was a native of 
Saco, born October 21, 1803, son of Doctor Rich- 
ard Cutts Shannon, born in Dover, New Hamp- 
shire, August 10, 1773, a graduate of Harvard Col- 
lege of the class of 1795, a surgeon in the United 
States Navy during our naval war with France 
(1798-1800) and later became the leading prac- 
ticing physician of Saco, Maine, and a member 
and deacon of the First: Parish Congregational 
Church of that place. 

As the son, Charles Tebbets, grew up, he dis- 
played a great fondness and an unusual talent for 
music which seems to have been transmitted to 
his children. He was allowed and encouraged by 
his father to assist in furnishing the music at 
church on Sundays, probably at first by playing 
the base viol and later the organ. Strange to 
say, while allowing and encouraging him to play 
on Sundays, he would not allow his son to play 
on week days, as it was not then thought pro- 
- per for a young man to occupy himself too much 
with music. He should learn a trade and give 
his time chiefly to that. Accordingly he was 
later sent to New York to live in the family of 
an uncle and, as an apprentice, to enter his manu- 
facturing establishment for the purpose of learn- 
ing a good trade and business. This arrangement 
did not prove to be wholly acceptable to him and 
when he reached his majority, feeling free to act 
as he pleased, he decided to leave as soon as a 
good opportunity offered a position which had 
already become unbearable. This came one 
Sunday afternoon, while walking with a friend 
along the wharves of East river. There he roticed 
moored at one of the piers a man-of-war dis- 
playing a large banner whereon was the adver- 
risement, “Musician Wanted.” He boarded the 
vessel and made inquiries of the officer in charge. 
He was asked what instrument he played. “T’ll 
try anycne you have,” was his answer. Then a 
clarionet, an entirely new instrument, was brought 
by the band master and placed in the hands of 
the young man. After running the scales up and 
down a few times, his musical ability was at 
once recognized and his services accepted. Thus 
he shipped for a five years’ cruise on board the 
United States steamer Corvette Cyane, which 
sailed for France a few days after. He wrote 


his father at once informing him of the step he 
had taken, but when his father received the letter 
the son was already on the high seas. At the ex- 
piration of the cruise he took passage on a 
schooner from New York to Saco, landing at the 
ferry and walking up to his old Saco home where 
he was joyfully received by his father and other 
members of the family. Later in life this five 
years’ cruise up the Mediterranean afforded many 
interesting narratives for the entertainment of 
his children. 

He married Jane Randell Stanwood, of East- 
port, Maine, July 21, 1836, and after residing in 
New York for a time they moved to New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, where the subject of this 
sketch was born. A second son also was born 
there, the Hon. Richard Cutts Shannon, of Brock- 
port, New York, who was named after his grand- 
father. Subsequently the family moved to Provi- 
dence, Rhode Island, where a third son was born, 
the late Doctor James Harrison Shannon, of Saco, 
Maine. Afterwards the family moved to New 
Bedford, Massachusetts, where they lived until 
1852 when the parents decided to move back to 
their native State, Maine, taking up their resi- 
dence in Biddeford, now the twin city of Saco. 

The eldest son, Charles Way Shannon, the princi- 
pal subject of this sketch, a little later in that year 
(1852), and while a pupil of the Biddeford High 
School, began his career, as organist, by playing 
at the Methodist Episcopal church in Biddeford, 
located at that time on the corner of Alfred and 
Bacon streets. In the fall of 1853 the Unitarian 
church of Saco was to receive a new organ, and 
an opening concert was to be given by the regu- 
lar choir and others. A noted organist from Bos- 
ton, Mr. John Wilcox, was to preside at the organ 
on this occasion. The choir was to meet weekly 
for rehearsals in preparation for the concert, and 
young Shannon had been engaged through his 
father to play for the choir at these meetings. He 
was then at his bashful age and had little or no 
confidence in himself, especially as he was to meet 
singers who were entire strangers to him. It 
was indeed no easy task and he still vividly re- 
calls the dread he felt while attending these re- 
hearsals. 

When he learned that the new organ had ar- 
rived and was being set up, and being desirous of 
seeing it, he walked quietly by himself over from 
Biddeford one afternoon to have a look at the 
organ. What followed is best told in his own 
words by Professor Shannon himself:— 


As I reached the corner of Middle and School streets 
cf Saco, I met Mr. Charles Twambley, one of the 


10 HISTORY OF MAINE 


most influential men of the society and greatly inter- 
ested in music. He decided to accompany me and 
together we went up into the choir gallery where I was 
jntroduced to the man who was setting up the organ 
as “the organist.” This was a great surprise to me; 
for I had never once thought they would have me 
play the organ and my father had never told me that 
I had already been engaged by him to play it. 

I naturally felt much elated over the happy surprise 
thus given me, and went at once to the front of the 
organ to examine it; that is, to read the names of 
the stops and to consider their various combinations 
and management, In a very few minutes I found that 
I thoroughly understood the organ. The fact is I 
had already prepared myself with a good deal of 
study, so that it all seemed to come natural and easy 
to me. I have always recalled with pleasure the 
knowledge that came to me so swiftly during those 
first few minutes. 

The concert was a great success, and on the follow- 
ing Sunday I took my place as the church organist. 

The organ was a most musical one and a delightfnl 
one to play. This position, as organist, subsequently 
proved to be a most valuable experience. The follow- 
ing year, in the autumn of 1854, the choir decided to 
give another concert and this time I was to be organ- 
ist. I selected as my solos, Home Sweet Home, and 
variations, and The Last Rose of Summer. 

Business had called my father from home. and I was 
thus prevented from having his assistance so an Italian 
teacher was engaged to help me. We met at the church, 
and as he played the organ I realized at once that he 
did not know as much about the stops as I did, 
although his execution was excellent. When I showed 
him the solos I had selected he said in broken English, 
“No, impossible for you to play these pieces on the 
organ.’ This was a very unexpected statement to 
me, and I hardly knew what to make or it and that 
was the end of the lesson which cost me a dollnr, 
although neither one of us had tried a note of the 
music I wished to learn. However, I was not at all 
discouraged, but became more determined than ever 
to master those two pieces. I hired a boy by the 
name of Horatio Blaisdell to blow the organ for me, 
paying him twenty-five cents a day. I practised daily 
for two weeks, playing from morning until evening 
with only short recess for the noon dinner. 

About the middle of the afternoon, on the tenth day, 
I left the organ stool, feeling quite encouraged with 
the progress made; but before I knew it I was sound 
asleep. The boy awoke me and while trying to explain 
my sleepiness, I went to sleep again and was again 
awakened by the boy. The fact is that I had become 
completely exhausted physically and mentally with the 
exertions I had made. However, I resumed my prac- 
tising immediately after the second nap, and was only 
interrupted once, by Mr. Twambley, who called to tell 
me that he would pay the boy for doing the blowing. 
This was a great financial relief to me as my exchec- 
quer was then at a pretty low ebb. 

The concert was entirely satisfactory and proved 
to be a great success for me personally as the Bidde- 
ford ‘Journal’ gave me a most flattering notice. I 
opened the concert with “Home Sweet Home,” with 
variations, but there was no response from the audi- 
ence, nor was there any during the first part of rhe 
program. After the usual intermission I opened the 
second part of the program with my other solo, “The 
Last Rose of Summer,’ with variations, and I will 
never forget how I felt at the moment I finished play- 
ing. I felt as if I wanted to get out of sight, and I 
remember saying to myself. “If they will only not 
hiss me how thankful I will be.” All at once there 
was a tremendous applause, the very first of the even- 
ing. It was so unexpected that at first I was afraid 
they were only making fun, but the next moment I 
realized that it was true appreciation of my playing. 


My brother, Richard, was the only member of the 
family, besides myself, who was present at the con- 
cert. On his way home he made a @¢all at the Bidde- 
ford House and there saw Mr. Richard M. Chapman, 
the cashier of the Biddeford Savings Bank, pacing 
the floor and exclaiming in an excited manner how 
wonderfully I had played. He kept asserting that 
he had never heard anything like it in his life and 
that it was “wonderful, wonderful.” 

My progress from this time was marked, and though 
young in years, I soon had a good teaching business, 
and a little later began playing at public entertainments 
and concerts. This position as organist I was able to 


retain with the aid of members of my family for 
nearly twenty years. My father played the organ. 
also my two brothers, later my wife, and still later, 
my daughter, Mabelle. 

During the early part of these years, with my 
brother, Richard, supplying my place at the Unitar- 


jan organ, I was able to play at the Second Congrega- 
tional church of Biddeford, where I had my first ex- 
perience as chorister. Later, with the able assistance 
of my wife, I was enabled to take charge of the music 
at the First Parish Congregational Church of Saco. 
Many years previous to this arrangement, however, 
probably during 1858, I played at the State conferenre 
held in the same church which I remember was largely 
attended, and that I was, as a boy, much surprised 
upon receiving from Deacon Sawyer, through my father, 
the sum of six dollars for my playing. This chureh 
was destroyed by fire in 1860. 

My three children were brought up to assist me in 
the music at church on Sundays; my daughter, Mabelie 
Stanwood Shannon, at the organ and with her voice; 
my daughter, Grace L. Shannon, with her violin and 
voice; and my son, Charles, with his cornet and voice. 
They were all able to transpose music; that is, to 
play it in the key thought best suited to the voices of 
the singers, which was of invaluable assistance to me. 

I will here refer to an incident, which as I now 
recall it, seems quite remarkable. My daughter, Mabelle, 
was then a little girl of ten years. My wife was play- 
ing at the Unitarian church and myself at the First 
Parish church. While breakfasting one Sunday morn- 
ing, I noticed my wife looking rather pale. Presently 
she said to me, “ I do not feel well this morning. 
Could not Mabelle play for me?” I said, ‘‘Yes, she 
can, if she will.” I asked Mabelle if she would play, 


- she simple nodded her head signifying that she would. 


After breakfast we made ready for church and on eur 
way to the church, calling at Parson Nichols for the 
hymns I went over the music with her, and she played 
with such ease, at the same time footing the pedals 
and handling the stops that her mother never played 
that organ afterwards. Mabelle continued playing it 
for nearly two years. 

And here I might refer to one of the earlier incidents 
of my musical training showing the persistent deter- 
mination of our father that his boys should fully enjoy 
the pleasure of studying music—a pleasure which his 
own father had denied him. On the wall of the dining 
room he had fastened a musical staff and while we 
were at table during meal times my brother, Richard, 
and I were required to give promptly the names of 
the notes on the different lines and spaces. My 
brother was not so interested in this matter as I was. 
He was more anxious to eat; and the result was that 
my answers came a little quicker than his. In fact 
T stood at the head of the class while he was at the 
foot, and necessarily so, since there were only two in 
the class. Our younger brother, James, was not then 
more than five or six years old, quite too young to 
be a member. 

Our father was also determined that his boys should 
begin early to play in public. So while he was serving 
as the organist at the William Strget Baptist Church in 
New SGedford, Massachusetts, he would occasionally 


BIOGRAPHICAL 11 


have one of them play the voluntary at the close of 
the service. I well remember on one occasion, when 
my brother Richard was presiding at the organ (our 
father meanwhile manipulating the stops), our dear 
mother sat in the gallery nearby proudly viewing the 
triumph of her son. On another occasion there had 
been a sudden strike of the orchestra in one of the 
local theatres, just before the performance was to 
begin, and my father was earnestly entreated to heip 
out the management. So leading his two boys by the 
hand, he marched down the theatre, and undertook, 
with a piano to supply the music for that performance, 
which was done to the great applause of the amused 
audience. 

Before closing this statement there is one more re- 
markable fact that I would like to mention, showing 
the terrible energy with which we pursued our musical 
studies. The instrument upon which we practised 
almost constantly, day and night, during those early 
years was a Wilcox and Gibbs piano. Most fiercely 
and unmercifully did we hammer its keys and ther 
surfaces were so worn and hollowed out that they 
finally came to look like a row of ivory tea-spoons. 
I am quite aware that preposterous stories are some- 
times told to amuse. Tor instance, a French gentleman 
is said to have been a favorite guest at dinner because 
he was always accompanied, by a young elephant who 
was a brilliant pianist. 
seat at the piano he began to weep. Upon being asked 
the cause of his grief he said, ‘As I look at these 
ivory keys I see the tusks of my mother.” Now that 
story few would believe. But my story is absolutely 
true and I am ready to swear to it on a whole stack 
of bibles, if necessary. 


Professor Shannon’s career really dates from 
the installation of the new organ in the Saco 
Unitarian Church in 1853. Later he had charge 
of the music as organist and choirmaster of the 
First Parish Congregational Church in the same 
city, which position he held almost continuously 
for upwards of fifty years. For many years he 
was playing for two churches attending the 
morning and evening services at one and after- 
noon service at the other. Through the efficient 
services of his brother, the late Doctor J. H. 
Shannan, also of his wife and daughter, Mrs. 
Mary E. Shannon and Miss Mabelle S. Shannon, 
all of whom often supplied his place, he was thus 
enabled to have charge of several organs, and 
was able to accept a lucrative position as organ- 
ist and choirmaster at the Third Congregational 
Church at Bangor. 

In Bangor he also established and conducted 
with the assistance of his former pupil and friend, 
Mr. John Hoyt, the Bangor Conservatory of Music, 
conducting it for nearly three years, when he re- 
ceived a call from the Congress Square Univer- 
salist Church of Portland, Maine, to serve that 
church as organist and choirmaster, which posi- 
tion he held until he received a tempting offer 
to resume once more his old position as organist 
and choirmaster at the Saco Congregational 
Church, which position he retained until his resig- 
nation in 1914. 


One evening as he took his, 


His combined services rendered as organist 
at the different churches cover a period of about 
sixty-one years, and during these sixty-one years 
he was not for even one Sunday without a posi- 
tion, which is an unusual record. 

Professor Shannon during these years was 
also engaged in giving instruction upon the piano 
and church organ, and playing more or less in 
concerts. He, with his friend and brother musi- 
cian, the late Charles Henry Granger, gave the 
first public concert ever given in the Town Hall 
of Saco in 1856, and the two brothers of Profes- 
sor Shannon, also took part in this concert, which 
was repeated the following week in Central Hall, 
Biddeford. Professor Shannon still carefully pre- 
serves the original copies of the programs of 
these concerts, also the programs of their first 
concert which was given at Saco, in 1856 in con- 
junction with their father, Charles Tebbets Shan- 
non, assisted by the Cornet Band and Glee Club 
of the town. 

Under Professor Shannon’s auspices there were 
given in Saco the only four musical conven- 
tions ever held in York county. The conventions 
were not only largely attended by singers from 
Saco and Biddeford but by singers from different 
parts of the country. They were each of four 
days duration, proved to be very profitable, and 
were greatly enjoyed. They were given annually, 
the first being held in 1872. 

He also established the Saco and Biddeford 
Music School which was carried on by him most 
successfully for years. In this school was taught 
chiefly the pianoforte and organ in classes on the 
plan of the Boston music schools. It was in the 
early seventies that these schools were held in 
his music rooms on Main street, Saco, which 
rooms he continued to occupy for nearly a half 
century. Later, in these same rooms, he carried 
on an instrument business, selling and renting pi- 
anos and organs quite extensively for many 
years. 

In 1902 Mr. Shannon became one of the pro- 
prietors and an equal owner with his son-in- 
law, Frederick I. Ordway, of the Bay View Hotel 
located at Ferry Beach, Saco, the continuation of 
the famous old Richard beach. Mr. Ordway was 
postmaster at Bay View for the season of 1902, Mr. 
Shannon succeeding him for the following seasons 
up to and including that of 1917. 

At the time of his resignation as organist of 
the First Parish Congregational Church at Saco, 
in honor of his many years of service he was 
voted by the church to be organist emeritus, and 
a little later the church tendered a reception to 


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HISTORY 


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Professor Shannon and his wife. At this func- 
tion there was presented to him a beautiful silver 
loving cup suitably inscribed accompanied by a 
set of resolutions beautifuly engrossed and 
framed. A copy of these resolutions was also 
inserted in the permanent records of the church. 
To Mrs. Shannon was presented a beautiful bou- 
quet of English violets. 

Hon. R. C. Shannon, of Brockport, New York, 
gave to this church the beautiful Shannon Me- 
morial Organ, in remembrance of the many years 
of service rendered by his brother, Professor 
Shannon, and a handsome memorial window to 
the memory of the grandfather, Dr. Richard Cutts 
Shannon, was placed in the same church in 1903, 
by his grandsons. 

Professor Shannon is very proud of the 
patriotic service rendered by members of his 
family during the Great War. 

His son, Dr. Charles E. G.-Shannon, was a cap- 
tain in the Medical Reserve Corps; his grand- 
son, Frederick J. Ordway, Jr., was a first lieuten- 
ant in the Ninety-seventh Aero Squadron, first 
pursuit group, constantly engaged in patrol work 
on the front lines in France; another grandson, 
Richard S. Ordway, was an ensign in the Navy, 
serving with our Naval Air Forces in European 
waters; his granddaughter, Miss Priscilla Ord- 
way, was engaged in Red Cross work; while the 
husband of another grand-daughter, Mary Wols- 
ton Hallett, is a lieutenant of Engineers in the 
British army. 

Professor Charles Way Shannon married, first, 
December 29, 1859, Mary Emery Lapham. She 
was born March 12, 1841, the daughter of David 
and Eunice (Emery) Lapham, of Auburn, Maine, 
and died at Saco, September 3, 1883. He married, 
second, June 4, 1901, Nellie Fessenden Eastman, 
who was born in Stow, Maine, February 27, 1861, 
the daughter of Otis M. and Susan E. Eastman. 
Children of Charles Way and Mary Shannon: I. 
Mabelle Stanwood, born April 2, 1862. 2. Grace 
Lincoln, born January 27, 1865. 3. Charles Emery 
Gould, born September 16, 1875. 


EDWARD EVERETT WILLSON—Among 
the most prominent and influential citizens of 
Saco, Maine, Edward Everett Willson stands 
high, the major part of his career having taken 
place in this city, with the affairs of which he has 
come to be intimately identified. He is a member 
of a family that for many generations has made 
its home in the “Pine Tree State,” many of its 
members being associated with what is perhaps 
the most characteristic industry of the region, 


OF MAINE 


that of building and sailing the ships which in a 
past generation made this country famous in all 
the ports of the world, and for the making of 
which the great pine forests of the State furnish 
such an inexhaustable supply. 
- The Willson family was founded in this country 
by Michael of the name who came from Lon- 
don, England, and settled at Ipswich, Massachu- 
setts. Michael Willson was a weaver by trade, 
and soon came to hold a prominent place in the 
life of the new community, for several years serv- 
ing on the Colonial Legislature of Massachusetts. 
His son, Michael, Jr., settled in Wells, Maine, 
which became his permanent home. It was at 
that place that his son, David, was born, April, 
1753, and there that he spent the early years of 
his life. Later he came to Castine, Maine, being 
the first of the line to locate at this place that has 
since been the family home for so many years. 
The date of his settling here was some time prior 
to the breaking out of the Revolution, for he was 
dwelling here at the time of that momentous 
struggle and assisted the Continental troops in 
building the batteries at Hainey’s Westcotts. He 
remained here until the American army suffered 
a reverse in this region, and then enlisted and 
continued to serve until the close of the war. He 
was present at Yorktown when General Corn- 
wallis surrendered. After the signing of peace 
he returned with his family to his farm, which 
was situated about two miles from the village 
of Castine. For seventeen years in sucession he was 
chosen a selectman of Castine, and the greater part 
of that time was first selectman and assessor. He 
served as a deacon in the First Congregational 
Church for thirty-three years, and died at Castine, 
April 29, 1833, at the age of eighty years and two 
days. He married Marian Littlefield, born at York, 
March 22, 1756, and died at Castine, March 23, 1830, 
aged seventy-four years. They were the parents of 
three sons, as follows: Nathaniel, who is men- 
tioned below; Benjamin, who was lost at sea from 
the brig Castine, August 30, 1815, at the age of 
twenty-eight years; and Josiah, who was born in 
1786, and died at Penobscot, Maine, in 1870. 
Nathaniel Willson, son of David and Marian 
(Littlefield) Willson was the grandfather of Ed- 
ward Everett Willson of this sketch. He was born 
in 1781 at Castine, and there made his home. 
His death occurred at Castine, April, 1864, at the 
age of eighty-three years. He married Christiana 
Gardner, a native of Hingham, Massachusetts, 
and a lineal descendant of one of the Mayflower 
Pilgrims. She died at Castine, Maine, in Decem- 
ber, 1861, aged eighty-four years. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


Benjamin James Willson, son of Nathaniel Will- 
son, was born in Maine, and resided at Castine. 
He was very prominent there and was engaged 
in the business of boat building. He was post- 
master of the town and represented it in the 
Maine State Legislature for a number of years. 
He married Abbey Wasson Hatch, daughter of 
James and Lucy Hatch, of Castine, and they were 
the parents of a family of children of whom one 
was Edward Everett, mentioned at length below, 
and another, Rufus P., born February 21, 1866. 

Born May 24, 1861, at Castine, Maine, Edward 
Everett Willson passed his childhood and early 
youth at his native place. He attended the local 
public schools and studied at the High School 
there. Mr. Willson came to Saco in May, 1895, 
and ever since that time he has been closely as- 
sociated with its life, taking a prominent part in 
many departments of its affairs. A public-spirited 
man, his activities have always been directed to 
the welfare and advantage of the community 
where he has elected to live, and of which he is 
now a valued member. Mr. Willson is a mem- 
ber of Saco Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons; Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Bradford 
Commandery, Knights Templar, of Biddeford. 
In his religious belief he is a Unitarian and at- 
tends the Saco Parish Church. 

Edward Everett Willson was united in marri- 
age, September 16, 1891, at Amesbury, Massachu- 
setts, with Lunette Frances Libby, daughter of 
Francis Edward and Julia A. W. (Bryant) Libby, 
of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Willson are the par- 
ents of two children, as follows: 1. Everett Bry- 
ant, born September 8, 1894; a graduate of the 
Thornton Academy. 2. Paul Libby, born June 14, 
1896; a graduate of Thornton Academy and now 
a student of the Harvard Dental College, from 
which he was graduated with the class of June 
20, 1918. He has enlisted in the medical service 
of the United States and is a member of the Har- 
vard Regiment, R. O. T. C.; he is also a member 
of the Psi Omega of Harvard. Mrs. Willson is 
a woman of remarkable ability and is very active 
in the work of women in this State. She is a 
member of the Maine State Federation of Wo- 
men’s Clubs, the Wardwell Home of Saco, the 
Saco Branch of Alliance, chairman of the Red 
Cross Knitting Committee, York County Chapter, 
and a member of the Alumni Society of Thorn- 
ton Academy. Like her husband she is a mem- 
ber of the Unitarian church and is very active in 
Unitarian circles, being a life member of the 
American Unitarian Association. 


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CHARLES MARTIN SLEEPER, M.D.— 
There is no physician practicing in Southwestern 
Maine today who holds a more enviable position 
in the esteem of his fellow citizens than Dr. 
Charles Martin Sleeper, who has for many years 
conducted at South Berwick and vicinity a large 
and high-class practice and has grown to be most 
closely associated with the medical profession in 
that region. He is not himself a native of Maine, 
having been born in the neighboring State of 
New Hampshire, where his father was a school 
teacher in the town of Lakeport for many years. 
Alvah Sleeper was a man well known in his com- 
munity and everywhere highly honored. He 
married Rebecca Davis and they resided at Lake- 
port for many years. 

Born June 20, 1856, at Lakeport, New Hamp- 
shire, Charles Martin Sleeper spent the early 
years of his life at that town. He attended for 
a time the public schools of Lakeport and there 
gained the elementary portion of his education. 
Later, however, he was sent to the Franklin 
Academy at Franklin, New Hampshire, where he 
was prepared for college and then matriculated 
at the Bowdoin Medical School, having deter- 
mined in the meantime to take up medicine as 
his profession. He graduated from the latter 
institution with the class of 1883 and immediately 
located at South Berwick, Maine, where he en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession. From 
that day to the present Dr. Sleeper has continu- 
ously developéd his large practice until ke has 
come to reach his present position in the com- 
munity. But it has not been only in connection 
with the profession of medicine that Dr. Sleeper 
has made a name for himself among his fellow 
citizens. There have been few men who have 
taken more active parts in public affairs than 
he, and he has occupied some extremely impor- 
tant posts both in city and State politics. He is 
a strong Democrat, and it was on that party’s 
ticket that he was elected to the Maine Legisla- 
ture in 1907. He served on this body continu- 
ously until 1911, inclusive, and did much in that 
capacity to assist in reform legislation. His 
next office was as member of the Governor’s Ex- 
ecutive Council, of which most important and re- 
sponsible body he was chairman from Ig1I5 to 
1916. In the latter year he was appointed by 
President Wilson, collector of customs, for the 
federal district of Maine and New Hampshire 
and is at the present time serving in that post. 
Dr. Sleeper is also a prominent figure in the so- 
cial and fraternal life in the community, par- 
ticularly in his association with the Masonic Or- 


14 HISTORY OF MAINE 


der. He is a member of St. John’s Lodge, No. 
51, Free and Accepted Masons, and was for three 
years master of that lodge, of Unity Chapter, 
Royal Arch Masons, and high priest of the 
chapter for three years. He is past grand 
scribe of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of 
Maine. Dr. Sleeper is a member of the New- 
chawanick Club, South Berwick, Maine. In 
his religious belief he is a Free Baptist and at- 
tends the First Church of that denomination at 
South Berwick, and it is at this attractive town 
that he has his dwelling, and has practiced his 
profession there since July, 1883. 

On June 26, 1884, Dr. Sleeper was united in 
marriage at Brunswick, Maine, with Julia Flor- 
ence Uniacke, a daughter of Charles and Deborah 
Uniacke, old and highly respected residents of 
Channing, Nova Scotia. To Dr. and Mrs. Sleeper 
two children have been born as follows: Mildred 
Bertha, May 4, 1889, and Roger Davis, February 
16, 1892. 


SPAULDING SMITH, one of the most suc- 
cessful stock raisers and dealers in horses, cattle 
and sheep, of East Wilton, Maine, and a promi- 
nent figure in the life of that community during 
the generation just past, was a native of Hart- 
land, Vermont, where his birth occurred Feb- 
ruary 14, 1802. At an early age he came to this 
town and continued to reside here until the time 
of his death, September 27, 1868. 

Mr. Smith was a son of Captain Simon and 
Olive (Freeman) Smith, Captain Smith holding 
that rank in the Vermont militia, and was a 
prominent man in his community. The early life 
of Spaulding Smith was spent at his native town 
of Hartland, Vermont, where he received his edu- 
cation at the local public school, but his advan- 
tages in this particular were extremely limited, 
and while still young he began work for his father 
on the latter's farm. Upon reaching manhood, 
Mr. Smith in association with his brother Simon, 
purchased a farm in northern Vermont and 
worked it for some four years, meeting with a 
high degree of success in their enterprise. At 
the time of his marriage, however, this associa- 
tion was severed and Mr. Smith closed out his 
business and came to Maine. Twenty-five years 
later, however, he went to La Salle county, IIli- 
nois, where he purchased land and invested his 
money. He did not give up his home in the 
East, however, but resided at East Wilton, mak- 
ing yearly trips to the West. He engaged in 
Illinois, in a sort of banking business, and loaned 
money to the farmers in that region, continuing 


in this business until the close of his life. In 
East Wilton he owned a number of farms and 
there engaged in raising cattle, sheep and horses, 
and also raised mules, taking his animals to the 
canal towns, and to New York City, where he 
found a large market for them. He was very 
successful in these operations, and was recognized 
as one of the most substantial dealers in this part 
of the State. Mr. Smith was keenly interested 
in the general welfare of the community, and 
was a man of very high honor and integrity. In 
his business matters his motto was, “in helping 
others he helped himself”; he was exact without 
meanness—exacting what was his due, without 
harshness—rendering unto everyone the measure 
he claimed for himself. The poor debtor found 
in him a lenient creditor; the dishonest one, a 
stern opposer. He did not identify himself with 
any political party, but depended solely upon his 
own judgment in all questions of public inter- 
est, and voted independently for the measure or 
candidate which he thought best for the good 
of the community. 

Mr. Smith was a man of retiring and modest 
disposition and had the affection as well as the 
esteem of his fellow citizens here and of his 
associates in the West. He took a very keen 
enjoyment in out-door life, and was devoted to 
his business. He loved horses and livestock, 
and was a most excellent judge of the same. His 
instincts were strongly domestic, and his chief 
happiness was to be found amidst his family by 
his own fireside. His public spirit was prover- 
bial, and the community in which he lived is the 
better for his having resided there. Such men 
as Mr. Smith are richly deserving of the grati- 
tude of their fellowmen, and are especially to be 
remembered in a worl of this character as rep- 
resentative of the best type of citizenship and 
that class of men who have done most to further 
the welfare of their communities. Mr. Smith 
was a man of strong religious feelings, and at- 
tended the Universalist Church at East Wilton 
for many years. 

Spaulding Smith was united in marriage in Jan- 
uary, 1833, with Sarah Rich, daughter of Moody 
Rich, a distinguished resident of Maidstone, Ver- 
mont, where he was judge of probate for many 
years. Their marriage occurred at Maidstone, 
and they later came to East Wilton to make their 
home. Mrs. Smith was one of a family of nine 
children, all of whom are passed away. Mr. and 
Mrs. Smith were the parents of five children as 
follows: Augustus S., who died at the age of 
nine years; a child who died in infancy; a second 


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child who died in infancy; Charles M., who mar- 
ried Mary Hudson, of Earlville, La Salle county, 
Illinois; Ella O., who became the wife of Major 
Belcher, who is the subject of extended mention 
elsewhere in this work. 


SAMUEL CLIFFORD BELCHER, major of 
the United States Army, and a distinguished sol- 
dier during the Civil War, is one of the best 
known citizens of Farmington, Maine, and a 
member of an old New England family, which 
was founded in this country by Gregory Belcher 
during the early Colonial period. The Belcher 
family is an exceedingly ancient one and was 
well known in early English history in connec- 
tion with Northamptonshire, where the family 
seat was situated as early as the reign of Henry 
VIII, when Edmund Belcher resided at Guilds- 
borough. The name is of Norman origin and 
we have among the list of grants at the time of 
Henry VIII, record of Alexander Belcher, the 
son of Edmund Belcher above mentioned, being 
placed in lawful possession of the hamlet of 
Northoft, which included, beside the land, a vil- 
lage of nineteen houses. In the seventeenth cen- 
tury we find a number of men bearing this name, 
who came to the new world from England and 

- in especial, four immigrants, named respectively 
Jeremy or Jeremiah, Edward, Andrew and Greg- 
ory, who settled in the British province of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay. Jeremiah Belcher was born in 
1612 and came to Ipswich, where he was made 
a freeman in 1638. Edward Belcher made his 
home in Boston and was made a freeman in 1631 
of that city. Andrew Belcher was the ancestor 
of Governor Belcher and settled in Sudbury, Mas- 
sachusetts, in 1639. ; 

(1) Gregory Belcher was an original member 
of the first church founded in Braintree, Massa- 
chusetts. He took the oath administered to 
those desiring to become freemen in 1640, and 
in 1645 it is recorded that he was a committee- 
man “to Lay out the High waye through Dor- 
chester Woods from Braintree Bounds to Rox- 
bury bounds.” He resided in Boston Town 
after 1634 and evidently was a man of importance 
and influence in the early day of the metropolis 
of New England. He died in Boston, Novem- 
ber 25, 1674, (Farmer says, June 21, 1659), and his 
widow, Katherine Belcher, died either in 1679 
or 1680. They had eight children, among whom 
were: Josiah, born in 1631; Samuel, born Au- 
gust 24, 1637; Joseph, born December 25, 1641. 

(II) Josiah, son of Gregory and Elizabeth 
Belcher, was born in Boston in 1631. He was 


one of the twenty-eight “Brethren who came off 
for the First Church in Boston, New England, 
and laid the foundation of the Third Church, 
partly on May 12, 1669, partly on May 16, 1669,” 
according to the register of the Third Church, 
familiarly known as the Old South Church, Bos- 
ton. He was married, March 3, 1655, to Ranis, 
daughter of Elder Edward Raynsford, who came 
in the fleet with Winthrop; was a brother of Lord 
Chief Justice Raynsford, the immediate succes- 
sor of Sir Mathew Hale; one of the substantial 
men of the town of Boston and often mentioned 
in its history, being deacon in the First Church, 
and with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Ranis, 
wife of Josiah Belcher, became members of the 
Third Church in 1674. Raynsford Island, Bos- 
ton Harbor, which he owned, still preserves the 
name. Josiah and Ranis (Raynsford) Belcher 
had twelve children; Josiah died in Boston, April 
3, 1683, and his widow, October 2, 1691. 

(III) Edward, eighth child of Josiah and Ranis 
(Raynsford) Belcher, was born in Boston, Jan- 
uary I9, 1669, and late in life removed to the 
town of Stoughton, where he purchased an estate 
and spent the last years of his life. He died 
March 16, 1745, and his widow died March 5, 
1752. He married Mary Clifford, and they had 
six children. The youngest of these was named 
Clifford, his mother’s maiden surname. 

(IV) Clifford, youngest son of Edward and 
Mary (Clifford) Belcher, was married June 24, 
1740, to Mehitable, daughter of Samuel and Sarah 
(Clap) Bird, and granddaughter of John and 
Elizabeth (Williams) Bird, of Dorchester. He 
inherited his father’s estate in Stoughton, and 
greatly added to it, residing there up to the time 
of his death, which occurred April 26, 1773. His 
widow, who was born in Dorchester, December 8, 
1706, died in Stoughton, February 20, 1779. 

(V) Supply, sixth child of Clifford and Mehit- 
able (Bird) Belcher, was born in that part of 
Stoughton, Massachusetts, now known as Sharon, 
March 209, 1751-52. He received a good English 
education, but did not take up the classics, as 
he intended to engage in merchandising. He 
became a merchant in Boston, and on the out- 
break of the American Revolution returned to 
Stoughton, where he purchased a large farm and 
also was the proprietor of Belcher’s Tavern on 
the Taunton road, now the village of South Can- 
ton, Massachusetts. Suffering considerable losses, 
by reason of the long period of war, in which he 
served under a commission of captain received 
from General Washington, he migrated in 1785 
to the District of Maine and located with his 


Lf HISTORY OF MAINE 


family on the Kennebec river at Hallowell, now 
Augusta. He lived in Hallowell, 1785-91, and 
while there was captain of the North Company of 
In 1791 he removed his family to Sandy 
river township and became a leader among the 
new settlers, and as-agent of the proposed town- 
ship he went before the General Court in Boston, 
and secured an act of incorporation, and was 
elected the first town clerk and justice of the 
peace. He was the first representative of the 
town to the General Court of Massachusetts, serv- 
ing in 1798 and 1801 and later in 1809, when he 
-was a colleague of Nathan Cutter, the town havy- 
ing increased so in population as to be entitled 
to two representatives. He was also a select- 
man of the town in 1796 and 1797, and for many 
years was a prominent teacher of the local pub- 
lic school. He had a wide reputation for skill 
in the art of surgery and in the administration 
of simple medical remedies, and although not a 
professional or licensed physician, was frequently 
called in cases where no regular physician could 
be obtained. Mr. Belcher was also an accom; 
plished musician and a member of the Stoughton 
Musical Society, and was a performer on the vio- 
lin and the composer of a collection of sacred 
music published under the title of “Harmony of 
Maine.” Indeed he gained so wide a reputa- 
’ tion in this line that he became popularly known 
as the “Handel of Maine.” He was the first 
choir leader in the church at Hallowell. Supply 
Belcher married May 2, 1775, Margaret More, a 
daughter of William and Margaret (Johnson) 
More, who was also a well known musician. Mr. 
Belcher died in Farmington, Maine, June 9, 1836, 
and his wife on May 14, 1839, in the eighty-third 
year of her age. They were the parents of the 
following children: Abigail Doty, and Margaret 
Doty (twins), born May 27, 1776, at Stoughton, 
Massachusetts; Clifford, who is mentioned at 
length below; Samuel, born July 18, 1780; Ben- 
jamin More, born August 4, 1782; Mehitable, born 
October 17, 1784, died September 20, 1785; Me- 
hitable, born June 1, 1787, at Augusta, Maine, and 
became the wife of Joseph Titcomb; Hiram, born 
February 23, 1790; Martha Stoyell, born Feb- 
ruary 20, 1795, at Farmington, Maine, and married 
Thomas Hunter; Betsey, born April 6, 1797, and 
died September 27, 1804. 

(V1) Clifford (2) Belcher, son of Supply and 
Margaret (More) Belcher, was born January 17, 
1778, at Stoughton, Massachusetts. He was 
thirteen years of age when his father removed 
to Sandy River Valley and accompanied him 
there, the journey being made through the wilder- 


militia. 


ness in mid-winter, and the travel being so bad 
on account of bad roads and deep snows that five 
days'were occupied in making the trip. At Sandy 
River Valley, he assisted his father in the culti- 
vation of his farm, a property which is now the 
center of the town site of Farmington, and con- 
tinued thus occupied until his twenty-first birth- 
day, when he secured a mercantile position, al- 
though he still continued to aid his father occa- 
sionally. He was a man of business acumen, 
and became the possessor of a large property, in- 
cluding a valuable business site in the town. He 
married, January 27, 1811, Deborah Allen, daugh- 
ter of the Rev. Timothy and Sarah (Williams) 
Fuller, and granddaughter of the Rey. Abraham 
Williams of Sandwich, Massachusetts. They 
were the parents of six children as follows: Caro- 
line Williams, born October 18, 1812, and became 
the wife of Nehemiah Abbott, a representative 
in the Thirty-fifth United States Congress; Sam- 
uel Clifford, who is mentioned at length below; 
Deborah Ann, born December Io, 1816, and be- 
came the wife of Captain Charles Gill; Clifford, 
born March 23, 1819, a graduate of Harvard, 
where he won the degree of Bachelor of Arts 
in 1837; Abraham William Fuller, born August 
26, 1821; Timothy Fuller, born August 3, 1823. 
(VII) Samuel Belcher, eldest son of Clifford 
(2) and Deborah Allen (Fuller) Belcher, was born 
at Farmington, Maine, December 8, 1814. He 
received his education at Farmington Academy, 
and afterwards studied law in the office of his 
uncle, Hiram Belcher. Here he pursued his 
studies to such good purpose that he’ was ad- 
mitted to the Kennebec bar on December 8, 1835, 
the day on which he reached his majority. He 
then removed to Orono, Maine, where he prac- 
ticed law for two years, but afterwards returned 
to his native town and opened a law office there. 
He was active in local affairs and held a number 
of public offices, including that of town clerk, 
from 1838 to 1840, and postmaster from 1840 to 
1849. He also represented Farmington in the 
Maine State Legislature in 1840, 1849 and 1850, 
and was clerk of that body, from 1845 to 1848. 
He was Speaker of the House in 1849 and 1850, 
and in 1852 was elected Judge of Probate of the 
County of Franklin, a position which he held for 
ten years at that time and again from 1879 to 
1884. He was also county attorney from 1862 
to 1879. Mr. Belcher was identified with a num- 
ber of important institutions in that region, and 
was a trustee of the Farmington Academy, from 
1845 until it was made the Farmington Normal 
School. He had a large law practice and was 


BIOGRAPHICAL 17 


very influential in the community, an influence 
which he consistently exerted for its good. Sam- 
uel Belcher married, May 9, 1837, Martha Caro- 
line Hepzibah Abbott, eldest daughter of Asa 
and Caroline (Williams) Abbott, who was born 
September 18, 1819. They were the parents of 
the following children: Samuel Clifford, with 
whom we are here especially concerned; Anna 
Gill, born June 21, 1841, and died August 23, 
1842; Abbott, born March 17, 1843; William 
Fuller, born March 13, 1845; Fuller, born Sep- 
tember 13, 1852, and died June 24, 1861; Hamilton 
Abbott, born August 18, 1854; Mary Caroline, 
born July 25, 1856, and became the wife of James 
Hayes Waugh, and they have two children, a son 
and a daughter. 

(VIII) Samuel Clifford Belcher, eldest son of 
Samuel and Martha Caroline Hepzibah (Abbott) 
Belcher, was born March 20, 1839, at his father’s 
home in Farmington. As a lad he attended the 


local public school, where he was prepared for ° 


college, and in 1853, though only fourteen years 
of age, matriculated at Bowdoin College. He 
was a brilliant student and graduate with the de- 
gree of A.B. in 1857. Immediately upon grad- 
uation, he was appointed preceptor of Foxcraft 
Academy, a position which he held for three 
years, and then in 1860, took up the study of the 
law in the office of the Hon. Nehemiah Abbott, 
at Belfast, Maine. It took but one year for the 
brilliant mind of Mr. Belcher to master his com- 
plicated subject, and in 1861, shortly after his 
twenty-first birthday, he was admitted to the 
Franklin county bar. At about the same time 
the outbreak of the Civil War prevented him from 
carrying out his original intentions, and he 
turned his efforts to recruiting a company of 
soldiers for service in the army of his ccuntry. 
He rendered valuable assistance in raising the 
Sixteenth Maine Volunteer Regiment, and on 
June 4, 1862, received his commission as captain 
of a company in this body. Shortly after this 
promotion, his regiment was ordered to the front, 
and from that time on to the close of hostilities, 
he saw much active service. He participated in 
the battle of Fredericksburg, where he was slight- 
ly wounded, and in the battles of the Chancellors- 
ville campaign, where he personally led his com- 
pany. His regiment was also present at the 
battle of Gettysburg and saw fighting on the 
first, second and third days of July. It was his 
regiment selected to cover the retreat of the 
First Corps, in the first day of the battle, and it 
was well established that the Sixteenth Maine 
held a position from which two regiments had 


ME.—2—2 


previously been obliged to fall back, on account 
of the terrible onslaught of the Confederates. 
How desperate was this engagement may be 
gained from the fact that the position was only 
held at the cost of every man, save. forty, who 
heroically held their ground until surrounded and 
captured. Another famous episode connected 
with this terrific struggle was that of the order 
issued by Captain Belcher to save the regimental 
colors by cutting them in pieces and distributing 
a portion to each one of the new survivors, who 
thus prevented it from falling into the hands of 
the enemy. Captain Belcher was one of the 
forty captured by the Confederates, but on the 
march to Libby prison, where they were confined, 
was able to elude the vigilance of his guards, and 
escaped back to the Federal lines. He then 
went to Washington and, having no regiment to 
which to report, was assigned to the staff of 
General Heintzelman as aide-de-camp, that of- 
ficer being in command of the Department of 
Washington, District of Columbia. The Six- 
teenth Maine was finally recruited once more, 
whereupon he rejoined it in November, 1863, 
and took part in the campaign of the Wilder- 
ness, being present at the battles of Mine Run, 
the Wilderness, and Spottsylvania, being severely 
wounded at the last named engagement by a bul- 
let which pierced his skull and nearly penetrated 
his brain. In the terrible confusion following 
these great conflicts, Captain Belcher lay with- 
out relief for seventeen days, before the bullet 
could be removed, and the great strain so weak- 
ened him, that he was not able to rejoin the 
army until after the surrender of the Confed- 
erates. On June 1, 1864, while in the field, he 
was commissioned major, by Governor Coney, 
in recognition of his gallant services, and held 
that rank at the time of his honorable discharge 
in 1865. Major Belcher then returned to Farm- 
ington, Maine, where he resumed the practice 
of the law, and was soon recognized as one of 
the leaders of the bar in this region. He was 
also made an overseer of Bowdoin College and 
was a member of the Maine Historical Society 
and the American Bar Association. General 
Belcher has been closely identified with a num- 
ber of military and fraternal orders in this region, 
for many years, and is a member of the Maine 
Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion 
of the United States, and he is also prominently 
associated with the Masonic order, being past 
master of Maine Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons; past high priest Franklin Chap- 
ter, Royal Arch Masons: past master of Jephthah 


18 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Council, Royal and Select Masters, and a member 
of Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar. He 
was appointed inspector general on the staff 
of Governor Garcilon, with the rank of brigadier- 
general. In 1876 and in 1878 he was the unsuc- 
cessful Democratic candidate for Congress for 
the Second District of Maine. 

General Belcher was united in marriage Jan- 
uary I9, 1869, with Ella Olive Smith, a daughter 
of Spaulding and Sarah (Rich) Smith, of Wilton, 
and they were the parents of one daughter, Fran- 
ces Spaulding Belcher, who was born November 
27, 1869, at Farmington. 


SENATOR LEON FORREST HIGGINS has 
been prominent in the public eye in connection 
with public affairs for many years, his first ap- 
pearance being in 1900, as an alderman of Brewer, 
Maine. From that time he has steadily in- 
creased in public esteem, and has filled many of- 
fices of constantly increasing importance. In 
1913 he came into State-wide view as a member 
of the Maine House of Representatives, and is 
now president of the Maine Senate. He re- 
moved his residence to Brewer in 1875, and has 
since resided in that city. A Republican in poli- 
tics, he has not only impressed himself upon the 
life of that party and risen to leadership, but 
in so doing he has gained the respect of even 
his political opponents who ascribe to his purity 
of motive and fairness in his antagonisms. He 
is a son of Forrest Richard and Carrie M. Hig- 
gins, his father a Civil War veteran, lumberman 
and contractor, of Ellsworth, Maine. 

Leon Forrest Higgins was born in Ellsworth, 
Hancock, county, Maine, April 29, 1870. He was 
educated in the public schools of Bangor and 
Brewer, Maine, and was variously employed, 
finally becoming head of an insurance business 
now well established in Bangor. In Brewer he 
was one of the incorporators of the Brewer Sav- 
ings Bank, and has other important business in- 
terests. Mr. Higgins was always an active party 
man and interested in the success of Republican 
principles. He was elected an alderman of the 
city of Brewer, Maine, serving in 1900-01, and 
the following year he was elected mayor of the 
city, and twice was elected to succeed himself, 
his term of office covering the years, 1902-03-04. 
For the succeeding ten years he was chairman of 
the Republican City Committee of Brewer, and 
in 1913 was elected to represent said city in the 
House of Representatives. He served in the 
house two terms with credit, until 1917, then 
was elected State Senator from Penobscot county. 


In 1919 he succeeded himself as State Senator, 
and is now serving his second term, 1919-21. 
At the opening of the session of 1919 Senator 
Higgins was elected president of the Senate, 
which distinguished honor is now his. This 
record of public service reveals Senator Higgins 
as a man of forceful character, clear and sound 
in judgment, public-spirited and progressive, able 
to lead without appealing to the passions and 
prejudicies of men.. He has won his position 
among the State leaders of his party, and with the 
past as a guide, his political future seems very 
bright. 

Senator Higgins is a member of Rising Virtue 
Lodge, No. 10, Free and Accepted Masons, Ban- 
gor, Maine; Mt. Moriah Chapter, No. 6, Royal 
Arch Masons; St. John’s Commandery, No. 3, 
Knights Templar, all of Maine. He is a mem- 
ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
and is a past grand master of the order in Maine. 
He is also a member and past chancellor com- 
mander of Colonel Brewer Lodge, No. 56, 
Knights of Pythias. His clubs are the Kendus- 
keag, Canoe, and Country, of Bangor; the Coun- 
try, of Northport; Lincoln, of Portland; and the 
Bangor Chamber of Commerce. In religious 
faith he is affiliated with the First Methodist 
Church of Brewer. 

Senator Higgins married, in Brewer, Maine, 
October 21, 1891, Josephine H. Shackley, daugh- 
ter of Joseph M. and Eliza Holyoke Shackley. 
Children: Dorrice Mae, born December 16, 1804; 
Donald Shackley, born January 6, 1897. 


WILLIAM G. SOULE, a well known and pub- 
lic spirited citizen of Portland, Maine, where he 
is engaged in business as a commission merchant 
at No. 208 Commercial street, is a native of this 
State, having been born at the town of Water- 
ville, a son of Thomas J. and Mary A. (Gilbert) 
Soule, highly respected residents of that place, 
and a descendant of the oldest families of New 
England, where for many generations it has 
played a part of distinction in public affairs. The 
founder of the family in this country was George 
Soule, who came here on the Mayflower and was 
one of those to sign the famous compact entered 
into by the passengers of that vessel. William 
G. Soule’s early education was obtained at the 
public schools of his native town, where one of 
his instructors was the late Hon. H. M. Plaisted, 
subsequently governor of Maine. The lad was 
later sent to the Waterville Institute and grad- 
uated from that excellent school at the age of 
seventeen years. Upon completing ‘his studies 


BIOGRAPHICAL 19 


he came to Portland, Maine, and here secured a 
clerical position in the office of his uncle, J. J. 
Gilbert, and spent a year in that gentleman’s em- 
ploy. He then became a clerk in a mercantile 
house on Commercial street, Portland, where he 
remained but a short time, yet long enough to 
become acquainted with the business. His next 
move was to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where 
he engaged in the lumber business in partner- 
ship with a Mr. Noble under the firm name of 
Noble & Soule. This enterprise was successful, 
and Mr. Soule remained so engaged for about 
one year, but then withdrew to enter the United 
States Secret Service, from which, after a few 
months’ time he entered in the navy. This was 
at the time of the outbreak of the Civil War and 
he very soon saw much active service and was 
present at the battles of Cape Hatteras, Charles- 
ton and Port Royal. For a time, also, he was 
engaged in blockade duty and was then trans- 
ferred to New York and Boston to aid in the 
transportation of troops to the South. Early in 
1864 he came to Portland once more and after 
receiving his honorable discharge, again took up 
mercantile pursuits and entered the employ of 
Henry Fling, who conducted a wholesale grocery 
business in this city. Shortly afterwards he pur- 
chased an interest in the business, the name of 
which has thereupon changed to Henry Fling & 
Company, but Mr. Fling’s death again altered 
the constitution of the firm which then became 
Weymouth, Soule & Company. It thus con- 
tinued until the death of Mr. Weymouth, when 
a number of new partners were admitted and 
the style changed to Davis, Berry & Company, 
the partners consisting of Abner Davis, Joseph 
S. Berry, Leonard Williams and Mr. Soule, all 
of whom save the last named have passed to their 
reward. On account of ill health Mr. Soule was 
obliged to retire from active business about 
this time (1868), and for two years was occupied 
in gaining his health and strength. In 1870, 
however, when this had been attained, he en- 
gaged in the insurance business for a time, and 
then returned to his old line by becoming as- 
sociated with the firm of Smith, Gage & Com- 
pany, wholesale grocers. After four years with 
this concern he entered the employ of Tarbox, 
Carney, Parsons & Company, wholesale druggists, 
where he became bookkeeper and condential 
clerk, and where he spent four years. It was 
at the close of that period that Mr. Soule en- 
gaged on his own account in the business that 
he has conducted with so much success ever 
since. He opened his office as broker and com- 


mission merchant at its present location on Com- 
mercial street and is now known widely in busi- 
ness circles here and elsewhere. Mr. Soule has 
represented many of the largest business houses 
in the country and has won for himself a reputa- 
tion second to none for integrity and capability. 

Mr. Soule is a staunch Republican and has been 
very active in public affairs. He has served as a 
member of the Portland City Council as a repre: 
sentative from Ward Two in 1864 and 186s, and 
from Ward One in 1879 and 1880. In 1889 he 
was appointed by Governor Burleigh as one of 
the commisisoners to represent the State of 
Maine at the Washington Centennial on the 13th 
of April in that year. Each State was repre- 
sented by its governor and his staff, as well as 
by the committee chosen especially for the pur- 
pose. This lasted for several days. At the time 
of the introduction of the Australian ballot sys- 
tem to the city here, Mr. Soule was one of the 
candidates for nomination for mayor of Portland. 
He declined the honor, however, and withdrew in 
favor of George W. True, who was nominated 
and eventually elected. Mr. Soule is an honorary 
member of the Eighth and Thirteenth Maine 
Regiments; a member of the Lincoln Club of 
Portland, and has been chairman of its executive 
committee since its organization in 1890, and 
later a vice-president, a member of the Whole- 
sale Grocers’ Association; and at one time a 
member of the Portland Board of Trade. Mr. 
Soule is a man of wide culture, of artistic taste 
and literary ability. He is the author of many 
delightful poems which he has published from 
time to time. He was a warm personal friend 
of John Greenleaf Whittier, whom he used to visit 
often. He is a man of a genial and warm- 
hearted disposition, and finds his chief happi- 
ness in his family and home. 

William G. Soule was united in marriage on 
the third day of July, 1866, with Fannie E. Davis, 
the adopted daughter of Captain George W. and 
Joanna Y. (Pomeroy) Davis. Three children 
have been born to them: Georgianna, deceased; 
Ardella M., and Eugenie F. Mrs. Soule was on 
her father’s vessel, the barque Tennessee when it 
was wrecked off the coast of France. 


FRANKLIN MELLEN DREW, veteran of the 
Civil War, who received distinction for his gal- 
lant and meritorious military record in that con- 
flict, a lawyer, whose services in public affairs 
have added to his prominence, a student, whose 
interest and efforts have contributed to the ad- 
vancement of education, and an authority on 


20 HISTORY OF MAINE 


local genealogical history, is in every way emi- 
nently worthy of the old and distinguished name 
which he bears. 

(1) His family dates back to the progenitor, 
John Drew, who is believed to have been a son 
of William Drew, and a grandson of Sir Edward 
Drew, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 
1589. He was born in England, about 1642, and 
came to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1660. He 
married there, in 1673, Hannah Churchill, daugh- 
ter of John Churchill. Their children were: 
Elizabeth, born 1673; John, 1676; Samuel, 1678; 
Thomas, 1681; Nicholas, of whom further; and 
Lemuel, 1687. 

(II) Nicholas Drew, son of John and Hannah 
(Churchill) Drew, was born in 1684. He mar- 
ried (first) Abigail Their children were: 
Joshua, born 1709; Josiah, 1711; Nicholas, of 
whom further; Lemuel, 1715. He married (sec- 
ond) Rebecca Norton. Children: Joanna, born 
1717; Lucy, 1719; James, 1721; Abigail, 1723. He 
married (third) Lydia Doggett. Child, Rebecca, 
born 1731. 

(III) Nicholas (2) Drew, son of Nicholas (1) 
and Abigail Drew, was born in 1713. In 1730 
he married Bathsheba Kempton. Their chil- 
dren were: Abigail, born 1737; Abigail, 1739; 
Lois, 1741; Nicholas, 1743; Josiah, 1745; Abbet(?), 
1747; Samuel, 1749; David, 1752; Stephen, of 
whom further. 

(IV) Stephen Drew, son of Nicholas (2) and 
Bathsheba (Kempton) Drew, was born in 1754, 
and died about 1825. In 1800 he removed to 
Middleboro, Massachusetts, and later to Buck- 
field, Oxford county, Maine, where he was one 
of the early settlers. He married Jerusha 
Bryant. Their children were: Stephen, of whom 
further; Josiah, Lewis, Bathsheba, and two others. 

(V) Stephen (2) Drew, son of Stephen (1) and 
Jerusha (Bryant) Drew, married, in March, 1805, 
Anna Bisbee, and lived in Turner, Maine. Their 
children were: Arvilla and Phidelia, twins, born 
June 7, 1806; Jesse, of whom further; Louisa, 
born November 23, 1810; and Mary, born April 
13, 1813. 

(VI) Jesse Drew, the only son of Stephen (2) 
and Anna (Bisbee) Drew, was born September 
21, 1808. He removed from his home in Turner. 
Maine, to Paris, Oxford county, in 1850, and re- 
sided there until he went to Aroostook county, 
in 1853, and settled, first at Letter Hand, then at 
Fort Fairfield, where he spent the remainder of 
his life. He was very active in public affairs, 
and a potent factor in local politics of the Re- 
publican party, one of its leaders in that region. 


He married (first) in May, 1834, Hannah T. 
Phillips, who died at Paris, August 31, 1852. His 
death occurred at the residence of his son, 
Franklin Mellen Drew, in Lewiston, August 31, 
1890. Their children were: Hannah Gorham, 
born July 27, 1835; Franklin Mellen, of whom 
further; Delphina M., born November 24, 1839; 
Anna P., born January 5, 1842; George E., born 
March 3, 1845. He married (second) December 
21, 1857, Clarissa Wellington. Their children 
were: Gertrude H., born July 21, 1859; Morrill 
N., born May 27, 1862. 

(VII) Franklin Mellen Drew, son of Jesse and 
Hannah T. (Phillips) Drew, was born July to, 
1837, at Turner, Maine. Here he lived with his 
parents until the age of thirteen, when the family 
removed to Paris, Oxford county, Maine, where 
the early part of the lad’s education was re- 
ceived. He was later sent to the academy at 
Hebron, Maine, preparatory to his matriculation 
at Bowdoin College, in 1854, where he took the 
regular classical course and was graduated with 
the class of 1858. In the following year, 1859, 
he entered the law office of ex-United States 
Senator James W. Bradbury and Governor Lot 
M. Morrill, and was admitted to the Kennebec 
county bar, April 3, 1861, and soon afterward to 
the Aroostook county bar, where it was his in- 
tention to establish a practice. He opened an 
office in the town of Presque Isle, and very soon 
became a citizen of prominence in that com- 
munity, serving as assistant clerk in the House 
of Representatives in 1860-61. During the first 
year here, he received the nomination for county 
attorney, but declined the honor in order to en- 
list in the Civil War. On October 22, 1861, 
he set about raising a company which became 
Company G, Fifteenth Regiment of Volunteers, 
of Maine, in which he received commission as 
captain, in December of that year, for the ability 
he displayed in handling men. The following 
year he was promoted to the rank of major for 
distinguished services in the Louisiana and 
Florida campaigns, in each of which he proved 
himself a faithful and courageous soldier. In 
July, 1864, his regiment was ordered to Virginia 
and served in the Shenandoah Valley. At the 
expiration of his term of service, he was mus- 
tered out, January 26, 1865. Later, in 1865, he 
was brevetted by President Johnson colonel of 
volunteers for “gallant and meritorious services.” 
After he was mustered out of the military serv- 
ice, Colonel Drew retired to civil life and again 
took up the practice of law, settling in Bruns- 
wick, Maine. 


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While a resident of that town he participated 
more and more in the affairs of public life. From 
1866 to 1867 he was clerk in the House of Rep- 
resentatives, and in 1868 he was elected secre- 
tary of the State of Maine and three times re- 
elected. In 1872 he was appointed United States 
pension agent at Augusta, which office he held 
over five years, and until it was removed in July, 
1877, to Concord, New Hampshire. In 1878 he 
removed to Lewiston, Maine, where he has since 
continued to make his home and to follow the 
practice of his profession. In 1887 he was elected 
judge of the Probate Court of Androscoggin 
county and was re-elected three times. During 
the sixteen years he was judge of probate he 
rendered a great many decisions, some of much 
importance, with the remarkable result that only 
two appeals were sustained by the Supreme 
Court. For many years he has been actively 
and keenly interested in the advancement of edu- 
cation in Maine, and in 1865 was elected secre- 
tary of the board of trustees of Bowdoin Col- 
lege, which position he held for twenty-nine 
years, when he resigned, having been elected 
treasurer of Bates College, which office he held 
twenty-three years, when he resigned, and became 
secretary of the Board of Fellows. In his de- 
votion to educational matters, Colonel Drew has 
labored untiringly and efficaciously. He is a 
member of the Maine Historical Society, and has 
shown much interest in the genealogy and his- 
tory of the State. He is prominent in his af- 
filiation with various Masonic bodies, in which 
organization he has received the thirty-second 
degree. He is a member of Ashler Lodge, An- 
cient Free and Accepted Masons, of Lewiston; 
King Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Dun- 
lap Council, Royal and Select Masters; and 
Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar. He 
has been commander of the Department of Maine, 
Grand Army of the Republic, and commander of 
the Loyal Legion. In religion he is affiliated 
with the Pine Street (Lewiston) Congregational 
Church. In politics he has always been a Re- 
publican. 

Judge Drew was united in marriage, January 
3, 1861, with Araminta B. Woodman, the young- 
est daughter of General Merrill Woodman, of 
Naples, Maine. She died November 2, 1911. To 
them was born one child, Frank Newman Drew, 
born November 24, 1862, who died September 29, 
1864. 


FRANK ASHLEY RUMERY—We have a 
term which has originated in this country to 


express a particular type of man who, though 
not peculiar to ourselves, is probably more com- 
mon here than anywhere else in the world. The 
term is that of “self-made man,” which expresses 
with a certain pungent precision common to pop- 
ular phrases a type with which we are all fa- 
miliar. It would be difficult to discover a better 
example of what is meant by the term than in 
the person of Frank Ashley Rumery, who for 
the past thirty-two years has been most closely 
identified with the business interests of Portland, 
Maine. He is a son of Charles F. and Mary L. 
(Sawyer) Rumery, old residents of the town of 
Hollis, Maine, where Mr. Romery, Sr., was born 
in the year 1845, and where for many years he 
conducted a successful lumber business. During 
the last five years of his life he resided in Port- 
land, where he died in the month of April, ro11, 
at the age of sixty-six years. His wife is still 
residing in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Rumery, Sr., 
were the parents of four children, as follows: 
Frank Ashley, of whom further; Burleigh E., de- 
ceased; Mary, now the wife of C. W. Waterman, 
of Portland; and Cecil H., who died in the month 
of August, IgI5. 

Born on May 7, 1867, at Hollis, Maine, Frank 
Ashley Rumery resided in that city during the 
first seventeen years of his life, and it was there 
that he gained his education, attending for that 
purpose the local public schools. Upon reach- 
ing the age of seventeen, he left the parental roof 
and made his way to Portland, in which place 
he has since resided and which has formed the 
scene of his active business career. Upon first 
arriving in Portland, he became employed by 
Mr. A. D. Smith, under whose preceptorship he 
learned a trade. Mr. Smith was one of the pio- 
neer contractors of Portland, and had already de- 
veloped an excellent business at the time when 
Mr. Rumery entered into his establishment. The 
young man showed such industry and ready 
adaptability to his work that Mr. Smith admitted 
him to partnership, the firm becoming Smith & 
Rumery. In 1911, however, Mr. Rumery sev- 
ered this association and engaged in contracting 
for himself, laying the foundation of his present 
large and successful business. Since that time 
he has been eminently successful, and the firm 
F. A. Rumery & Company has erected some of 
the handsomest buildings in Portland, notably 
the Masonic Temple. Mr. Rumery is affiliated 
with the Forest City Trust Company, and is a 
very conspicuous figure in the financial life of 
the place. He is a Republican in politics, but 
has never had any ambition to hold office or in- 


22 HISTORY OF MAINE 


deed to enter public life at all. He is a con- 
spicuous figure in the club and social circles of 
the city, is a member of the Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, the Woodfords, the Economic 
and the Civic clubs of Portland. In his relig- 
ious belief, Mr. Rumery is a member of the Con- 
gregational church and attends the Woodford 
Church of that denomination. 

On May 7, 1890, Mr. Rumery was united in mar- 
riage at Gorham, Maine, with Ida May Hamblen, 
a daughter of Archelaus L. and Harriett Ellen 
(Carll) Hamblen. To Mr..and Mrs. Rumery the 
following children have been born: Harriett 
Carll, March 13, 1891; Gladys Merle, June 22, 
1892; Earle Hamblen, February 20, 1900; Hope 
Woodbury, January. 26, 1903; and Dwight Ashley, 
May 8, 1904. 

The type that has become familiar to the 
world as the successful New Englander, prac- 
tical and worldly-wise, yet governed in all matters 
by the most scrupulous and strict. ethical code, 
is nowhere better exemplified than in the person 
of Mr. Rumery, a figure who carries down into 
our own times something of the substantial qual- 
ity of the past. The successful men of an earlier 
generation who were responsible for the great 
industrial and mercantile development of New 
England experienced, most of them, in their own 
lives the juncture of two influences, calculated 
in combination to produce the marked charac- 
ters by which we recognize the type. 


GEORGE ADDISON EMERY, one. of the 
leading attorneys and men of affairs of Saco, 
Maine, where he is identified with many large 
private interests and important public under- 
takings, is a native of this place and a son of 
Moses and Sarah Cutts (Thornton) Emery, high- 
ly respected residents here. Mr. Emery was 
born November 14, 1839, in his parent’s home at 
Saco, and his early education was received at the 
local schools. He later entered Bowdoin Col- 
lege, where he received the degree of A.B. and 
was graduated with the class of 1863. His father 
was an attorney here and the young man deter- 
mined to follow the same profession, so that im- 
mediately after his graduation he entered his 
father’s office and there began the study of. his 
chosen subject. This he pursued to such good 
purpose that he was admitted to the bar of York 
county in 1866 and the same year established him- 
self in practice here. He very rapidly made a 
reputation for himself for ability and learning, 
and in 1867 was appointed judge of the Municipal 
Court. He served in this capacity until the close 


of 1871, when he returned to private practice 
which he developed into one of great extent and 
handled much of the important litigation of this 
region. Another post that he held for several 
years was that of court recorder in which he dis- 
charged his duties to the satisfaction of all con- 
cerned. In 1881 he was elected from this dis- 
trict to the Maine State Legislature and was a 
member of that body in that and the three years 
following. He was city solicitor for a number 
of years and served from 1890 to 1894, 1903 to 
1904, and from 1908 to 1909. Mr. Emery is presi- 
dent of the York Bar Association. Besides his 
official and semi-official posts Mr. Emery is 
prominently identified with a large number of 
business concerns and organizations of a finan- 
cial character, among which should be mentioned 
the Provident Association, of which he has been 
the general agent here since 1871, and the Laurel 
Hill Cemetery Association, of which he is the 
president. He is also a director of the York 
National Bank, and has been its president; and 
a trustee of the Saco Savings Bank, since June 
10, 1906. Mr. Emery is a trustee and the sec- 
retary and treasurer of Thornton Academy, and 
he is a member of its Alumni Society. He is a 
member of the board of the Dyer Library Asso- 
ciation; a corporate member and the secretary of 
the York Institute, and an officer in other edu- 
cational organizations and societies, including the 
Maine Historical Society. He is a Republican 
in politics and a member of the Unitarian Church. 
For more than a quarter of a century Mr. Emery 
has been associated with the Masonic Society, 
and for twenty-five years when he resigned that 
office had served as secretary of Saco Lodge. 
Mr. Emery is unmarried. 


FULLER DINGLEY—One of those men who 
in the momentous days of the Civil War when 
the Union was in danger enlisted to go to the 
defense of his country, Fuller Dingley was a typ- 
ical representative of the old New England cour- 
age and energy. He came of a family which had 
been in this country for many generations, Sav- 
age’s “Genealogical Dictionary” giving the first of 
the name as Jacob Dingley, of Marshfield, who 
died in 1691. The family spread to Duxbury, 
and descendants of this man are to be found there 
to this day. Stackpole’s “History of Durham,” 
Maine, refers to Millard and Jeremiah Dingley. 
It was in this town that the Hon. Nelson Dingley 
was born. The story is told of a certain Samuel 
Mitchell, who brought his wife, Betsey Dingley, 
from Cape Elizabeth all the way on horseback, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 23 


the couple living in a corn barn until their house 
was built. 

Fuller Dingley was born in Bowdoinham, 
Maine, September 9, 1831, and died in Gardiner, 
Maine, November 18, 1897. He was educated 
at the public schools of his native town and was 
afterwards sent to Litchfield Institute, and then 
learned the trade of a carpenter. He went to 
Newport, Rhode Island, to work, but at the out- 
break of the Civil War he enlisted and served 
as lieutenant of the Seventh Rhode Island In- 
fantry. In the United States War Department 
Records of the War of the Rebellion, Section I, 
24, pt. 2, p. 571, the report of Colonel Zenas R. 
Bliss commanding the Seventh Rhode Island 
Regiment of the date of July 28, 1863, mentions 
Lieutenant Fuller Dingley as follows: “I sent 
Lieutenant Sullivan, regimental adjutant, and 
Lieutenant Fuller Dingley with a company of 
Twenty-ninth Massachusetts. They posted the 
company as directed and started to return to 
headquarters. They probably lost their way in 
the darkness and walked into the enemy’s lines 
and were captured. We learned from rebel 
prisoners that two lieutenants were taken prison- 
ers from a position in the lines and sent imme- 
diately to Richmond.” Lieutenant Dingley was 
sent to Andersonville, and other prisons, and in 
1865 received honorable discharge. At the close 
of the war Mr. Dingley came to Gardiner and 
went into the hardware and coal business with 
his brother, James B. Dingley, and remained in 
this business with his brother until his death. 
Mr. Dingley was a Republican in his politics but 
never cared for office. His brother, on the other 
hand, took an exceedingly active interest in all 
municipal activities and served the city as mayor. 
It is possible that the rheumatism that Mr. 
Fuller contracted in his prison experience, and 
which left him somewhat of an invalid all the 
rest of his life, had its effect upon his ambition 
to hold any position in the service of the town. 
He was a member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public, and was an attendant of the Congrega- 
tional church. 

Mr. Dingley married, at Newport, Rhode Island, 
September 9, 1857, Mary Jane Parkinson, daugh- 
ter of William D. Southwick, and Fanny (Albro) 
Southwick, both of them natives of Newport. 
Mr. and Mrs. Dingley were the parents of two 
children, only one of whom is now living: Emily 
Goff, who married, September 14, 1886, Charles 
Francis Swift, who died July 3, 1912; they had one 
child, Marion Dingley, who married Oxsheer 
Meek Smith, June 27, 1914. Mr. Smith is the 


president of the Citizens’ National Bank of 


Cameron, Texas. 


ERNEST LeROY GOODSPEED, one of the 
most promising of the young lawyers of Gardi- 
ner has by his excellent work in his profession 
and his keen interest in and support of Gardiner 
activities won an excellent standing in that com- 
mlunity. 

He was born in Randolph, Maine, October 27, 
1888, the son of LeRoy W. and Georgia (Good- 
win) Goodspeed. As a boy he attended the pub- 
lic schools of the locality and was graduated 
trom the Gardiner High School in 1904. He ina- 
triculated at Bowdoin College and was graduated 
in 1909. This was followed by work at the Uni- 
versity of Maine Law School, from which he ob- 
tained his legal degree in 1914. Since that time 
he has been practicing law in Gardiner, building 
up in that period an excellent clientele and do- 
ing work which gives much warrant for future 
success. Although he has been busy in. his prv- 
fessional work, he has not allowed that to inter- 
fere in what he considers the obligations of a 
citizen to take a share in the town affairs. He 
has been especially interested in the work of the 
board of education and has been a superintend- 
ent of schools for the town of Randolph for two 
years, and also served as a selectman of Ran- 
dolph for a year. He has been also the city 
solictior of Gardiner. In his political prefer- 
ences Mr. Goodspeed is a Democrat. He is a 
member of Herman Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons; of the Elks of Gardiner, the Kappa Sig- 
ma fraternity, the Phi Beta Kappa of Bowdoin 
College, the legal fraternity, Phi Delta Phi, and 
the Phi Kappa Phi. During the World War he 
served in the United States army. He and his 
family are members of the Episcopal church. 

Mr. Goodspeed married, October 18, 1916, 
Olive Paine, daughter of William E. and Alice 
Paine, of Hallowell, Maine, and they have one 
child, Ernest LeRoy, Jr., born August 16, 1917. 


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EBEN EVANS SCATES was born in Ran- 
dolph, New Hampshire, October 11, 1860, the 
second son of Sinette S. and Margaret (Booth- 
man) Scates. The Scates were among the 
earliest settlers of New Hampshire, emigrating 
from England. Mr. Scates’ father died when he 
was four years old. Later his mother moved 
to Bridgeton, Maine, where she married Joseph 
Dufton. A year later they moved to Lisbon 
Falls, Maine, where Mr. Dufton went into the 


BA HISTORY OF MAINE 


drug business. Mr. Scates was educated in the 
public schools of Lisbon Falls. 

In 1879 Mr. Scates came to Fort Fairfield as 
manager of a drug store Mr. Dufton opened. The 
latter died soon after this and Mr. Scates bought 
out the business and has ever since conducted 
it at the old stand, and is the only merchant in 
Fort Fairfield doing business now who was in 
trade in 1879. With his brother, Hon. John 
Clark Scates, of Westbrook, Maine, he organ- 
ized the Scates Lumber Company, and built a 
shingle mill on the Aroostook river, near Fort 
Fairfield, which he operated several years. In 
1892, in company with C. D. Cutts, he incorporated 
the Cutts & Scates Furniture Company, manu- 
facturers, wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds 
of furniture. In 1899, in company with W. L. 
Collins, he established a drug store in Caribou, 
Maine, under the name of Scates & Company, 
and a few years later one in Washburn, Maine. 
In these various activities he has shown great 
energy. 

He has also done his share in the service of 
the community, having served for several years 
as assessor of Fort Fairfield Village Corporation 
and for a number of years as a member and chair- 
man of the Fort Fairfield School Board. For 
forty years he has been prominent in the rapid 
progress and development of the Aroostook val- 
ley, the garden of Maine. He is a Republican 
in his political preferences, but has never en- 
tered politics for office or political preferment, 
preferring to devote his energies and activities 
rigedly to business. Mr. Scates all his life has 
been very prominent and active in the fraternal 
societies of his town and State. He is a member 
of Eastern Frontier Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons. In ‘Odd Fellowship he has been espe- 
cially active and prominent, having passed all the 
chairs in the Subordinate Lodge, Encampment, 
and Canton, and has held State grand offices in both 
Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment, and has 
been a colonel in Patriarchs Militant and on the 
staff of General John C. Underwood, general 
commanding the Patriarchs Militant of the 
World. He attends the Congregational church, 
of which his wife is a member. Mr. Scates de- 
votes some of his spare time to literature. A 
few years ago he published a book on Odd Fel- 
lowship. He has just completed the manuscript 
of a historical book that he will publish this 
year, 1919, on the life of John and Sophia Baker, 
who figured so prominently both locally and in- 
ternationally in the events leading up to the 
Aroostook War. 


EAMES, EMMA (de Gogorza, Emilio Mrs., 
pronounced Ames and Go-gor-tha) world-re- 
nowned soprano and opera singer, was born in 
Shanghai, China, Aug. 13, 1865. Though she first 
saw the light of day under the fervid eastern 
sun, she was of decided American ancestry and 
inherited the best traditions of New England. 
The singer’s father, Ithamar Bellows Eames, 
of Freeport, Maine, was the son of an East 
India sea captain. Her mother was Emma (Hay- 
den) Eames, of Bath, Maine, the daughter of 
John and Martha (Brown) Hayden, the last 
named being the daughter of a Bath pioneer, 
one of the Lemonts of the colony settling at 
Dromore. The Lemonts were of Huguenot blood 
and were originally French refugees to Ireland, 
coming to America from Londonderry. Mme. 
Eames’ father, with a passion for adventure and 
travel, began his career by running away to 
sea, and as success attended his various mari- 
time experiences, he became captain of a mer- 
chantman. He finally decided to study law, and 
graduated from the Harvard Law School. Start- 
ing the practice of law in Boston, Massachusetts, 
he visited Bath, Maine, where he was married 
in December, 1861. He had been offered a most 
renumerative practice in Shanghai, and, taking 
his bride with him, he went to that city. It wes 
quite in accordance with the sea-going tenden- 
cies of the young attorney for him to think of 
taking his wife so far overseas on a weddine 
journey. He was admitted to the bar of Shang- 
hai, and remained for some time in China prac- 
ticing law in the international courts. As this 
was before the days of consular service his pro- 
fessional duties were considerable. On Decem- 
ber 19, 1863, a son, Hayden Eames, was born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Eames. The birth of their daugh- 
ter occurred two years later. The family con- 
tinued to live in Shanghai until 1870, when the 
ill health of Mrs. Eames necessitated her return 
to America. The children accompanied their 
mother, while Mr. Eames stayed in Shanghai. 

Mrs. Eames established her residence in Port- 
land, Maine, where her daughter passed the 
next five or six years of her life. There the 
happiest years of her childhood were spent, 
and there her school life began. In the midst 
of this happy child life her father met with 
reverses of fortune, as a result of which the 
young girl was sent to Bath, Maine, to make 
her home with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. 
John Hayden. Mrs. Eames continued her resi- 
dence in Portland. There she directed the edu- 
cation of her son, who was ultimately fitted for 
the United States Naval Academy, from which 


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he graduated in 1882. Thus the formative period 
of Emma Eames’ life was spent quite apart from 
parental love and influence, circumstances which 
destined her for the most intense suffering. “The 
travail of her spirit at that time, its striving 
to understand and conquer itself and the forth- 
putting of her creative power in the struggle 
for self-realization may have been the educa- 
tional process by which the hitherto untrained 
girl discovered the methods most effective to 
her in mastering the obstacles of her art and in 
commanding its secrets of skill. The formal 
process which she followed, however, consisted 
of the study of music in Boston, Massachusetts. 
This study, which she entered upon at the age 
of seventeen, was made possible by her uncle, 
General Thomas W. Hyde, who had been told 
by various persons of discriminating judgment 
of his niece’s gift of voice. She studied with 
Miss Munger, with Annie Payson Call, and 
Delsarte, from whom she had private lessons. 
She also, during this time, benefited from the 
interest of many distinguished musicians, includ- 
ing John Knowles Paine, professor at Har- 
vard; Ernst Perabo, pianist and composer; and 
William Gericke, conductor of the Boston 
Smyphony Orchestra, 1884-89, who taught her 
many of Schubert’s songs. After studying one year, 
the young soprano was given a lucrative position 
as soloist in the Channing Church, Newton, 
Massachusetts. Before another year she began 
concert work and was engaged to sing the part 
of one of the sprites in Schumann’s “Manfred” 
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 

Mme. Eames’ mother, realizing that her daugh- 
ter had a musical foundation which warranted 
her going on to a more adequate development 
of her talents, decided to take her abroad to 
study. They accordingly went to Paris, where 
the singer studied with Madame Mathilde Mar- 
chesi, a noted professor of singing, “a Prussian 
from Frankfort,” veritably, and an excellent drill 
master. As in many instances before and since, 
the young student did not pursue her way un- 
hindered by some pernicious influences in the 
vocal teaching she received, which might have 
seriously hampered her artistic development. 
She was fortunately thrown much upon her own 
fine resources; and the beauty of her voice was, 
moreover, indestructible. Like spirit in a tor- 
tured body, it refused to be mutilated, disin- 
tegrated or destroyed. 

When Gounod wrote a ballet for his opera, 
“Romeo and Juliet,” to be given a special pro- 
duction at the Grand Opera whence it was to 
be transferred from the Opera Comique, a Juliet 


was needed. She was taken to Gounod, he was 
so delighted with her voice and her gifts of 
beauty and talent that he wanted her to sing 
the part of Juliet, and desired to engage her at 
once. This, and other operas of his composition, 
sung by Mme. Eames, was taught her by Gounod, 
himself. The directors were afraid of intrust- 
ing such an important role on so great an oc- 
casion to a person who had practically never 
sung on any stage before, and insisted upon hav- 
ing Patti sing the first six performances, with Jean 
de Reszké, The success of the enterprise being 
thus assured, the unsophisticated prima donna 
was to replace Patti and to continue with the 
role, if her success should warrant it. 

Mme. Eames made her debut in “Romeo and 
Julet” on Madch 13, 1889, at the Paris Grand 
Opera House before one of the most critical 
audiences in the world. To quote contemporary 
papers, the circumstances were vastly to the 
advantage of the young and idealistic singer, 
and she embodied the type of Juliet so entirely 
that none could believe she had never acted be- 


fore. From her opening passages she scored 
an overwhelming success. She awoke, next 
morning, to find herself acclaimed a star. The 


following day Sir Augustus Harris, of Covent 
Garden, London, wired her to arrange for his 
next season and fix her own terms. This offer 
she declined, and remained in Paris to complete 
her two years contract. 

During the next two years Mme. Eames sang 
Marguerite in “Faust” and was intrusted with 
two creations,—Colombe in “Ascanio” by Saint- 
Saens and the title rdle in “Zaire” by De La 
Nux. In the spring of 1891, she made her bow 
to a London audience, appearing at the Royal 
Opera, Covent Garden, April 7, as Marguerite, 
and adding to her repertoire Elsa in “Lohen- 
grin,” Mireille in the opera of that name, 
Countess in “Le Nozze di Figaro,’ and Desde- 
mona in “Otello.” She appeared in the operas 
of her repertoire nearly every subsequent season 
at Covent Garden, and the last season there she 
also sang “Aida.” After the close of her first 
season at Covent Garden, Mme. Eames was 
married, August 1, 1891, to Julian Story, the 
painter. Mr. Story was the son of the 
distinguished poet-sculptor, William Wetmore 
Story, who resided for many ye2zrs in Rome, 
and the grandson of the great American jurist 
and judge of the Supreme Court, Joseph Story. 

In the autumn of 1891, Maurice Grau having 
offered Mme. Eames a contract with. Abbey, 
Schoeffel and Grau for the Metropolitan Opera 
House, New York, she came to America and 


26 HISTORY OF MAINE 


made her first Amevican appearances in Chicago, 
New York and Boston. Opera was not widely 
popular in those days, and was enjoyed only by 
the educated few, but opera goers will not for- 
get the season which followed at the Metro- 
politan Opera House, New York, when Mme. 
Eames together with Jean and Edouard de 
Reszké—this combination being known as the 
“Ideal Cast,’ which overcrowded the opera and 
thrilled their audiences with such performances 
as will long live in the rememberances of those 
privileged to be present. 

In 1892, Mme. Eames sang a short season in 
Madrid, Spain, with great success. On account 
of ill health she was obliged to return to Paris, 
and from that time her appearances were con- 
fined to the United States and England, with 
the exception of two engagements at Monte 
Carlo. The popularity at this time enjoyed by 
the New England opera star was to last, ever- 
increasing throughout her final year in New 
York, 1908-09, which proved a succession of 
triumphs such as no other American singer has 
ever experienced. 

Mme. Eames sang all the operas in the lan- 
guage in which they were originally written. 
She sang “Tannhauser,” “Faust,” and “Lohen- 
grin” in two languages, but as a rule refused to 
sing an opera in any language except that in 
which it was composed. During these years her 


roles included: Aida, ‘Aida,’ Verdi; Amelia, 
“Ballo in Maschera,’ Verdi; Charlotte, “Wer- 
ther,’ Massenet; Colombe, ‘“Ascanio,”’ Saint 


Saens; Countess, “Le Nozze di Figaro,’ Mozart; 
Donna Anna, “Don Giovanni,” Mozart; Donna 
Elvira, “Don Giovanni,’ Mozart; Desdemona, 
“Otello,” Verdi; Elizabeth, “Tannhauser,’ Wag- 
ner; Eva, “Die Meistersingers,’ Wagner; Elsa, 
“Lohengrin,” Wagner; Sieglinde, “Die Walkire”; 
Ero, “Ero e Leandre,’ Mancinelli; Ghisella, 
“Ghisella,” Franck (at Monte Carlo only); Iris, 
“Tris,” Mascagni; Juliet, “Romeo and Juliet,” 
Gounod; Lenora, “Ii Trovatore,’ Verdi; Micaela, 
sGarmen. Bizet (Gwith any) alll stanaecasts 
Mireille, “Mireille,” Gounod; Mistress Ford, 
“Falstaff,” Verdi; Pamina, “Magic Flute,” Mo- 
zart (historic representation); Santuzza, “Caval- 
leria Rusticana,’ Mascagni; Tosca, ‘“Tosca,” 
Puccini; Yasodhara, “Light of Asia,” Isidor de 
Lara (opera given in London with Mme. Eames 
and Victor Maurie in the principal roles, the 
latter as Buddha); Zaire, “Zaire,’ De La Nux. 
These roles proved the singer’s extraordinary 
versatility, because in each she carried convic- 
tion and infused into them a personal note 


which made each her own. MHer absolute 
sincerity, her ability to forget self in her art, 
and her great magnetism, which was only trans- 
cended by her strong spiritual appeal, won her 
a place unique in the annals of opera. 

Mme. Eames’ beauty united with distinction 
of manner and personality, her strong dramatic 
instinct and emotional understanding, with her 
marvellously even voice of highly sympathetic 
quality made her the interpreter par excellence 
of the rdles she portrayed. Added to this she 
possessed intelligence and artistic sense which 
permitted her to dress her characters to per- 
fection. She did this unaided except, of neces- 
sity, by her dressmakers. She did not appeal 
with the conscious perfection of the artist, but 
by a simplicity of expression that was more the 
outpouring of her profound self. Her voice, in- 
deed, was the counterpart of her high ideals 
and her love for beauty, goodness and truth. In 
her art she sought not to do of herself that 
which is good, but endeavored ever to keep her 
eyes fixed on an abstract idea of perfection. 
She was passionate after truth. Because of her 
fear of insincerity to play a part savoring of 
another’s interpretation, it was her custom never 
to see an opera from the time it was assigned 
to her until she herself had sung it. She scrupul- 
ously avoided reading all newspaper criticisms, 
with the exception of the first accounts of her 
Paris debut, to which she referred in order to 
ascertain whether or not she would be justified 
in continuing an operatic career. This was ow- 
ing to her habit of looking at herself from a 
totally impersonal standpoint, as she sought to 
escape from the bondage of the conventional 
by her mastery of self wrought from within. 
“Outward from within,” was her motto. 

Her interpretative power and ability to be- 
come the character*she represented was marked. 
At the end of her creation of the rédle of Iris, 
she received the greatful thanks of the Japanese 
for having placed before the public so consistent 
a portrayal of the pure little Japanese maid. 
She rendered Aida popular by making her pal- 
pitating, beautiful and vivid. Her “make up” 
was such as will never be forgotten by those 
who saw her and which imitators have been 
powerless to reproduce. No detail was too small 
in the composition of her.characters for her to 
overlook. Always she was able to place before 
the public a character in which she had effaced 
herself, through mastery of herself. 

Mme. Eames sang many of the heroines of 
Wraagnerian operas and in these she was always 


BIOGRAPHICAL 27 


at her best. To hear her sing Elsa’s dream wa 
to hear not human song but pure ecstacy. 
see her as Elizabeth praying to save the soul 
of Tannhauser was to see the white embodi- 
ment of all the angels. She could, of course, 
enthrall her hearers as Eva, the lovely daughter 
of the Nuremberg jeweler in “The Master 
Singers,” while as Sieglinde, the beautiful, divine 
goddess and helpless instrument of destiny, her 
art pulsated with the Old World’s primai love. 
In all these rdles she was undeniably supreme. 

During many years at Covent Garden, Mme. 
Eames had the friendship and admiration of 
Queen Victoria, who with other members of 
the Royal Family, including the Prince of Wales, 
singled her out for countless attentions. The 
prince never missed a performance during Mme. 
Eames’ London season. She appeared repeatedly 
at Her Majesty’s Theatre in royal and in private 
concerts, taking part in many “command” per- 
formances at Windsor Castle as well as each 
season at the Buckingham Palace concerts. 
Both the Queen and the Prince (afterward King 
Edward VII) were also her personal friends. 
Mme. Eames sang at the Jubilee of Queen Vic- 
toria who decorated her with the Jubilee Medal 
in 1897. This was one of a very few instances 
where the medal was given to a woman outside 
the immediate court. The Queen also gave the 
singer on various occasions many rich gifts and 
jewels. These valued mementos were destroyed 
by fire in the autumn of I915, on their voyage 
from France. 

Mme. Eames was married a second time on 
July 13, 1911, at the Church of Saint Pierre de 
Chaillot in Paris, to Emilio de Gogorza, the emi- 
nent baritone. Gogorza, although of Spanish 
origin and foreign education, is an American 
citizen. In the year 1911-12, Mme. Eames and 
her husband made a concert tour together. In 
1914 she revisited the home of her girlhood 
days in Bath, and after having taken a residence 
for one winter, decided to settle there per- 
manently. 

Mme. Eames retired from the stage of 1914, 
following the twenty-fifth anniversary of her 
debut in Paris. Her last public appearance was 
in Portland, Maine, in 1916, when she sang in 
behalf of a charitable enterprise. Aside from 
the opulence and excitement of her operatic 
years, she has lived a life of domestic simplicity 
and comparative solitude. Although her life 
has not been wholly free from sorrow, pain and 
the shadow of physical ills, Mme. Eames has 
ever maniiested the traits which tend to 


-and obtained his education at the 


beautify and elevate existence. A devout Catho- 
lic, her happiness and welfare are placed on the 
basis of belief in an infinite and supreme God. 
As-in the days when she was seen in the brill- 
iant setting of the stage with its festal lights, 
so she still remains to those who see her— 
beautiful and gracious, stately in her simplicity, 
a woman of abounding vitality and dauntless 
joy. 


FLORENT SANFACON—Of French-Cana- 
dian extraction, Florent Sanfacon is one of that 
valuable element which in certain sections of 
Maine has done so much by its aggressive energy 
and thrift to infuse a new and vigorous strain 
into the old Colonial stock of New England. He 
was born at Grand Isle, Maine, October 16, 1866, 
Fort Kent 
Training School and at St. Joseph’s College, in 
New Brunswick. His father, Socitie Sanfacon, 
and his mother, Scolastique (Le Vesseur) San- 
facon, were both natives of Grand Isle, Maine, his 
father’s father, Joseph Sanfacon, having been the 
first white child born in that region. Remi San- 
facon, another son of Socitie Sanfacon, served 
in the Fifteenth Maine Infantry in the Civil War, 
and died in New York. 

After leaving school Florent Sanfacon taught 
for twelve years in the schools of Grand Isle, 
and then entered upon a business career, taking 
this up about the year 1898. His commercial 
instinct was sure and sound and he has made 
a success of his venture in the field of gen- 
eral merchandising. He has made various good 
investments in real estate and now owns two 
hundred acres with his store, where he deals in 
potatoes, hay, and pulp wood. In his political 
affiliations, Mr. Sanfacon is a Democrat, and he 
served for twenty-three years as town clerk, re- 
signing this at last to take up the duties of post- 
master of Grand Isle. He has also served as 
selectman, holding the office of chairman for thir- 
teen years. He has also taken a very keen in- 
terest in the cause of education having from his 
early experience gained a clear insight into the 
defects and needs of the educational system. He 
has therefore thrown himself very zealously into 
the work of school commisisoner. Mr. Sanfacon 
is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and 
is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, 
and Knights of Columbus. 

He married, June 20, 1897, at Grand Isle, Maine, 
Julia Thibodeau, a daughter of Thomas and Mary 
Ann Thibodeau. Their children are: Thomas 
A., born at Grand Isle, July 28, 1902; Peter 


28 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Charles, born November 27, 1906, now in St. 
Mary’s College, Vancouver; Mary Jane, born in 
April, 1900, and May Ann, born in 1907. 


HON. LESLIE COLBY CORNISH was born 
at Winslow, Maine, October 8, 1854, the son of 
Colby Coombs and Pauline Bailey (Simpson) 
Cornish, the former born at Bowdoin, Maine, 
September 9, 1818, and died June 22, 1894. He 
was a merchant of Winslow, and served the 
State as a member of the House of Representa- 
tives, as a Senator. Pauline Bailey (Simpson) 
Cornish, the mother of Chief Justice Cornish, 
was born at Winslow, February 14, 1820, and died 
January 17, 1898. They had four children, but 
the only survivor is Chief Justice Cornish. 

He was fitted for college at Coburn Classical 
Institute, at Waterville, and then went to Colby 
College, from which he was graduated with the 
class of 1875. For two years after leaving col- 
lege he taught, holding the position of principal 
of the high school at Peterboro, New Hamp- 
shire, until 1877. He then took up the study of 
law, entering in 1878, the office of Baker & 
Baker, in Augusta, Maine. From 1879 to 1880, 
he attended Harvard Law School, and in the Oc- 
tober term of court, 1880, he was admitted to 
the bar of Kennebec county. He began his prac- 
tice with Baker & Baker, and, in 1882, formed a 
partnership with them under the name of Baker, 
Baker & Cornish, which continued until 1893. 
From the latter year until 1898, he practiced 
alone, forming in that year a partnership with 
his nephew, Norman L. Bassett, which continued 
until he was appointed Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Judicial Court, March 31, 1907. On 
June 25, 1917, he was appointed Chief Justice of 
that court, gaining thus the highest honor in the 
gift of the State. 

Chief Justice Cornish is a Republican in his 
political faith, and represented his district in the 
Maine Legislature in 1878. For five years he 
was a member of the State Board of Bar Ex- 
aminers. He has been a trustee of the Au- 
gusta Savings Bank since 1892, and since 1905, 
has been president of the institution. He has 
been trustee of the Lithgow Library since 1883, 
and has been president of the board since 1894. 
He is chairman of the board of trustees of Colby 
College, and since I901, he has been a trustee 
of Coburn Classical Institute. From 1904 to 
1913, he served as director of the American Uni- 
tarian Association, in Boston. He was presi- 
dent of the Maine Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution from 1901 to 1902. He is 


a member of the Maine Historical Society, the 
Delta Kappa Epsilon, and Phi Beta Kappa fra- 
ternities. He is a vice-president of the Harvard 
Law School Association, and is a member of the 
Masonic Order. He is a member of the Uni- 
tarian church, and president of the Maine Uni- 
tarian Association. He received the honorary 
degree of Doctor of Laws from Colby College 
in 1904, and from Bowdoin College in 1918. 

Chief Justice Cornish married, October 10, 
1883, Fannie Woodman Holmes, of Boston, a 
daughter of David P. and Sarah Woodman 
Holmes, of Georgetown, Massachusetts. 


JOHN WILLIAM CONNELLAN, M.D., was 
born at Portland, Maine, October 21, 1868, of 
Irish parentage, and displays in his character and 
personality the typical virtues and abilities of that 
capable race. His father was James Connellan, who 
was born in County Clare, Ireland, April 4, 1837, 
and who, aiter spending the first twenty years of his 
life in his native country, came to the United States, 
landing in the port of Portland, which he made 
his home from that time on. He married in 
this country, June, 1867, Mary Rynne, like him- 
self a native of County Clare, Ireland, born May 
21, 1840, came to this country at the age of three 
years. They were the parents of ten children, 
as follows: John William; Margaret, who died 
at the age of four years; James A., who died Sep- 
tember 2, 1916, a prominent attorney of Port- 
land, and Democratic leader of the Maine Legis- 
lature in I915 and 1916; William A., who now 
practices law in Portland; Anna and Marie, now 
both deceased; Nellie, who became the wife of 
John T. Kelliher, of Pottsville, Pennsylvania; 
Minnie, who became the wife of John T. Clarity, 
of Portland; Joseph P., an attorney in Portland; 
and Margaret, who became the wife of James 
Davee, of Portland. 

Born October 21, 1868, at Portland, Maine, Dr. 
Connellan, eldest child of James and Mary 
(Rynne) Connellan, has made that city his home 
and the scene of his active professional career. 
It was there that he gained the preliminary por- 
tion of his education, attending the Portland pub- 
lic schools, and it was there that he was pre- 
pared for college in the Portland High School, 
from which he was graduated in 1887. He at 
once entered Bowdoin College, from which he 
was graduated, having made up his mind in the 
meantime to take up the profession of medicine 
as his career in life. Accordingly he entered the 
Maine Medical School, from which he was grad- 
uated in 1892, taking his degree of M.D. For 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 29 


three years thereafter he practiced medicine at 
Lewiston, Maine, and in 1895 came to Portland, 
where he established himself permanently. For 
some time Dr. Connellan was engaged in general 
practice, but by degrees he specialized more and 
more in the treatment of alcoholic and narcotic 
cases. On August 1, 1915, he established at No. 
33 Eastern Promenade, Portland, a hospital for 
the treatment of these cases, which in the two 
years that has elapsed between that and this 
writing, has met with success and developed to 
large proportions. Dr. Connellan is at the pres- 
ent time a recognized authority in this branch 
of the practice and his reputation has extended 
far beyond the confines of his home city. Dr. 
Connellan takes a keen interest in public affairs 
generally, and is as active a participant therein 
as the exigencies of his practice will allow. He 
is, of course, particularly interested in matters 
connected with politics, and was a. delegate-at- 
large from Maine to the Democratic National 
Convention held at St. Louis in 1916. He is also 
a member of the Democratic City Committee 
of Portland, a member of the school board and 
a member of the recreation committee. He is 
connected with several important clubs and fra- 
ternities, among which should be mentioned the 
Ancient Order of Hibernians and the local lodges 
of the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks. In his religious 
belief, Dr. Connellan is a Catholic and is a mem- 
ber of the Cathedral Parish, attending the Cathe- 
dral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. 

Dr. John William Connellan was united in mar- 
riage, June 16, 1914, at Portland, Maine, with 
Mrs. Ella (Coffey) Hay, widow of the late 
Robert Hay, of Portland. There were three chil- 
dren by her former marriage, as follows: Wil- 
liam B., who is a nurse in the hospital of Dr. 
Connellan; Patrick Bailey, now in the United 
States army; and Marie, who is now studying in 
the Grammar School at Portland. 

There is a theory held by many that talent, 
ability, by whatever name it is called, is not a 
specialized faculty but will express itself with 
equal facility in whatever direction the circum- 
stances offer. It is a belief at once difficult of 
proof and disproof, since in the very nature of 
the case we can never know what any man might 
have done under any other circumstances than 
these of his actual life. .The probability would 
seem to be that it is true in some cases and not 
in others, but whether it be true or not, another 
and related proposition is almost obviously so. 
This may be stated about as follows: that any 


talent or ability, whether it express itself or not 
in some characteristic utterance, must always 
show itself in the character of him who possesses 
it. Of this Dr. Connellan is a splendid example, 
and the same qualities which have produced his 
skill in his profession, the patient industry that 
enabled him to master the detail of the medium 
he worked in, showed itself unmistakably in the 
sympathetic and kindly but firm personality his 
friends and associates knew so well and admire 
so completely. For patience makes it possible 
for us to understand and sympathize with our 
fellows, and difficulties overcome makes us toler- 
ant of the shortcomings of others. These great 
qualities Dr. Connellan possesses in a high de- 
gree. 


STEPHEN E. AMES, son of Solon Summer- 
field and Elizabeth (Ellis) Ames, was born at 
Fort Fairfield, Maine, September 13, 1874, and 
was educated in the grammar and high school of 
his native place. He has been a farmer all his 
life, following the occupation of his father. He 
is a Republican in politics, but has never cared 
to hold office. He is a member of the Masonic 
order and of the Grange, in which latter organ- 
ization he has been master treasurer and at the 
present time is the secretary. He has also been 
a lecturer. He is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church. 

Mr. Ames married, at Fort Fairfield, Maine, 
December 24, 1901, Carrie L. Beckwith, born 
April 16, 1878, daughter of John Chipman and 
Sarah (Marquis) Beckwith. Their children are: 
Zylpha Elizabeth, born December 5, 1902; Sarah 
Christine, born June 6, 1905; Catherine Chipman, 
born February 12, 1907; Margaret Helen, born 
December 15, 1915; Philip Stephen, born July 
15, 1918. 


WILLIAM COLBY EATON—The conditions 
of life in New England, not less than the sturdy 
stock which originally peopled it, tend to pro- 
duce many-sided, capable men, men who ex- 
emplify the idea conveyed by the term, “self- 
made man,’ men whose industry and close ap- 
plication have brought to them success and won 
them the confidence and esteem of their fellow- 
citizens. Such a man is William Colby: Eaton, 
the well known and successful attorney of Port- 
land, Maine, who throughout his life has made 
that city at once his home and the scene of his 
many activities, and who today enjoys a reputa- 
tion unsurpassed as a capable attorney, who 
preserves in his conduct the highest ideals of the 


30 HISTORY OF MAINE 


bar and a citizen of public spirit. He is a grand- 
son of Stephen W. Eaton, a native of Maine, and 
through him, is descended from a long line of 
worthy ancestors. The founder of the Eaton 
family in this country, where various of its mem- 
bers have played most distinguished parts in 
the affairs of their several communities, must 
have occurred at least as early as 1639. | 

The immigrant ancestor was John Eaton, who 
left a record which bears eloquent testimony to 
his possession of many sterling virtues, great 
courage and an unusual degree of intelligence. 
He came to this country with his wife, Anne 
Eaton, and their six children, but left no known 
record of the date or place of their arrival or of 
the vessel in which they came. However, his 
name appears on the proprietors books of Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts, in the winter of 1639-40. 
Although there is no way of tracing directly his 
ancestry in the Old World, there can be very little 
doubt at least of the fact that he came from 
England, as his name and all his associations 
were characteristically of that people. He re- 
ceived a number of grants of land, one of which 
was a lot in Salisbury, near the present town 
office, and another upon which he appears to have 
dwelt was near the Great Neck Bridge on the 
Beach Road. This homestead has never passed 
out of the hands of the Eaton family, and is at 
present the possession of seven sisters, who to- 
gether own it in equal and undivided shares. It 
is known in the community as “Brookside Farm.” 
His first wife, Anne, died on February 5, 1660, 
according to an old record, and on November 20, 
1661, he married a Mrs. Phebe Dow. From this 
worthy progenitor the line may be traced through 
John (2), Joseph, John (3), Wyman, John (4), 
Tristran, to Stephen W. Eaton, the grandfather 
of Mr. Eaton already referred to. 

Stephen W. Eaton, son of Tristran and Betsey 
(Woodman) Eaton, was born at Buxton, Maine. 
The extraordinarily prominent part played by 
him in the development of the transportation 
systems of Maine was introduced and made pos- 
sible as it were by the fact that his first employ- 
ment was with the Cumberland and Oxford Canal 
Company, which turned his attention and 
thoughts to the problems which afterwards so 
entirely engrossed them. He remained with this 
company for a period, and was then engaged as 
an engineer in making the first survey of the line 
of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad, which 
has since become an integral part of the Grand 
Trunk System. When the road was finally com- 
pleted he remained with it, taking for a time the 


office of freight agent. This position, however, 
he resigned in 1853 in order to take one of a 
similar character with the Michigan Central Rail- 
road. He returned, however, to Maine, after a 
short period, where he became railroad superin- 
tendent at Leeds and Farmington. His next posi- 
tion was that of second lieutenant of the Andros- 
coggin Railroad, and still later he became the 
first superintendent of the York & Cumberland 
Road. This was the last of the railroad offices 
held by him, as he withdrew about that time from 
railroading and settled permanently in Port- 
land, where he engaged in commercial business 
on a large scale. He was for many years one of 
the most successful and prominent merchants of 
that city and was greatly esteemed by his fel- 
low-citizens. In politics Stephen W. Eaton was 
a Democrat, and as that party was then domi- 
nant in the State he held a number of public 
offices. He was surveyor of the port of Port- 
land during the administration of President Tay- 
lor, serving under Collector Jewett. He was a 
prominent Free Mason and was affiliated with 
many Masonic bodies in that part of the State. 
In the year 1854, however, he removed from Port- 
land on account of the ill health of his family, 
and made his home in Gorham, though in spite 
of this fact he still attended to his business in 
the city. His death occurred at the age of sey- 
enty-one in Gorham, in 1876. Stephen W. Eaton 
married Miranda B. Knox, a native of Portland, 
a daughter of Knox, who was a descendant 
of General Knox and had been born at Buxton. 
They were the parents of eight children, as fol- 
lows: Stephen M., Samuel K., George R., Minnie, 
Charles P., Woodman S., Howard E., and Ed- 
ward. 

Woodman Stephen Eaton was born in Port- 
land, October 16, 1846, and died in that city, 
August 28, 1905. He studied at a private school 
in Portland for a number of years, and later at- 
tended Gorham Academy. At the age of seven- 
teen years he became an office assistant in the 
employ of the Berlin Mills Company at Berlin, 
New Hampshire. He spent some time after- 
wards at Lewiston, where he had a position with 
the freight department of the Androscoggin Rail- 
road, a position which undoubtedly stimulated his 
interest in the question of railroads and may even 
have been responsible for his long and close as- 
sociation with railroading in that part of the 
country. However, his career in business life 
was cut short by his being appointed to a position 
in the office of the provost marshal at New 
Orleans, to which place he went and there dis- 


BIOGRAPHICAL & peat 


charged his duties until the close of the Civil 
War. Upon returning to Maine, however, he 
secured a position with the Androscoggin Rail- 
road Company, where he worked for about a 
year as a freight checker. This he left to take 
a position as freight cashier of the Portland, Saco 
& Portsmouth Railroad, and remained with this 
company from 1867 to 1875. He was then ap- 
pointed to the position of freight agent of the 
Eastern Railroad, and in 1882 the office of 
freight agent of the Maine Central Railroad was 
added to the other. He was appointed general 
freight agent of the Maine Central Railroad in 
1885, remaining in this most responsible position 
for about twelve years. During the time that 
he served in this capacity, the railroad enjoyed 
an extremely rapid growth and his ability to 
handle the great business gave evidence of how 
great was the executive ability and adaptibility 
which he possessed. Mr. Eaton, Sr., was a Con- 
gregationalist in his belief and attended the High 
Street Church of this denomination, giving lib- 
erally in support of its work. He was a Repub- 
lican in politics, but though he gave active as- 
sistance to the party he never held public office 
of any kind and indeed eschewed rather than sought 
distinction of this kind. Like his father before 
him, he was extremely prominent in the Masonic 
order, in which he reached the thirty-second de- 
gree, and he was affiliated with the following 
Masonic bodies: Ancient Landmark Lodge, 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Mount Ver- 
non Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Portland Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar, of which he was past 
commander; Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order 
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; and the Maine Con- 
sistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret. 
He was also a member of the Grand Command- 
ery of Maine, in which he held the rank of sword 
bearer. Besides the Masonic bodies, Mr. Eaton, 
Sr., was a member of Legonier Lodge, Independ- 
end Order of Odd Fellows; the Eastern Star En- 
campment, Patriarchs Militant; the Bramhall 
League and the Cumberland, Portland and Coun- 
try clubs. He married, October 16, 1866, Jud- 
ith Annette Colby, of Gorham, Maine, a daugh- 
ter of the Rev. Joseph and Almeda (Ballard) 
Colby. They were the parents of four children, 
as follows: William Colby, with whose career this 
sketch is particularly concerned; Edward S., who 
died in 1895, aged twenty-four years; Harry 
Woodman; and Gertrude May, who died in in- 
fancy. 

Born January 13, 1868, in the city of Port- 
land, William Colby Eaton received his education 


in the local schools of his native city. He gradu- 
ated from the High School there in 1886 and then 
attended the academic course at Harvard Uni- 
versity. From this he was graduated with the 
class of 1891 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 
He then entered the law school in connection 
with the same university, and also read law in the 
office of Charles F. Libby, Esquire. In the year 
1894 he was admitted to the bar of Cumberland 
county, Maine, and at once opened an office 
at No. 97 Exchange street in that city. Here he 
engaged in a general legal practice in which he 
met with a high degree of success until at the 
present time he is regarded as one of the leaders 
of the Portland bar. For four years he held a 
commission as lieutenant-colonel on the staff of 
the governor, acting as aide-de-camp to that offi- 
cial. In 1901 and 1902 he was a member of the 
City Council from Ward seven, and in 1903 he 
was appointed assistant county attorney, holding 
that position in that and the following year. In 
1905 he became county attorney and discharged 
the duties of this highly responsible post in that 
year and the next and also in 1909 and I910. For 
a number of generations the members of the 
Eaton family have been prominent in Free Mas- 
onry and William Colby Eaton is no exception 
to this rule. He has attained the thirty-second 
degree in that order and is affiliated with An- 
cient Landmark Lodge, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons; Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons; Portland Commandery, Knights 
Templar; and Maine Consistory, Sovereign 
Princes of the Royal Secret. He is also a mem- 
ber of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Pro- 
tective Order of Elks, of the Cumberland, Port- 
land, Athletic, Country and Lincoln clubs. Mr. 
Eaton is extremely fond of golf and finds his 
recreation in that delightful sport. 

William Colby Eaton was united in marriage, 
May 16, 1895, at Portland, with Marion Durant 
Dow, a daughter of Frederick and Julia (Ham- 
mond) Dow, old and highly regarded residents of 
Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton are the parents 
of one child, a daughter, Annette Hammond, born 
March 13, 1897, and now in Wellesley, taking a 
special course at the Dana Hall Branch in music. 

About the learned professions generally, and 
especially that of the law, there has grown up a 
great body of tradition, an atmosphere of them, it 
might be said, the intensity and mass of which it 
is very difficult to imagine for those who have 
never entered it. The law is the heir of many 
ages, not merely in its substance, its proper mat- 
ter. but in a myriad of connotations and associations 


oe 
involving all those who from time immemorial 
have dwelt with and in it; the great men who 
have made and adapted it, the learned who have 
interpreted and practiced it. the multitude who have 
been protected and, alas, victimized by it. From 
each and all it has gained its wisdom or wit, its elo- 
quence or its tale of human feeling to point a moral, 
until by a sort of process of natural selection 
there has risen a sort of system of ideals and 
standards, lofty in themselves, and a spur to the 
high-minded, a check to the unscrupulous, which 
no one may disregard. The bench and bar in 
America may certainly point with pride to the 
manner in which their members have maintained 
the splendid traditions of the profession, yes, and 
added their own, no inconsiderable quota, to the 
ideals of a future time. Among those who may 
be prominently mentioned as having ably main- 
tained these legal traditions in the day and gen- 
eration of the State of Maine is Mr. Eaton, of 
Portland, whose career in the practice of his pro- 
fession is worthy of remark. 


JAMES R. THURLOUGH, son of Frederick 
and Elsa (Whitney) Thurlough, was born at 
Monroe, Waldo county, Maine, March 6, 1846. 
He received a common school education. He 
adopted farming as an occupation and is also 
a starch manufacturer. He came to this county 
fifty years ago, unmarried, and has made his home 
here ever since. He is a Republican in his poli- 
tics, and has been a member of the county com- 
missioners board for twelve years, and for three 
years has been a selectman of the town. He is 
a stockholder in the Fort Fairfield National Bank. 
He is also a member of the Masonic order, and 
belongs to the United Baptist church. 

Mr. Thurlough married, at Fort Fairfield, Olive 
Marshall, daughter of Alfred and Anlena (Wade) 
Marshall, and their children are: Agnes, died 
when an infant; Nellie E., born January 11, 1884, 
married Junius P. Loring, and they have one 
child, James Thurlough, named after his grand- 
father. 


ALGER VEZIE CURRIER—The influence ex- 
erted by the artist upon the community in which 
he lives is not to be expressed in material terms. 
It is not commensurate with that of the mer- 
chant, the business man or even the inventor, al- 
though into the best of these a certain amount of 
art may enter. In the case of the inventor, and 
even more of the craftsman or artisan, the art 
but enhances the value of the material object at 
which he works and changes the degree, but not 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


the kind of value possessed by the article that he 
produces. In the case of pure art, however, in 
the case of music or painting, the change is one 
of kind rather than degree, so that no common 
standard can be found for the two types which 
cannot be compared together. But although this 
is true, and it must forever remain impossible to 
compare the work of the artist with that of al- 
most any other kind of man who performs a sery- 
ice for the community, the man of aesthetic sen- 
sitiveness knows by a sure instinct that the serv- 
ice of the artist is by its very nature a thing far 
greater than that of the materialist, that it is in- 
comimensurate but the other is finite, while it is, 
in a sense, infinite; that is, that its effect is only 
limited by the capacity of those who receive its 
message, for, while if a man shall benefit a com- 
munity to the extent of a thousand dollars, noth- 
ing will avail either to increase or decrease that 
benefit, if another benefit it to the extent of a beau- 
tiful picture, the benefit depends solely upon how 
greatly those who see are capable of being moved 
thereby and, with their increasing appreciation, 
might rise beyond any limit we could set for it. 
It is for this reason that in speaking of the work 
of Alger Vezie Currier, whose death on March 
16, I9II, removed one of the most youthful and 
promising figures from the field of American art, 
while it is possible to apply to his work the terms 
great, powerful, or whatnot, it is beyond the 
power of anyone to assert definitely how great or 
powerful it be. That it was great and not small 
we may be certain, however, because of the posi- 
tion that he held in the estimation of those whose 
knowledge and taste qualified them to know and 
judge the quality of art. 

Alger Vezie Currier was a native of Hallowell, 
Maine, where he was born February 7, 1862, a 
son of Alexander and Louise (Hersly) Currier. 
Like him, both his parents were natives of Hallo- 
well, and the father was a prominent architect at 
this place, and for years was retained as the head 
draftsman of the Hallowell Granite Company. 
The Currier family is a very ancient one, and is 
descended from a distinguished English house, 
from which have also sprung families in various 
parts of Great Britain and the United States, 
bearing alternate forms of the same name, 
such as Currie, Curry, Corror and Carrier. 
Several of these lines were of the ancient 


aristocracy of England and we have the 
Carriers of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, bearing 
as their arms the following blazon: Sable, a 


bend between three spearheads, while the arms 
of the Currier or Carrier family of Gosport, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 33 


Hampshire, is: Sable, a chevron ermine between 
three crosses crosslet argent; and the crest: Out 
of a ducal coronet a dragon’s head vert. The 
Curriers were founded in this country by one 
Richard Currier, who was born in England about 
1616, and who came to America.some time prior 
to 1641, when we find him settled at Salisbury, 
Massachusetts. He was the father of but three 
children, but some of his immediate descend- 
ants had large families and the name spread 
rapidly over a large part of New England. 

The childhood of Alger Vezie Currier was 
passed at his native Hallowell, and it was there 
that he attended school as a lad and gained his 
elementary education. From a very early age, 
however, he displayed marked artistic taste and 


ability, and while still a student at the local 


schools of Hallowell, determined to make art 
his life work. He gained but the most rudimen- 
tary knowledge of his chosen work under the 
local teachers, but showed so much talent and 
skill that he was sent by his father to the Boston 
Art School connected with the Museum of Art 
in that city, and there he studied under Profes- 
sor Grundmann and others the technique of char- 
coal drawing. He gained in proficiency with 
great rapidity and won the commendation of his 
instructors, not only for his technical skill but 
for a certain individuality and boldness that 
seemed to presage much for the future. He also 
studied painting in oil and when only twenty- 
three years of age gave an exhibition of his work 
in these two mediums and a few water color 
sketches at the rooms of the Portland Art Club, 
in Portland, Maine. His work was most favor- 
ably commented upon, and the young man wisely 
determined to study in Paris at the ateliers of 
the best modern masters. His first instruction 
in Paris was gained at the Academie Julien, in the 
classes of Boulanger and LeFebvre, where he 
continued his work with charcoal point, princi- 
pally from the nude. Under these masters the 
work of Mr. Currier developed greatly and gained 
form and character. After a year he returned 
for a brief visit to the United States, but four 
months after was again in Paris and this time 
placed himself under Carolus Duran and stud- 
ied in the private atelier of that master. Here 
he followed up his study of the nude, this time 
in oils, and supplemented this with special work 
in drapery and costuming painting at the Atelier 
Colarossi. At the close of.another year M. Duran 
told his promising pupil that he felt that he could 
make more progress working in his own studio, 


where he would have more time and opportunity 


Mil.—2—3 


to develop his individual tendencies than he 
could under further tuition, and advised him to 
compete for. entrance to the salon. This advice 
was taken by Mr. Currier and its wisdom was 
quickly demonstrated in the development of a 
very distinctive and original manner and the 
rapid production of a number of splendid can- 
vasses. His work attracted no little attention and 
admiration in the world of the art students of 
Paris, and received the seal of official approval in 
1888, when two pictures of his were chosen for 
exhibition at the salon. The works selected for 
this honor are divided by the judges into four 
classes, class one being reserved for the work 
of acknowledged masters. Mr. Currier’s pictures 
were placed in class two, an honor very unusual 
for so young an artist and one who had so re- 
cently graduated from the rank of ‘student. 
Shortly after this event, Mr. Currier returned to 
America, and on parting from his old master, 
Duran, that great man said to him, “I hope you 
will return to Paris. A great many Americans 
go back to the states and devote themselves to 
money making, forgetting their art. I want you 
to come back to Paris and paint for the exposi- 
tions, and I will do all I can for you. The time 
will come when you will stand in the front rank 
of painters.” ; 

Shortly after his return to this country Mr. 
Currier gave an exhibition of his work in his 
native town of Hallowell and shortly after an- 
other at Portland. He also had canvasses in sev- 
eral exhibits in New York City, and his work 
met with warm commendation everywhere. 
Among the efforts showed by him in this coun- 
try were the Salon pictures, “Déesse,” and 
“Sante,” a still later canvas, the “Mandolin Girl,” 
as well as numbers of sketches in oils, water 
color, and black and white. Perhaps that which 
attracted most attention was ‘“Déesse,’ an ex- 
tremely difficult subject of a nude girl against a 
white background, which the artist has handled 
with masterly skill and striking effect; but cer- 
tainly not less in popular favor was the “Mando- 
lin Girl,’ which many competent critics pro- 
nounced an advance even upon his salon pic- 
tures, and “Sante,’ an elderly bon-vivant, who 
seems to be pledging us in high good humor from 
the frame. These and other views .of Mr. Cur- 
riers’ work attracted marked attention in the art 
world generally, which soon awakened to the fact 
that here was a new factor in its life, a factor 
of force and originality which might be expected 
to accomplish much in pointing out new paths 
and ideals for his contemporaries to follow. 


34 HISTORY OF MAINE 


There is always a certain duty devolving upon 
such men as Mr. Currier, which some acxnovw. 
edge and others do not, namely that of teaching 
others what they themselves have learned or 
discovered, of imparting something of the new 
matter their originality and genius has recov- 
ered of the aesthetic meaning of life. This duty 
Mr. Currier recognized frankly, and though it 
is always more or less difficult for the creative 
genius, with his brain teeming with new ideas to 
be rendered into the concrete, to confine him- 
self even for a time to directing and moulding 
the immature ideas of his pupils, set himself to 
perform it. Accordingly he became instructor 
in drawing and painting in the Portland Society 
of Art, and shortly after was appointed instruc- 
tor in art in the Art Department at Bowdoin 
College. For two years he continued in this 
work, and then turned his attention to private 
classes he had formed, continuing in this line 
until the year 1907. It was in that year that the 
city of Seattle, Washington, decided to found its 
Art Institute, which was for “the purpose of sup- 
plying the artists of Seattle a permanent place 
where to receive instruction and display their 
work.” A rising young artist of that city, Jul- 
ian Itter, in association with August Wolf, presi- 
dent of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, per- 
suaded Mr. Currier to take charge of this im- 
portant work. This he consented to do and for 
some time after was in the West doing a not- 
able work for the development of art and art ap- 
preciation in that region. Some of Mr. Currier’s 
original work during this period is exceedingly 
interesting, although in a realm quite other than 
that of his efforts during his period as a student 
and afterwards in France. It was as a decorator 
that he did some very notable work in Maine, one 
canvas particularly attracting attention. This 
was a large subject that he called “Honor to the 
Living and to the Dead.’ He also designed 
striking seals for that college and for Walker 
Art Building there, where he had taught for some 
two years. Mr. Currier’s health failed, and there 
followed a long period of illness that finally cul- 
minated in his death. 

Alger Vezie Currier was united in marriage, 
September 14, 1892, with Catharine Isabelle 
Moulton, a daughter of Oliver and Catharine 
(Shaw) Moulton. Mrs. Currier, who survives her 
husband, is, like him, a talented artist, and her 
sympathy with his aims and skill as a critic 
aided him greatly in the development of his tal- 
ent. One child was born to them, a daughter, 
Catharine Mace, who is now the wife of Edwin 


C. Burleigh, assistant editor of the Kennebec 
Journal, of Augusta. Mrs. Burleigh is a tal- 
ented and accomplished musician, and inherits 
much of her taste for it from her father, who 
was devotedly fond of that art. After the death 
of her first husband, Mrs. Currier was married 
again, and is now Mrs. F. J. Thrasher, of Hal- 
lowell. 

A word concerning Mr. Currier’s attitude to 
his art will serve to close this all too brief sketch 
of a brilliant and a remarkable man. Enough 
has already been said to indicate that he was 
of a strongly independent mind and character 
and one not apt to fall in lightly with accepted 
ideals and methods, merely because they were 
accepted. Early in life he came under the in- 
fluence of the great French school of modern 
art, and was inevitably affected by it most po- 
tently; so much so, that its aims and manner 
remained his normal atmosphere and medium of 
expression to the close of his life. Yet through 
it all there was visible the effects of his own 
strong personality ever struggling for a more 
definite and individual expression of its ideals, 
which Professor Johnson, of Bowdoin, very truly 
remarked were purer and more lofty than much 
that is discernable in modern French art. And 
while, too, the method and manner of this school 
were his own mode of expression in the main, — 
he did not begrudge others their’s, but was keenly 
and responsively appreciative of them. Always 
prompt to recognize and proclaim originality in 
others, he exhibited that final test of a great in- 
telect, a generous tolerance, by no means incom- 
patible with the keenest enthusiasm for one’s own 
line of work, but which is, alas, none tco common in 
artists of any variety. But although he was ever 
ready to acknowledge originality, that did not 
mean in his case that he was easily imposed upon 
by the countless new “schools,” so called, and 
“isms” that are forever cropping out in the field 
of art. He knew originality when he saw it, even 
when it appeared under strange forms, but he had 
no patience with the mere novelty mongers who 
would pass off their vagaries as originality, ap- 
preciating well the profound difference between 
the two. He perceived the taint of degeneracy 
in much of modern European art, and perceived 
the danger of its getting a foothold in this coun- 
try among the less virile of the younger artists, 
and he repelled it with all his might. He stood 
for the healthy, the individual, the normal in art, 
and was himself a living example of the dictum 
of Matthew Arnold, that the artist can never 
afford to take his eyes from his object to engage 


“HONOR TO THE LIVING AND TO THE DEAD” 


BIOGRAPHICAL 35 


in puerile pre-occupation with himself. For in art 
as in religion, he who seeks his life shall lose it, 
“and it is only in self-forgetfulness in some larger 
objective that we attain at length to true self 
expression. 


ELWYN M. NILES was born in Bridgewater, 
Aroostook county, Maine, April 16, 1892, a son of 
Nelson George and Myrtle (Bradstreet) Niles. 
He was educated at the public schools of Bridge- 
water, and also attended Bridgewater Classical 
Academy, from which he graduated in IgII. 
When his business life began he elected to go 
into that of buying potatoes and general farm- 
ing, later entering into partnership with R. T. 
Snow, general merchandise, Westfield, Maine, 
where he is now located. Mr. Niles settled in 
Westfield in 1911. He is a Republican in his 
politics. He has served on the board of se- 
lectmen of his town for four successive years, 
and is now a member. He is also a trial justice 
for his county, and treasurer of the Ministerial 
and School Fund of his town, and treasurer of 
the Westfield Electric Company. He is a mem- 
ber of Aroostook Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons, at Blaine, Maine, past grand of West- 
field Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
and a member of Bridgewater Camp, Modern 
Woodmen of America, Bridgewater, Maine. He 
is a member of the Baptist church. 

Mr. Niles married at Westfield, Maine, Octo- 
ber 8, 1913, Martha N. Chase, daughter of Nor- 
man W. and Carrie A. (Trueworthy) Chase, and 
granddaughter of Hon. Cyrus Chase, her father 
being a farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Niles are the par- 
ents of four children as follows: Mildred I., born 
June 27, 1914; Elwyn M., Jr., born August 29, 
1915; Madeline W., born January 11, 1917; and 
Laurel H., born July 29, 1918. 


JOHN FULLER APPLETON MERRILL— 
The bar of Cumberland county, Maine, numbers 
among its members many distinguished and cap- 
able men and many who stand for the best tra- 
ditions of the legal profession in this country, 
but of none may this more truly be said than 
of John Fuller Appleton Merrill, who is well and 
favorably known, not only to his own large 
clientele but to all his colleagues and to the 
community in general. 

Mr. Merrill is a member of a family which has 
lived for three generations in the State of Maine, 
his grandfather having come to that State and 
settled in the city of Portland many years ago. 
He was Dr. John Merrill, who was well known in 


his own profession in his day. He was a native 
of New Hampshire, but made Portland his home 
during practically his entire life, and it was here 
that his death occurred when he was more than 
seventy years of age. He married a Miss Boyd 
and they were the parents of four children, one 
of whom, Mary B. Merrill, still resides at Bethel, 
Maine. 

Another of these children was Charles B. 
Merrill, the father of the Mr. Merrill of this 
sketch, and himself a prominent man in the com- 
munity. Charles B. Merrill was born in the 
year 1827 at Portland, and received his educa- 
tion in the schools of that city. He had studied 
for the law and was practicing his profession 
when the outbreak of the Civil War caused him 
to abandon civil life and take the sword in the 
defense of his country. He served with the rank 
of lieutenant-colonel in the Seventeenth Regi- 
ment of Maine Volunteer Infantry, and saw three 
years active service. He was twice wounded and 
commanded his regiment in the battles of Chan- 
cellorsville and Gettysburg. Upon returning from 
the war, he engaged in a commercial line of 
business in Portland, in which he was eminently 
successful, and was also active in local public 
affairs, serving as a member of the school com- 
mittee in Portland for many years. He was mar- 
ried to Abba Isabelle Little, a native of Port- 
land, born in the year 1834. Her death occurred 
in the year 1891 as did also that of her husband. 
They were the parents of eight children, of whom 
all but two are deceased, as follows: John Ful- 
ler Appleton, of whom further, and Charles P. 
Merrill, of Portland. Mrs. Merrill, Sr., was a 
daughter of Josiah Stover Little, a native of 
Newbury, Massachusetts, and of Abba Isabella 
(Chamberlain) Little, his wife, a native of Ver- 
mont. Her father, Josiah S. Little, graduated 
from Bowdoin College in the famous class of 
1825, one of his classmates being the poet Long- 
fellow. He was a very prominent man in the 
politics of the State of Maine, and was speaker 
of the State House of Representatives for two 
terms. He was also very well known in busi- 
ness and was president of the Atlantic & St. 
Lawrence Railroad, which has since come to 
form a part of the Grand Trunk Railroad, and 
was also one of the organizers of the Berlin Mills 
Lumber Company. The class of 1825 of Bowdoin 
College gave to the country and to the world an 
unusual number of brilliant and successful men, 
and included in its membership not only Long- 
fellow, but Hawthorne and President Franklin 
Pierce. Mr. Merrill, Sr., was also a graduate of 
Bowdoin. 


36 HISTORY OF MAINE 


John Fuller Appleton Merrill was born Febru- 
ary 10, 1866, in the city of Portland, Maine. He 
began his education by attending the local pub- 
lic schools and graduated from the City High 
School in the year 1883. He then was sent to 
the Phillips Academy at Andover, from which he 
graduated in 1885, and where he was prepared for 
college. In the same year he matriculated at 
Yale University, where he took the usual aca- 
demic course and was graduated with the class 
of 1889. He had in the meantime determined 
upon the law as his profession in life and pro- 
ceeded to study his chosen subject in the office 
of Judge Putnam, an eminent attorney of Port- 
land. He then attended the Harvard Law School, 
was graduated with the class of 1892, and admit- 
ted to the bar of Cumberland county in his native 
State the same year. Mr. Merrill at once be- 
gan the active practice of his profession in Port- 
land and has met with a very gratifying suc- 
cess there. He has developed a large clientele 
and much important litigation passes through his 
office. 

But Mr. Merrill has not confined his activities 
to his private practice. On the contrary he has 
given much thought and effort to public affairs 
and has held a number of important local offices in 
Portland. He has served for a number of terms 
as a member of the Common Council of the city 
and is at the present time (1917) a member of 
that body. He has also served on the Board of 
Aldermen for two years, and was a member oi 
the City School Commission one year. He re- 
signed from this commission to take a place on 
the police board, where he served a number of 
years. Besides these important posts Mr. Mer- 
rill has also been a member of the City Hal! 
Building Commission, and with his associates, 
Leighton and Pason, planned and erected the 
handsome new Portland City Hall in 1906. Be- 
sides his local offices Mr. Merrill was a member 
of the State Senate in 1906, serving one term on 
that body when he was appointed judge of the 
Western Circuit Court of Portland. This respon- 
sible office he held from tIg1I until I915 and in 
the latter year was appointed to the post of dis- 
trict attorney for a term of four years. Mr. 
Merrill is prominent in the general life of the 
community and especially so in its social and reli- 
gious affairs. He is a member of the Episcopal 
church and attends St. Luke’s Cathedral in 
Portland, of which he has been senior warden for 
ten years. This is particularly interesting in view 
of the fact that his father and grandfather be- 
fore him held the same position. On June 7, 1910, 


Mr. Merrill was united in marriage with Eliza- 
beth Payson Goddard, a native of Portland, a 
daughter of Judge Charles W. and Rowena C. 
(Morrill) Goddard. * 

Mr. Merrill is a man of strong and vigorous 
personality to which every element, physical and 
mental, contributes. He is the fortunate pos- 
sessor of good health, and his mind is an ex- 
tremely active and positive one which easily 
takes the lead in his relations with others and 
make him a dominant force in the sphere of his 
labors. He is not, however, one of those who at- 
tempt to impose their will upon others by a sort 
of aggressive insistence which serves only to gain 
the ill will of those about, but rather one whose 
judgment is so good and whose guaging of the 
practical problems of life so quick and intuitive 
that others instinctively acquiesce in his decisions 
and follow the lead willingly. He is easily ac- 
cessible to all men and, although his time is oc- 
cupied by many details of his professional life, in 
which he is engaged, yet he always finds an op- 
portunity to attend to the needs of others, smali 
and great, and there are many who have found 
his assistance of timely value. He is, accordingly, 
highly honored by not only his immediate fam- 
ily and personal friends but by the community at 
large which regards him in the light of a leading 
member. 


WILLIAM E. ROBINSON was born in the 
town of Blaine, Maine, September 13, 1862, the 
son of William F. and Mercy (Brown) Robinson, 
his father having been a native of Nova Scotia, 
and came to Maine when a small boy, and moved to 
Blaine in 1860. He built the mill at Robinson 
in South Blaine, in 1863, and sawed the first 
shingles in 1864. He brought up a family of 
fourteen children, his son, William E. Robinson, 
being the thirteenth. Two of his sons, Fred C. 
and Harrison H., served in the Union Army in 
the Civil War. 

William E. Robinson was educated at the dis- 
trict schools of the locality, and when he reached 
man’s estate became a farmer and lumberman. 
He is now the owner of two farms in the town- 
ship of Blaine which total two hundred and forty 
acres. He is a Republican in his political prin- 
ciples and has served for twenty-five years on 
the town board of selectmen, and for the past 
five years has been the chairman. He is a 
member of the Masonic order, holding member- 
ship in Aroostook Lodge, Blaine, and is also a 
member of the Grange. He attends the Baptist 

church. 


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Mr. Robinson married, at Blaine, September 22, 
1883, Amber E. Ketchum, born at Bridgewater, 
Maine, February 14, 1867, daughter of John F. 
and Leonora (Foot) Ketchum, who for several 
years before her marriage had taught school. 
Her father, John F. Ketchum, served in the Civil 
War under General Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. Wil- 
liam E. Robinson were the parents of the fol- 
lowing children: 1. Oscar B., born September 4, 
1884; married, December 25, 1908, June B. Stevens, 
of Portage, Maine, and they have three chil- 
dren: Fred. Clinton, died May 16, 1913; Orrin 
Ellsworth; and James Archibald. 2. Clinton B., 
born August 31, 1888; married Helen A. Lincoln, 
of Mars Hill, Maine, and they have two children: 
Phyllis Marian and William Oscar. 


THOMAS TETREAU, the energetic and effi- 
cient health officer of Portland, Maine, is not a 
native of that city at all, having come there at 
the comparatively recent date of 1911, since which 
time, however, he has had ample opportunity to 
identify himself most closely with the city’s af- 
fairs and to perform for it an invaluable service. 
Dr. Tetreau is a member of a family which was 
undoubtedly of French origin but which had re- 
sided in Canada for a number of years. His 
father was Charles Tetreau, born in the Province 
of Quebec, Canada, in the year 1816. Charles 
Tetreau came in young manhood to the United 
States and lived for a number of years at Law- 
rence, Massachusetts, where his death eventually 
occured in the month of August, 1896, at the ad- 
vanced age of eighty years. He was engaged 
in business in Lawrence as a contracting mason 
and made a very considerable success thereof 
up to the time of his retirement. He married 
Ursula Vegiar, like himself a native of Canada 
and of French-Canadian stock. Mrs. Tetreau died 
at Lawrence in 1897 at the age of seventy-six 
years. They were the parents of fifteen children 
of whom Dr. Tetreau is the youngest and of 
whom thirteen are now living. They are as fol- 
lows: Charles E.; Ursula, now Mrs. Charles Daw- 
son; Joseph; Flavien; Peter C., deceased; Mary, 
now Mrs. Edwin DeMars; Frank X.; John B.; 
Melina, deceased, who was Mrs. Telesphore 
Geoffroi; Julia, who is now the wife of Captain 
Lewis Berney; Olive T.; George R.; Rose D.; 
Lucy, who is now Mrs. Louise Desjardins; and 
Thomas, with whose career we are especially con- 
cerned. 

Born January 30, 1869, in the town of Frank- 
lin, Franklin county, Vermont, Thomas Tetreau 
was taken as an infant by his parents to Law- 


rence, Massachusetts, and it was with this city 
that his youthful associations were formed. It 
was here also that the preliminary portion of his 
education was obtained, for which purpose he at- 
tended the local public schools and was prepared 
for college in the high school there. He then 
went to Canada, where he attended the University 
of Ottawa, from which he graduated with the 
class of 1896. He did some post-graduate work 
during the following year, which won him the 
degree of B.S. He then entered McGill Univer- 
sity of Montreal, where he studied medicine and 
received his degree of M.D. He then returned 
to Lawrence, Massachusetts, where he estab- 
lished himself in practice and continued there 
until 1903. He then went to Washington State, 
where he practiced for thirteen years or until he 
received the appointment of health officer of 
Portland, Maine. Upon first reaching Washing- 
ton, he had engaged in a general practice in the 
town of Yakima, but in the year 1905 he began 
gradually to devote his attention to the matter of 
public health and in 1911 gave up his private prac- 
tice altogether, being in that year appointed 
health officer of Yakima. Five years later he 
received the offer from Portland Maine, and re- 
turned East to take up his new duties. How ad- 
mirably and effectively he has performed them is 
acknowledged by the entire city, over the preser- 
vation of whose health he now presides. Dr. 
Tetreau takes as active a part in the other as- 
pects of the city’s life as his very onerous duties 
will permit. He joined, while still in the West, 
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and 
keep up his association with that order now. He 
is also a member of the Portland Medical Club. 
Dr. Tetreau is a Catholic in religious belief and 
attends the Cathedral in Portland, being a mem- 
ber of the Cathedral Parish. 

Dr. Tetreau was united in marriage, Novem- 
ber 17, 1901, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, with 
Josephine Davis, a native of Manchester, New 
Hampshire, a daughter of Alexander Davis, him- 
self a native of: that place, and of Elizabeth 
(Bradley) Davis, his wife. Mrs. Davis was born 
in England and came to this country in early 
youth, where she met Mr. Davis and married 
him. Dr. and Mrs. Tetreau were the parents of 
six children, as follows: Ursula Elizabeth, born 
August 24, 1902; Philip E., born June 4, I904; 
Francis A., born December 30, 1905; Dorothy A., 
born September, 1907; Catherine, born May, 
1910; and Thomas, Jr., born 1914. 

There is something intrinsically admirable in 
the profession of medicine that illumines by re- 


38 HISTORY OF MAINE 


flected light all those who practice it. Some- 
thing, that is, concerned with its prime object, 
the alleviation of human suffering, something 
about the self-sacrifice that it must necessarily 
involve that makes us regard, and rightly so, all 
those who choose to follow its difficult way and 
devote themselves to its great aims, with a cer- 
tain amount of respect and reverence. It is true 
that today there has been a certain lowering on 
the average of the standards and traditions of the 
profession, and that there are many within its 
ranks at the present time who have proposed to 
themselves selfish or unworthy objects instead of 
those identified with the profession itself, whose 
eyes are centered on the rewards rather than the 
services, yet there are others also who have pre- 
served the purest and best ideals of the calling and 
whose self-sacrifice is as disinterested as that of 
any who have preceded them. To such men we 
turn to seek the hope of the great profession in 
the future, to the men who, forgetful of personal 
consideration, lost themselves, either in the in- 
terest of the great questions with which they have 
concerned themselves or in the joy of rendering 
a deep service to their fellow-men. A man of 
this type is Dr. Thomas Tetreau, of Portland, 
Maine, whose work in that city in the interests of 
its health, as a health officer, has done the pub- 
lic an invaluable service. 


WILLIAM B. BURNS—One of the prominent 
figures of the community of Mars Hill and its 
vicinity, William B. Burns, was born in Fort 
Fairfield, February 14, 1880, a son of Frank W. 
and Eliza N. (Slocum) Burns, his father having 
been employed in the customs house, and run- 
ning a livery business for thirty years. Of late 
years he has been engaged in farming and the 
breeding of horses. 

William B. Burns was educated in the common 
schools of his district and graduated from the 
Fort Fairfield High School, going from that to 
the University of Maine, which he attended for 
two years. After leaving school he obtained a 
position of deputy collector in the United 
States Custom Service and was an official at the 
Port of Mars Hill for fifteen years. He then 
entered upon mercantile business, and at the same 
time operated his farm of 165 acres which lies 
three miles out of the town. Mr. Burns is a 
Republican in his political convictions. For four 
years he served the town as a selectman and has 
been on the school committee for six years, 
and for three years he was superintendent of 
schools at Mars Hill. Trustee of Aroostook Cen- 


tral Institute for ten years. He is a member of 
the Masonic order, and also belongs to the East- 
ern Star, of which he has been a patron for two 
years. He is a member of the Baptist church. 

Mr. Burns married, at Fort Fairfield, Septem- 
ber 24, 1902, Cora M. White, a daughter of Wil- 
liam J. and Emmeline (Barnes) White. They 
have seven children: 1. William Preston, born 
June 30, 1903. 2. Kenneth Bonney, born May 15, 
1905. 3. Alice Louise, born February 8, 1907. 
4. Robert Bruce, born March 14, 1909. 5. Hor- 
tense Eliza, born October 23, 1911. 6. Frank 
Wesley, 3rd, born March 11, 1913. 7. Barbra 
Elizabeth, born September 23, 1917. 


CAPTAIN CHARLES HENRY WELLS, late 
of Hallowell, Maine, where his death occurred, 
August 7, I912, in the eightieth year of his age, 
was a native of this place and a well known fig- 
ure in the Chinese trade, both here and in the 
Orient, most of his active life having been spent 
in the latter region. Captain Wells was a mem- 
ber of a very ancient family, which has occupied 
a distinguished position in the various com- 
munities in which it has resided, both in America 
and still earlier in England. The name was 
originally de Welles, but in later times the pre- 
fix has been omitted and in some of the branhces 
the spelling contracted to the modern Wells. 
The first de Welles came to England with Wil- 
liam the-Conqueror, and his descendants were 
prominent in the affairs of the Kingdom for many 
generations, and thence several branches emi- 
grated to the New England colonies and settled 
in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and elsewhere. 
The Connecticut family, from which Captain 
Wells was sprung, was founded there by Thomas 
Welles, or Wells, of Essex, England, whose prop- 
erty had been confiscated in the mother country 
for political reasons and who came to this coun- 
try as agents of Lords Say and Seal. He rose 
to be Governor of Connecticut and was recog- 
nized as one of the great leaders of the colonists 
in the early days. He had many descendants, 
some of whom settled at East Windsor, Connecti- 
cut, and it was there that Solomon Ensign Wells, 
the father of Captain Wells, was born, January 
17, 1801. As a lad he was brought from there 
by his parents to Hallowell, Maine, where he en- 
gaged in farming for many years, and finally 
died, August 15, 1886, at the advanced age of 
eighty-five years. He married Louisa Batten 
Brown, a native of Salem, Massachusetts, where 
she was born, July 8, 1806. Her death occurred 
May 4, 1904, having nearly reached her ninety- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 39 


eighth birthday at the time. Solomon E. Wells 
and his wife were the parents of the following 


children: Aroline, Charles, with whom we are 
here especially concerned; Julia, Lewis, and 
Frank. 


Born, New Year’s day, 1833, at Hallowell, 
Maine, Captain Charles H. Wells attended the 
public schools of this place until he had reached 
the age of eighteen. Two years prior to this 
the great discovery of gold was made in Cali- 
fornia and the period of the “Forty-niners” be- 
gan. Thousands rushed to the western coast 
from various parts of the country, and in 1851, 
as soon as he was sufficiently old to make it 
possible, the young man joined the hurrying and 
expectant throng that was yet pouring westward. 
He went by Panama and had to walk across the 
isthmus, there being no canal at that time. The 
youth was not daunted, however, and made the 
difficult and dangerous voyage successfully, and 
once on the Pacific coast took vessel for Cali- 
fornia. Arriving there he went to the gold 
mines in the northern part of the State and re- 
mained in that district for two years, alternating 
his prospecting with running a small frontier 
store and several other occupations. At the close 
of that period he returned to the East by the 
Nicaraguan route, and once more found himself 
in his native place. His trip to California had 
brought him one thing, even though no fortune 
had been found, and that was an intense fondness 
for a life of travel and adventure, especially by 
sea. Accordingly, in 1854, he went to sea be- 
fore the mast and thus embarked fairly upon his 
career. His taste for it was far too deep-seated 
to be altered by the mere incidental hardships 
and he soon became known as an excellent sea- 
man and an ambitious youngster. In addition to 
his knowledge of practical seamanship, which he 
gained in the routine of his daily work, he studied 
navigation and thus fitted himself for a more 
responsible post. In 1863, while in Scotland, he 
was made master of the American bark, Colonel 
Ledyard, and for several years commanded her in 
the trade between this country and Scotland. He 
then opened a ship-chandlery establishment at 
Glasgow and conducted that successfully for a 
considerable period. Once more, however, the 
old lure of the sea prevailed with him and he en- 
tered the employ of the Shanghai Steam Naviga- 
tion Company, and sailed as the captain of one 
of this company’s vessels from Liverpool to 
Shanghai, under the British flag. The firm of 
Russell & Company of Shanghai was the repre- 
sentative of the English concern in the Chinese 


city, and Captain Wells remained in the same 
employ, commanding in turn several of their 
vessels and trading in the coast waters and rivers 
of China. In 1876 the business was purchased 
by the China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Com- 
pany, but Captain Wells continued his service 
under the new owners until the year 1900. He 
was then sixty-seven years of age, and felt that 
it was time for him to retire from a life so 
arduous, so with many regrets, both on his part 
and that of the company, which was losing one 
of its most valued agents, he resigned command 
of his vessel and returned to the United States 
and his native Hallowell. The remaining twelve 
years of his life he spent here, winning for him- 
self a large place in the affections of his fellow 
citizens, and here his death occurred at the age 
of seventy-nine. Among the many adventurous 
episodes of an adventurous life, Captain Wells 
always remembered with especial interest the oc- 
casion when, during the Civil War, his ship was 
chased by the Alabama of Confederate fame, but 
succeeded in making her escape. As a young 
man Captain Wells joined the Republican party, 
but most of his life being spent in the far East, 
he had little opportunity to keep acquainted with 
political issues at home. He always retained his 
allegiance to the old party, however, and on re- 
turning to this country in 1900, voted the ticket 
for the first time in fifty years. As a young 
man he also joined the Masonic order, but his 
activities in that body also lapsed. In religious 
belief he was a Methodist, and attended that 
church while in the United States, but in China 
he attended the Episcopal church at Shanghai. 
Captain Wells was united in marriage, Febru- 
ary 17, 1860, at Bremen, Germany, with Emilie 
Bergmann, a native of Hamburg, where she was 
born, August 14, 1835. Mrs. Wells was a daugh- 
ter of Peter Philip Erhardt Bergmann, born at 
Ocvilgoenne, Germany, and Christina (Gerkens) 
Bergmann, born at Hamburg. Mr. and Mrs. 
Bergmann were married at Bremen, and there 
he was engaged in business as a merchant for 
many years; their deaths occurred in that city 
in 1876 and 1892, respectively. Mrs. Wells came 
with her husband to Hallowell, Maine, when he 
made his home there in 1900, and there her death 
occurred, December 13, 1903. They were the 
patents of three children as follows: 1. Louisa 
Christina, who became the wife of Franklin 
Glazier Russell, of Jacksonville, Florida, where 
they now reside. They are the parents of three 
children: i. Hilda, now Mrs. Malcolm McCrory, 
and the mother of two children, Malcolm, Jr., 


40 HISTORY OF MAINE 


and Marion Russell, born October 25, 1918. ii. 
Franklin G., Jr., a graduate of Yale University, 
and now a lieutenant of artillery in the Sixty- 
second Division, with the American Expedition- 
ary Force in France. iii. Maria, born in Hallo- 
well, July 1, 1887, married, December 30, 1908, 
Hans Mutzenbecher of Hamburg, where she was 
being educated at the time in art and languages. 
She died in Hamburg, June 5, 1909. 2. Geor- 
giana Emelia, who resides in the old home at 
Hallowell. 3. Julia Maria, who also resides 
there. All three of Captain Wells’ daughters 
are members of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution. Four years of their childhood were 
spent in Germany, after which they returned to 
the United States and studied at the Hallowell 
Classical and Scientific Academy at Hallowell. 
In the year 1907 they took another extended trip 
in Europe. 

The character of Captain Charles Henry Wells 
was an unusually strong one, and an unusually 
simple and direct one as well. From long habits 
of command his manner seemed at times almost 
stern, but the fact is, that although he was a 
strict disciplinarian and insisted on his commands 
being obeyed instantly, he was actually the re- 
verse of what is generally thought of as a marti- 
net. Still less was he ever violent, and rarely 
raised his voice above the pitch necessary to 
make it distinctly heard. He circumnavigated 
the globe no less than five times, besides count- 
less voyages on a small plan. He did not know 
the meaning of fear, and this fact, always potent 
with plain men, together with a liberality to- 
wards his crews, accounted for the great hold he 
exercised over the many rough men he com- 
manded. Like all who ever sailed the seas as 
skipper, he had all sorts and conditions of men 
to deal with, but on the whole his crews were 
strongly devoted, and there were few ships kept 
or operated with the skill and snap of those of 
Captain Wells. 


WILLIS ELWOOD SWIFT—Occupying the 
most conspicuous post in the gift of his fellow 
citizens, during the great World War, Willis 
Elwood Swift has been since January 1, 1917, 
the mayor of Augusta, the capital of the State, 
being the first mayor under the new charter 
which is known as “the responsible mayor plan 
of government.” He has given the town an 
able, clean, business-like administration and his 
record is one to which he can point with justi- 
fiable pride. 

Mr. Swift is a native of the State of Maine, 


having been born in Sidney, September 19, 1870, 
a son of George D. and Clara A. (Sawtelle) 
Swift, the former born in New Sharon, Maine, 
and a farmer by occupation. His mother is a 
native of Sidney and both are still living. 

Willis Elwood Swift was educated in the pub- 
lic schools and Dirigo Business College of Au- 
eusta, graduating with the class of 1890. He 
then entered the service of J. H. Cogan Company 
and with them he remained for five years. At 
the end of that time he bought an interest in the 
firm of Swift & Turner, which after ten years 
was incorporated under the style of Swift & Tur- 
ner Company and of this organization he is presi- 
dent. In 1914 he bought an interest in The 
Holmes Brothers Company, wholesale grocers, 
the concern later being incorporated and the 
name changed to The Holmes-Swift Company 
and of this concern he is treasurer. He has 
many other business interests, and among them 
may be mentioned that he is a trustee and mem- 
ber of the Executive Board of State Trust Com- 
pany. : 

In his political convictions, Mayor Swift is a 
Republican, and always has taken a very vital 
interest in municipal and State affairs, feeling 
that it is the duty of every citizen in each com- 
monwealth to take his share of the work for the 
common weal. He served in 1912 on the City 
Council and in the fall of that year he was 
elected to the House of Representatives. In 
1914 he was elected by his party to the State 
Senate, and after two years of most acceptable 
service he was re-elected by his constituency to 
the second term in the same chamber. In De- 
cember, 1916, he was elected by his fellow towns- 
men the mayor of the city and the confidence in 
his ability, shown by this endorsement, he has 
fully merited as shown by the excellent work he 
has done in giving Augusta a clean cut and thor- 
oughly business administrative term. 

Mr. Swift has always taken an active interest 
in fraternal orders, being a Knight Templar, a 
thirty-second degree Mason and member of the 
Mystic Shrine. He is a past presiding officer 
of all York Rite bodies and past district deputy 
of the Eleventh Masonic District. He is a mem- 
ber of the Abnaki and Rotary clubs of Augusta. 
He is a Universalist and a member of the Win- 
throp Street Universalist Church. 

Mayor Swift married, July 22, 1894, in Augusta, 
Lillian Irene Holmes, born in Jacksonville, New 
Brunswick, and educated in the Fredrickton Nor- 
mal School. She is the daughter of George W. 
and Elizabeth (Grass) Holmes. Mayor and Mrs. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 41 


Swift have two children: Raymond Whitney, 
born April 22, 1895; graduated from Bowdoin 
College in 1917, and now a captain in the United 
States Army. He married, August 22, I917, 
Mildred Farrington, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. 
Frank G. Farrington of Augusta. Their daugh- 
ter, Marjorie Irene, born December 22, 1898, 
was educated at Mount Holyoke College, and 
married, August 31, 1918, Lieutenant Almon Bird 
Sullivan, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Sullivan, of 
Rockland, Maine. 


WILBUR CARTER OLIVER—The pioneer 
energy and hardihood persists in modern days in 
the men who, undeterred by the difficulties or 
hardships of poverty fight their way through 
present conditions, and finally reach the top. This 
is the reflection of one who is called to outline 
the career of such men as Wilbur C. Oliver and 
others of his type. He had the ambition, the 
pluck, and the perseverance to go through the 
first half of his ambition and then, unwilling to 
be content with what he had won, entered the 
seecond and more difficult phase of the struggle 
where his competitors were men of the first class. 
When a man has gone through such a business 
history, he is entitled to take a modest pride in 
his work, and to feel a certain satisfaction in the 
place he has won. Wilbur C. Oliver began li 
with no aids of fortune or of friends, and in the 
genuine pioneer spirit of honest and courageous 
will-to-win gained a positon in the business 
world of the city of Bath which is second to 
none. 

Mr. Oliver comes of old American stock, the 
Olivers of New England being descendants of the 
Olivers of Sussex county, England, the earliest 
to come over being Thomas Oliver, who brought 
his wife and children from Lewes in Sussex and 
settled in Boston in 1632. The tradition is that 
they were originally Scotch, and a Rev. Andrew 
Oliver came from Scotland to New Hampshire 
in the eighteenth century, to take charge of a 
church in Londonderry in that State, and after- 
wards went to Otsego county, New York, wl 
he was the pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church 
in Springfeld. Though others of the name came 
later in New England history, the names of 
Thomas Oliver and his wife Anne, are the only 
ones of the early colonists. A celebrated man of 
the name was the Peter Oliver who was gradu- 
ated from Harvard College, receiving his bach- 
elor’s degree in 1735 and his master’s degree in 
arts in 1773, and his doctor’s degree in common 
law at Oxford, in 1776. He was the Chief Justice 


of the Supreme Court of Judicature for the 
Province ot Massachusetts between the years 
1771 and 1775. There were many Loyalists among 
that class and rank of men in those days, es- 
pecially among those who had been brought into 
close affiliation with the mother country, and 
Judge Oliver was of that party. Upon the evacu- 
ation of Boston by the British troops in 1776, he 
returned to England, and never came back to the 
country of his birth but died in Birmingham, 
England, October 13, 1791. 

(1) John Oliver was born in Phippsburg, 
Maine, in 1788. When a young man he entered 
upon a mercantile career, establishing a store for 
general merchandise at Winnegance, Maine, and 
continuing in this occupation all the rest of his 
life. He married Catharine and they had 
eight children, of whom one was John. 

(II) John (2) Oliver, son of John (1) and 
Catharine Oliver, was born in Phippsburg, Maine, 
April 4, 1820. His education was gained at the 
local schools and when the time came for him 
to go to work, he obtained a position in the 
Phippsburg mills. In this occupation he contin- 


- ued the rest of his life having been promoted to 


higher positions in reward for his faithful and 
efficient service. He was a member of the Bap- 
tist church, and he married Elsie, daughter of 
Isaac Marr. Their children were: Lucretia, Cleve- 
land Marr, Camelia, Charles W., Katherine, 
Chester, George, Emma and Wilbur Carter, of 
the present biographical account. 

(III) Wilbur C. Oliver, youngest son of John 
(2) and Elsie (Marr) Oliver, was born in Phipps- 
burg, February 29, 1860. His education was gained 
in the local schools of his native town and at 
those of Bath to which he went as a boy of 
eleven. He was an ambitious lad with an instinct- 
ive preference for the best, and he hoped to be 
able to gain a liberal education but this in its 
formal sense was denied him and at the age of 
fifteen he had to enter the business arena. Like 
many other captains of industry he can say, “the 
world is my university,” and the training he re- 
ceived was in the infinitely more varied and 
strenuous school of life itself. He fitst ob- 
tained a position as a clerk in a grocery store, 
and then went to Gloucester, Massachusetts, 
where for two seasons he worked as a fisherman 
After that he returned to Bath and entered the 
employ of the Torry Roller Bushing Works. 
This business interested him greatly and the pos- 
sibilities that lay within the scope of the work 
appealed to his keen and clear-eyed judgment of 
affairs. With great enthusiasm and a painstak- 


42 HISTORY OF MAINE 


ing industry, he made himself familiar with every 
step of the processes and with every detail of 
the administrative methods. His ambition was 
to be at the head of an establishment of his own 
on the same lines, and this aim was achieved :: 
1883, when he opened his own place for the ga: 
vanizing of iron in Bath, under the firm name of 
the Bath Galvanizing Works. The beginnings of 
this industry were very modest, but good man- 
agement and modern business methods have 
brought the establishment into the front rank of 
those plants that are doing this type of work. 
The establishment is located at the corner of 
Vine and Water streets, and is a well equipped 
plant, the works having been greatly enlarged to 
accommodate the increasing volume of business. 
The extensive orders taken by the Bath ship- 
yards for the building of torpedoes for the United 
States Government was one among other reasons 
that urged the building of larger vats for the 
galvanizing of the large parts of boats. The fill- 
ing of this need and the expenditure of thousands 
of dollars on the necessary enlargement and 
equipment of the plant has been fully justified by 
the event, and by the enormous growth in late 
years of the business. 

Mr. Oliver is a Republican and a very active 
and enthusiastic worker along party lines. He 
is greatly interested in all that pertains to the 
welfare of the city and has never spared himself 
in his efforts to affect the changes that will do 
away with abuses and install improvements in 
city administration. It is due to the efforts of 
such men that the life of a community becomes 
more wholesome and gracious from generation to 
generation. In 1904 he was elected a member of 
the common council of Bath from the second 
ward. In 1906 he was elected alderman from his 
ward and as a president of the body was recog- 
nized by his associates as a superior presiding 
officer. In 1908 he was the unanimous choice of 
his party for the office of mayor, but he declined 
the nomination. He served more than one term 
as the chairman of the Republican City Commit- 
tee. He has always taken a deep interest in the 
improvement of conditions in city institutions. 
In 1906 the investigation which he was instru- 
mental in pushing for the improvement of the 
Bath city almshouse brought about its object and 
effected a marked change in the work done for 
the poor of the city. In the spring of 1913 
there had been removed by Governor Haynes 
five sheriffs from as many different counties upon 
investigation by the Legislature, and Mr. Oliver 
was appointed for Sagadahoc county, and served 
twenty months. He then ran for the office of 


sheriff and was the only man elected on the Re- 
publican ticket in 1916. He ran again and carried 
every town in the county and is still sheriff on a 
platform of the strict enforcement of the law. He 
is a man whose sense of justice lies very near his 
feeling for business efficiency and rooted still 
deeper in his nature is the kindly sympathy for 
those who have not been so successful in their 
journey through life. 

He finds time in a busy life for a keen interest 
in fraternal orders, and is active in Masonic cir- 
cles. He is a member of Solar Lodge, No. 14, An- 
cient Free and Accepted Masons; Montgomery 
and St. Bernard Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2; Dun- 
lap Commandery, Knights Templar, No. 5, of 
Bath; Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes of the 
Royal Secret, of Portland; Mystic Shrine and 
Kora Temple, of Lewiston. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Benevolent and Pretective Order of 
Eiks, No. 934, of Bath; the Improved Order of 
Red Men, Sagamore Tribe, No. 64; Arcadia 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 12, of Bath. 

Mr. Oliver married, November 9, 1881, Esther, 
daughter of Arthur Gibbs, of New Brunswick.. 
They had two children: 1. Ralph, deceased. 2. 
Arthur Gibbs, a sketch of whom follows: 


ARTHUR GIBBS OLIVER—There is no 
name better known or more respected among the 
younger business men of Bath, Maine, than that 
of Arthur Gibbs Oliver, who has been associated 
for a number of years with one of the greatest 
industries of the region and is now in complete 
charge of the business. The Bath Galvanizing 
Works are well known, not merely in the com- 
munity where they are situated, but, as one of the 
largest of their kind in the country, enjoy a na- 
tional and even international reputation. Mr. 
Oliver comes of an old and distinguished New 
England family, which was founded in this coun- 
try in 1632, when one Thomas Oliver of the great 
Sussex family of that name, came from Lewes in 
that county of England and, with his wife and 
children sailed for the New England colonies. 
They landed at Boston and settled there, being the 
only immigrants to bear the name of ‘Oliver until 
a considerably later period. There is a tradition 
among the Olivers of Maine that their ancestors 
Scottish, and a certain color is 
given thereto by the fact that there were several 
of the name who came to this country later in 
the Colonial period. notably the Rev. Andrew Oliver, 
who settled for a time in New Hampshire in the 
Eighteenth Century, but afterwards went to New 
York State. 

Arthur Gibbs Oliver is a son of Wilbur Carter 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 43 


and Esther (Gibbs) Oliver (a sketch of the 
former preceding this, in this work), and in- 
herits the sturdy character and practical mind of 
his ancestors. The elder Mr. Oliver is one of the 
principle figures in the industrial affairs of the 
State and was the founder of the great Bath Gal- 
vanizing Works of which the younger man is now 
in charge. The latter was born at Bath, May 2, 
1883, and as a lad attended the public schools of 
this city. He proved himself an apt student and 
won the approval of his teachers as well as the 
friendship of his fellows. Upon completing his 
studies at these institutions the young man, whe 
had a strong taste for writing and journalism, 
secured a position with the Bath Times as a re- 
porter and thus began his active career. It was 
not long before his superiors upon the paper dis- 
covered that he was possessed of more than ordi- 
nary talent and, indeed, from the outset up to the 
time that he gave up newspaper work, his success 
was assured. After being connected with the Bath 
Times for a while, he went to Worcester and 
joined the staff of the Worcester Telegram, where 
he met with similar success. -He was eventually 
promoted to the editorial room and by his work 
in both reportorial and editorial capacities made an 
enviable reputation for himself. Without doubt, a 
brilliant future awaited him in this line of work 
had he cared to continue in it, but there were many 
considerations urging him in another direction. 
His father was in need of a capable assistant in 
the great industrial enterprise that he had founded, 
and, accordingly, the young man left the Telegram 
and his work and returned to his native Bath. 
The Bath Galvanizing Works were founded in 
1882, one year before his birth, and its first be- 
ginnings had been very modest. The small plant 
at the corner of Vine and Water streets had grown 
rapidly, however, under careful and yet progressive 
management and, at the time that Mr. Oliver was 
ready to enter the concern it had become one of 
the important industries of the city and of the 
country at large. In the year 1918 he became his 
father’s assistant in the management of the works, 
and at the present time (1919) is in full charge 
thereof. His ability to thus take up the operation 
of so complex a task, and one of such magnitude 
is the greatest evidence possible of his organizing 
and executive genius. For as large as were the 
Operations carried on by the company before the 
great European war, they have increased ercatly 
since then, as the government at once contracted 
for thousands of tons of their metal products. 
One of the most important works done for the 
government by the Bath Galvanizing Works has 


been the manufacture of torpedoes and this, among 
other things, was the cause of an enormous out- 
lay on the part of the company for the installing 
of more equipment and of a larger type so that 
the larger structural parts of vessels could be prop- 
erly subjected to the galvanizing process. This out- 
lay proved a good investment and enormous quanti- 
ties of work has been turned out, especially in con- 
nection with the development of the navy. The 
work carried on in a plant, such as the one under 
Mr. Oliver’s charge, is striking and interesting in 
the extreme, and some idea of the scale of op- 
erations may be gathered from the fact there 
are employed there kettles measuring three feet by 
twenty and which contain at one time a mass of 
moulton metal valued at twenty-thousand dollars. 

In spite of the great demands made upon his 
time and energies by the great business which he 
manages, Mr. Oliver is active in the general life 
of the community and enjoys a wide popularity 
among a great host of friends. He is a Republi- 
can in politics and strongly supports the principles 
and policies of that party. He is regarded as one 
of the real leaders of the party and has served 
for two years as clerk of the City Council. He is 
a conspicuous figure in the social and fraternal 
circles of the city and especially so in the Ma- 
sonic order. He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity—lodge, chapter and council, and a 
Knight Templar. He is also affiliated with local 
lodge of Modern Woodmen of the World and 
is one of the six original members of the Colonial 
Club of Bath. 

‘Arthur Gibbs ‘Oliver was united in marriage on 
the twenty-fifth day of November, 10904, with 
Eleanor Dain of Bath, a daughter of Charles J. 
Dain of this city. Mr. Dain is a prominent figure 
in the life of the community and is now living in 
retirement. He was at one time a candidate for 
the State Legislature on the Republican ticket. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver three children have been born 
as follows: Evelyn, Warren and Wilbur. 


HON. JOHN HARPER, the son of William 
and Lovina (Handy) Harper, was born at St. 
Andrews, New Brunswick, May 23, 1844. Wil- 
liam Harper was born at Liverpool, England, in 
1812, and when he was grown he left home and 
settled in the Province of New Brunswick, mak- 
ing his home in St. Andrews, in which port he 
followed the occupation of seaman, and he 
worked his way up until he commanded a large 
ship trading with Australia, in which country he 
accumulated a considerable estate. He married 
Lovina, daughter of Levi and Mary (Eastman) 


44 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Handy, of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Cnhil- 
dren: William, born at New Brunswick, lost at 
sea; Isabella; John, of present mention; Mary; 
Nathan, died in 1907. William Harper, the 
father, died in Australia about 1862. His estate 
in Australia did not come into the possesion of 
his children. 

John Harper’s mother died when he was five 
years old and his father shortly after went to 
Australia, where he died as has been just men- 
tioned, and John Harper went at the time of his 
father’s departure to live with an aunt at Calais, 
Maine, and resided there until the breaking out 
of the Civil War. September 4, 1861, when seven- 
teen years of age, he enlisted in Company A, 
Ninth Maine Regiment, and served until the close 
of the war. He was with his regiment in every 
engagement in which it took part; and when mus- 
tered out of service had attained the rank of 
sergeant. After the close of the war he moved 
to Lewiston, Maine, and engaged in the manu- 
facture of short lumber. He carried on this 
business until 1880, when he engaged in the coal 
and wood business, with Mr. M. J. Googin, of 
Lewiston, under the firm name of Harper & 
Googin, with offices on Bates street, and coal 
and wood yards on Bates and Whipple streets. 

Mr. Harper is a staunch Republican in politics. 
He was a member of the Maine House of Rep- 
resentatives from Lewiston in 1887-89, and State 
Senator from Androscoggin county in 1891-93, 
and his popularity with the voters of his city is 
shown by the fact that he has run ahead of his 
ticket every time he has been a candidate for 
elective office. As a Representative and Senator 
he made an enviable record. He made no pre- 
tensions to eloquence or skill in debate, but his 
tact and shrewdness in approaching and handling 
men, his inexhaustible fertility in expedients, his 
capacity for organization and combination, make 
him a remarkably effective worker in legislative 
contests. Few men could win more votes for 
any measure than he. In 1887 and 1889 Mr. 
Harper was chairman of the Pension Commit- 
tee on the part of the House and served on the 
Military and Labor Committees. In 1891 he was 
in the State Senate and was again a member of 
the Committee on Pensions. He was again 
elected to the Senate of 1893 at which time he 
was chairman of both the Pension and Military 
Affairs committees. He was instrumental in se- 
curing the passage of Chapter 102 of the laws 
of that year, repealing the provision that a de- 
ceased soldier must have died “from wounds or 
injury sustained in the service while in the line 


of duty” to entitle his widow or orphan children 


or dependent parent or sister to a State pension. 
In 1889 he introduced a bill giving a State pen- 
sion to the dependent children of a deceased sol- 
dier, and providing for the payment by the State 
of the burial expenses of ex-soldiers and sailors 
of the rebellion who died in destitute circum- 
stances, and forbidding the selectmen of any town 
from removing to the poor house any old sol- 
diers who might become a public charge. 

That all the measures became laws was largely 
due to his untiring efforts in their behalf, and the 
same might be said of the large pension appro- 
priations made by the Legislature for the years 
1887 to 1893 inclusive. Mr. Harper took a promi- 
nent part in the fight over the “Ten Hour Bill” 
in 1887. Mr. W. H. Looney, of Portland, the 
author of the measure, acknowledged his obliga- 
tion to Mr. Harper for his valuable and effective 
support in an open letter to the Lewiston Journal, 
and his constituents have also to thank him for 
his persistent and successful work in favor of 
the appropriation of 1891 for the Central Maine 
General Hospital of Lewiston, which enabled that 
institution to enter at once upon its beneficient 
work, and the appropriations of 1893 in favor of 
the same hospital, the Sisters of Charity and the 
Orphans’ Home. 

In 1889 Mr. Harper was appointed inspector 
general upon the staff of Governor Burleigh with 
the rank of brigadier-general. This position he 
held with credit to himself and the service until 
1893, when his successor was appointed by Goy- 
ernor Cleaves. In August, 1893, he was one of 
the five members of the Governor’s Staff se- 
lected to receive President Harrison upon his 
visit to Maine. 

In 1913 General Harper was appointed State 
Pension Agent by Governor William T. Haines 
and served until January, 1915. He was again 
appointed State Pension Agent by Governor Carl 
E. Milliken in 1917 and is serving in that capacity 
at the present time (1919). 

In Grand Army circles and in the Ninth Maine 
Regiment Association, of which he has been a 
president. General Harper is prominent and 
popular, while in private life his well known in- 
tegrity, his disposition to stand by those who 
have helped him, his cordial manner, his kindly 
temper and unostentatious charity have won a 
host of friends. He is a member of Raboni 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and 
Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar. 

General Harper married, November 22, 1869, 
Estelle, daughter of Robert and Grace (Phil- 


BIOGRAPHICAL A5 


brook) Knowles. Their first child died in in- 
fancy, and their second child, Grace M., born 
October 1, 1874, died in 1890, at the age of six- 
teen. ; 


EDWARD EVERETT PHILBROOK, who 
has for over thirteen years been in the service of 
the State of Maine in the Department of Agri- 
culture, was born February 5, 1863, in Haver- 
hill, Massachusetts. His parents were David F. 
and Martha D. (Scott) Philbrook, his father hav- 
ing been killed in the Civil War seven weeks 
before his son was born. David F. Philbrook 
was a carpenter by trade and had volunteered in 
the army at the first call to arms. His wife, 
Maria D. Scott, was a niece of General Win- 
field Scott, whose services to his country in the 
War of 1812, and in that with Mexico, are a part 
of the history of the country. 

Edward Everett Philbrook was brought up by 
his bereaved mother and when old enough was 
sent to Hampton Academy, and later to Phillips 
Exter Academy. He also attended for a time 
the public schools of Portland. After leaving 
school he learned the tailoring business and 
worked at it until 1898. That date marks the 
breaking out of the war between this country and 
Spain, and public feeling ran high with indigna- 
tion at the mysterious sinking of the Maine. Mr. 
Philbrook applied for a commission and was ap- 
pointed first lieutenant, and was soon promoted 
to captain. He was stationed for a time at 
Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and saw action in 
many places. His record gives him as having 
been present in six’ battles, twenty-two engage- 
ments and nineteen skirmishes, according to his 
discharge papers. He saw service also in China 
and the Philippines, and was aide-de-camp to the 
Governor of Maine in 1912-13. In 1904 he was 
secretary of the Maine Commisison at the St. 
Louis Exposition. In 1905 he was appointed to 
the post in the Department of Agriculture, which 
he has held since that time, performing his duties 
with exemplary fidelity and high efficiency. 

In politics Mr. Philbrook is a Republican, and 
was the chairman of the Republican County 
Committee of Cumberland county, and in 1916 
managed successfully the campaign for Senator 
Hale. He is a member of the Society of the 
Foreign Wars of the United States; of the Vet- 
erans of the Spanish War, and of the Sons of 
Veterans. He holds membership also in the 
Portland and Lincoln clubs, of Portland, and in 
the Mountjoy and the Sixth Ward Republican 
clubs. He is a member of the Congregational 


church. Mr. Philbrook married, 
September 23, 1883, Annie E. Fay. 


in Portland, 


GEORGE EDWIN FOGG—The Fogg family, 
of which George Edwin Fogg, the eminent attor- 
ney of Portland, Maine, is at present one of the 
most noteworthy representatives, has been identi- 
fied with the affairs of that city for many years, 
his grandfather, —— Fogg, having been born here 
in the early part of the last century. This gentle- 
man was engaged as a blacksmith in Portland and 
passed his entire life there. He was the father 
of three children, one of whom is George Llewel- 
lyn Fogg, the father of George E. Fogg, and a 
daughter who married a Belgium gentleman and 
is at the present time a refugee from that tragic 
land, living in England. 

George Llewellyn Fogg was born in Portland, 
and is now the general manager of the John W. 
Perkins Company. wholesale druggists of that city, 
where he has spent his entire life up to the present. 
He married Octavia Roche, a native of Bath, 
Maine, and they are the parents of three children, 
as follows: George Edwin, with whose career this 
sketch is especially concerned; Dr. Charles E. 
Fogg, of Portland, a practicing physician there; 
and Sumner S.,-also of Portland, who is employed 
as a traveling salesman. 

Born January 21, 1878, at Portland, Maine, 
George Edwin Fogg has consistently made that 
city his home to the present time, as well as the 
scene of his active professional career. For the 
perliminary portion of his education he attended 
the local public school, graduating from the Port- 
land High School in 1898, and receiving in the 
same year the first medal scholarship for Bowdoin 
University. He there upon entered Bowdoin, where 
he left an unusually fine record for scholarship 
behind him, which secured him a membership in 
the Phi Beta Kappa body, and he graduated with 
the class of -1902. He had decided upon. the law 
as a profession and accordingly entered the office 
of Judge James Simonds, where he read law to 
such good purpose that he was admitted to the bar 
of Cumberland county in 1906. Since that time 
Mr. Fogg has been engaged in the practice of his 
profession in Portland with a very high degree of 
success, and is now recognized as one of the leaders 
of the bar in his native city. 

Mr. Fogg has by no means confined his activi- 
ties to his professional interests, however, but has 
taken part in well nigh every important aspect of 
the life of Portland and has particularly interested 
himself in the question of penology and the prac- 
tical application of its theories to ‘criminal con- 


46 HISTORY OF MAINE 


ditions in his State and country-at-large. He has 
for a number of years been treasurer of the Maine 
Prison Association, and was sent to represent his 
State on the National Committee on Jails. In 
1913 and 1914 he was president of the Maine Con- 
ference on Charities and Corrections, ald is a 
very conspicuous figure among those who are in- 
teresting themselves both officially and as private 
individuals in this matter so essential to the high- 
est development of the community. Mr. Fogg is 
a Republican in politics and is a staunch supporter 
of the principles and policies of that party. He is 
very active in fraternal and social circles, and par- 
ticularly in connection with the Psi Upsilon Col- 
lege fraternity, which he joined while a student 
at Bowdoin. Since his graduation from that in- 
stitution, he has been associated with the Psi Upsi- 
lon Graduation Club, serving as its secretary from 
1902 until 1906, when he was elected its vice-presi- 
dent. He has served as treasurer of the Psi Upsi- 
lon Chapter House from 1905 to the present time. 
Mr. Fogg has been actively interested in military 
and National Guard matters for a number of years, 
and was first lieutenant of the Fifth Company of 
Coast Artillery from 1911 to 1914, and became in 
the latter year captain of the First Company in 
this same important body. In February, i917, he 
was appointed aide-de-camp to the governor, a 
position which he holds at the present time. In 
the year 1915 he took a course in gunnery at the 
Coast Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, having 
been sent there by the government for this pur- 
pose. Mr. Fogg is a prominent Free Mason, and 
is affiliated with the Portland Athletic Club, the 
Maine Historical Society, the Portland Society of 
Art, and the Portland Camera Club, and is at the 
present time president of the latter organization. 
Mr. Fogg is also very prominent in the religious 
life of the community, a member of the Univer- 
salist church, and has been presdent since 1908 
of the Maine Universalist Convention. 

At Boothbay, Maine, August 20, 1909, Mr. Fogg 
was united in marriage with Blanche Sterling Mac- 
Dougall, a native of that place, a daughter of John 
R. MacDougall, an old and highly honored resi- 
dent there. Mr. MacDougall still makes Booth- 
bay his home and it was there that his wife died. 

Mr. Fogg, in spite of his comparative youth, 
has already established an unusually high reputa- 
tion as a capable attorney, whose practice measures 
well up to the best tradition of the bar. He has 
a wide knowledge of American common law and 
he is fully able to give to any case the research 
and professional care its importance demands, but 
his strongest professional success is as an advocate 


before a jury. He is convincing in argument, quick 
to perceive the strong points of his own and the 
weak department of an opponent’s cause, is a good 
judge of human nature, and with unerring direct- 
ness seems to divine a juryman’s innermost 
thoughts. He is a member of various law associa- 
tions, and has ever maintained the closest relations 
with his professional brethern. 


WALTER WOODRUFF PARMALEE, M.D., 
the able and popular physician of Auburn, Maine, 
and the surrounding region, 1s a member of an old 
and distinguished family whose progenitor came to 
Vermont from England, where the family had its 
seat. We know that his son resided in Michigan, and 
it was in this State that George Henry Parmalee was 
born, the father of Dr. Parmalee. His death oc- 
curred in Rockland, Michigan, at the age of forty- 
seven years, some time in the year 1886. This 
worthy gentleman was a sea captain. He married 
Adelia McCann, a native of England, who migrated 
to the United States at the age of eighteen, and 
came to New York City and subsequently to Rock- 
land. To Mr. and Mrs. Parmalee, Sr., five children 
were born, as follows: Elizabeth, who at present 
resides in Rockland with her mother; George 
Henry, who is employed as a stewart in one of 
the prominent clubs of Chicago, Iilinois; Annie, 
whose death occurred in 1912; Walter W., with 
whose career we are here especially concerned; 
Harriet, who lives with her mother at Rockland. 

Born August 22, 1874, at Rockland, Maine, Wal- 
ter W. Parmalee, son of George Henry and Adelia 
(McCann) Parmalee, remained in his native town 
until he was nineteen years of age, in the mean- 
time having attended and graduated from the gram- 
mar and high schools there. He also attended a 
commercial school, and then entered the business 
world as a clerk in a drug store, where he remained 
for a period of about two years. The ambition 
of the young man, however, was to become the 
owner of a store of his own, and through thrift 
and economy, which caused him many hardships, 
he was able at the end of this period to engage 
upon a career of his own, which he did, and was 
successful from the outset. In the meantime he 
attended a school of pharmacy, from which he 
graduated, and this led the young man on to a 
taste for medicine which culminated in his matricu- 
lating at the University of Vermont, from which 
he graduated as M.D. in 1909. He had during this 
period sold his drug store to David McCarty. He 
served as interne at the Fannie Allen Hospital at 
Colchester, Vermont, and then practised for a year 
and a half at the Hebron Hospital. In the fall of 


BIOGRAPHICAL © 47 


1911 Dr. Parmalee came to Auburn, Maine, where 
he established an office and started upon his career 
as a doctor. He began his present specialty in the 
fall of 1914, and is now one of the recognized 
authorities on the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. 
Parmalee, however, does not confine all his atten- 
tion to his professional interests, but he is 
prominently identified with the club and fraternal 
orders of the region. He is a prominent Free 
Mason, having taken his thirty-second degree in 
this order, and is a member of the lodge, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons; the Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons; the Council, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters; the Commandery, Knights Templar; the Coun- 
cil, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine; and the Consistory, Sublime Princes of 
the Royal Secret. He is also a member of the 
Odd Fellows, and of the Benevolent and Protec- 
tive Order of Elks, as well as being identified with 
the Grangers. In his religious belief, Dr. Par- 
malee is a Congregationalist, and attends the church 
of that denomination at Auburn, Maine, and 
ardently adheres to the principles of this religious 
faith. Dr. Parmalee’s relaxation is found in the 
‘delightful pastimes of hunting and fishing, which 
are both his hobby, and whenever his exacting 
duties will permit he indulges this taste to his 
heart’s delight. 

Walter Woodruff Parmalee was united in mar- 
riage at Lewiston, Maine, September 16, 1902, with 
Josephine E. Howe, a daughter of William S. and 
Grace E. (Emery) Howe, both natives of Canada. 
Mr. Howe was a second cousin of Joseph Howe, 
the provisional governor of Quebec at one time. 
To Dr. and Mrs. Parmalee eight children were 
born, as follows: William Howe, born December 
5, 1904; Edward K., who died in infancy; Charles 
Emery, born November 29, 1908; Jacob Brooks, 
born August 20, 1909; Walter W., Jr., born Novem- 
ber 15, 1912; Richard Hamilton, born December 15, 
1913; Anna, born August 3, 1915; and Alfred \al- 
lace, born in 1917. 

GEORGE ALDEN GILCHRIST, retired, re- 
siding in Thomaston, Maine, was born at St. 
George, Knox county, Maine, May 27, 1851, son 
of Captain Alden Gilchrist and wife Nancy (Ful- 
ler) Gilchrist, of that place. Captain Gilchrist’s 
grandfather, Samuel Gilchrist, came from Scot- 
land to Maine, and founded this branch of the 
Gilchrist family in New England. After leaving 
school, at a youthful age, George A. Gilchrist be- 
came clerk in a general store in his home town, re- 
maining for a year, when his employer established 
him in this same busniess for himself. This he 


continued for about two years, when he became trav- 
eling salesman for a wholesale flour and grocery 
house in Portland, moving his family to Rock- 
land, Maine, where he made his home. He mar- 
ried (first) in 1873, Alice S. Robinson, of Warren, 
Maine, who died in 1886, leaving two children, 
the elder a daughter, Sarah Helen, married Cap- 
tain John I. Snow, of Rockland, and a son, Elon 
Barker, married Helen M. Dunton, of Belfast, 
now residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan, resident 
manager of the Travelers’ Insurance Company. 
He has five Snow grandchildren. In 1887 he 
married (second) Annie L. Frost, of Belfast, 
daughter of Moses W. and Margaret A. Frost, 
of that place. In the spring of 1889 he leased a 
yard in Belfast and begun shipbuilding, building 
two vessels there that year. Finding this busi- 
ness very congenial, he bought and fitted up a 
yard in Rockland, and in 1890 started in there, 
continuing in this business until 1896. About 
this time, by the way of trade, he acquired the 
Port Clyde Marine Railway at St. George, where 
he did business repairing vessels and running a 
general store for about two years. After suc- 
cessfully disposing of this property he returned to 
Belfast, in 1899, where he bought the Merchants’ 
Marine Railway plant. Here he revived the 
ship repairing industry which had been idfe for 
a number of years and started shipbuilding in the 
same yard. In addition to a number of 
schooners, he built two sea-going suction dredges 
for the Government. With the decline of ship- 
ping he dismantled the plant and sold the prop- 
erty. In 1916, with revival of commerce, he came 
to Thomaston, another old shipbuilding town, 
where a yard was in readiness for him, and built 
the first vessel erected there for seventeen years. 
Following this, his final work has been the build- 
ing of a Ferris type, three thousand five hundred 
ton steamship for the United States Shipping 
Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation, which was 
launched December 17, 1918. 


WILLIS BLAKE HALL—The name of Hall 
is one of the most common in New England, it 
being found in all parts of that region, but while 
most common it is also among the most distinguished 
and ancient, having been founded in this country 
during the early Colonial period. The family is 
represented today in the city of Portland, Maine, 
by Willis Blake Hall, an eminent attorney of that 
city, and a leader of the Cumberland county bar. 
Mr. Hall is a son of Joseph Blake Hall and 
Lucinda Evans (Todd) Hall, and comes of good 
old Maine stock on both sides of the house. 


4 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Joseph Blake Hall was born in Hartford, Oxford 
county, Maine, September 3, 1825. He was the 
oldest son of Winslow and Ruth (Howland) Hall, 
she being the daughter of Dr. Michael and Abigail 
(Blake) Howland, of Bowdoin, the latter a direct 
descendant of Admiral Robert Blake, of England. 
Lucinda Evans (Todd) Blake, the mother of his 
children, was the daughter of Alired and Mary A. 
(Towne) Todd, the latter then being oi Augusta, 
Maine. In the spring of 1843 Joseph B. Hall ac- 
companied his father, Winslow Hall, to the new 
county of Aroostook, where, in Letter H, now Cari- 
bou, a new home was begun by the felling of trees 
for the log house. In 1848 he commenced his edi- 
torial career by starting and editing The Ensign, 
a temperance paper, in the city of Bangor. He 
had married, in 1847, Frances K. Newhall, of San- 
gerville, and her ill heaith compelled him to aban- 
don his journalistic enterprise and take his sick 
wife to her old home where she died in 1849. Mr. 
Hall then returned to Aroostook county and en- 
gaged in the druggist business in Presque Isle. In 
1850 he married Lucinda Evans Todd, of Hodgdon. 
To them six children were born, four of whom are 
now living, Alfred Winslow, proprietor of the Star 
Printing Company, Old Town; May Frances Stet- 
son, Portland, Maine; Joseph Edward, a lawyer in 
Caribou, Maine, and Willis Blake, of whom further. 

In 1857 Mr. Hall, in partnership with W. S. 
Gilman, started the first paper ever published in 
Aroostook county, the Aroostook Pioneer. This 
paper became a success under Mr. Hall’s able and 
energetic management and contributed more to the 
settlement and development of the great northern 
county than any other one cause. In 1858 Mr. 
Hall induced the Maine Press Association to hold 
their annual meeting in Presque Isle. Nearly all 
the editors in the State availed themselves of this 
opportunity to visit this great county even then at- 
tracting the attention of all New England. The 
descriptions given by these journalists of their re- 
turn home undoubtedly was a potent influence in 
inducing the tremendous immigration in the few 
years that followed before the war. Soon after 
this Mr. Hall sold his interest in the Pioneer 
and started the Aroostook Herald in Presque 
Isle, the first Republican paper in the county, in 
1860. In 1857 he had been elected secretary of the 
Maine Senate and was twice re-elected. In1861 he 
was elected Secretary of State and held the office 
three years. In 1862 the publication of the Aroos- 
took Herald was discontinued, and in that year 
Mr. Hall, with John T. Gilman, founded the Port- 
land Daily Press, Mr. Hall being the editor. 
This necessitated the moving of himself and family 


to Portland, and with deep regret, but with un- 
diminished faith in the future of the county, the 
beauty and resource of which he had done so much 
to make known, he became for a time a citizen of 
the city by the sea, the metropolis of the State. 
Selling out his interest in the Press, he bought 
a half interest in the Portland Courier (after- 
wards the Advertiser) and for some time it was 
published by Hall & Felch. Later with his oldest 
son, he published the Monitor in Portland. In 
the early seventies he for a time edited the 
Omaha Tribune and then removed to Sturgeon 
Bay, Wisconsin, and became editor of the 
Expositor. He removed to Chicago and for a 
time was on the staff of one of Chicago’s daily 
papers. While a resident here he wrote histories 
of Fayette and Delaware counties, Iowa, and of 
Jo Daviess county, in Illinois. From Chicago Mr. 
Hall went to Fargo, North Dakota, where for six 
years he edited the Fargo Republican. 

His intensely busy life, his ceaseless energy and 
consequent mental strain, finally brought the 
natural result of such constant brain activity and 
work for a time had to be laid aside. Recovering 
his health in some measure, he took his first vaca- 
tion and with his wife returned to visit the scenes 
of his early activity in Aroostook county, Maine. 
At the urgent solicitation of his many friends who 
had not forgotten his earnest labors in making 
known the vast possibilities of Northern Maine, Mr. 
Hall was induced to take up his home again in 
Presque Isle and to again start the Aroostook 
Herald in 1883. 
had been a friend of every interest that would 
benefit Aroostook county. In the later Herald 
he denounced much of the legislation of the State 
in regard to the disposal of the public lands and 
the short-sightedness' of the State in voting them 
away and otherwise squandering them. His edi- 
torials on this subject began to draw attention and 
excite comment, but Mr. Hall knew his ground, 
no one man, probably, being better posted in re- 
gard to legislation in the State of Maine. He was 
ever an advocate for the building of a direct line 
of railroad from Bangor to Aroostook county. In 
the columns of the revived Herald he urged 
more strongly than ever before the construction 
of a road to connect the county with the outside 
world. The Northern Maine scheme collapsed, but 
the earnest words glowing on the pages of the 
Aroostook Herald had prepared the minds of 
the people of Northern Aroostook to receive kindly 
the plan which later resulted in giving a railroad to 


that section that he loved better than any other on ~ 


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at least glimpsed the railway trains and electric 
cars coming into his beloved town of Presque Isle! 
Then he would have said, “Let now thy servant 
depart in peace, since mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation.” 

Mr. Hall was translated into a higher life, July 
5, 1889, aged sixty-three years and nine months. 
He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, at Caribou, 
with full Masonic rites, the funeral services be- 
ing more largely attended than any that ever be- 
fore occurred in the county, the people thereby 
giving evidence of their love and esteem for the 
man, his character and ability. He was possessed 
ot an enthusiastic temperament. Whatever he did 
was done with all his might. He was an easy as 
well as a vigorous writer, never at a loss for words 
with which to clothe his thoughts and the main- 
spring of his action was ever the highest good 
of the people among whom his lot was cast. 

Born October 11, 1868, at Portland, Maine, 
Willis Blake Hall formed no early associations with 
that city which was later in life to become the 
scene of his professional activities and his home. 
While still an infant, he accompanied his parents 
to Chicago and from that city removed to Fargo, 
Dakota. In neither of these places, however, did 
he remain a great while, but returned to Maine 
with his parents, who had moved to Presque Isle 
in Aroostook county. It was in the western country 
that he received part of his education and there 
that he spent his childhood, being sixteen years 
of age on his return to the east. He then entered 
the new St. John’s Episcopal School at Presque 
Isle and had but prepared for college when his 
elder brother purchased the Caribou paper. This 
made it necessary for him to step into his brother’s 
shoes in the office and do all the inside work of 
the office, the father making him a partner. After 
the father’s death, Mr. Hall first sojourned two 
years in Minnesota in the newspaper business for 
his brother, taking ‘a course in the old Curtiss 
Business College while he was resting. Returning 
this time from the mid-west he entered the office 
of his brother in Caribou, and then took a year in 
the Emerson College of Oratory in Boston prior 
to his taking up the study of law. He entered the 
office of Hon. Louis C. Stearns at Caribou, where 
he pursued his studies to such good purpose that 
he was admitted to the bar of Maine in 1806. For 
a time he practiced in Aroostook county, having 
his office in the town of Caribou, and heré he made 
for himself an enviable reputation. He felt, however, 
that larger opportunities awaited him in his profes- 
sion in some larger center and accordingly, in the 
year i013, he returned to the city of his birth and 


ME.—2—4 


has continued to practice in Portland ever since. He 
now enjoys a large and well deserved practice and 
is regarded among his colleagues as one of the 
leaders of the bar. Mr. Hall, Sr., was a very 
prominent man both in publishing and political cir- 
cles in Maine, and his son, Willis B., also takes a 
very active part in politics. He is a staunch Re- 
publican in his political faith, and while residing 
in Aroostook county held the position of town 
clerk of the town of Caribou for fifteen consecu- 
tive years. In 1907 and to I909 he represented 
that region in the Maine Legislature, and also 
served on the school board for six years. Mr. 
Hall is active in the social and club life of the 
community in which he has elected to dwell, and is 
a member of the Knights of Pythias and held the 
highest office in that order in the State of Maine, 
being grand chancellor in 1907. He is also a mem- 
her of the Congress Square Associates, and of the 
Portland ‘Open Forum, which he himself founded. 
In his religious belief he is a Universalist and at- 
tends the First Church of that denomination in 
Portland. He is a member also of the society of 
the Sons of the American Revolution: of the 
Mayflower Society and of the Society of the De- 
scendants of John Howland, and is greatly inter- 
ested in genealogical matters and local history. 

Willis Blake Hall was united in marriage, June 
14, 1900, at Ocean Grove, New Jersey, with Anna 
Howard Tucker, a daughter of the Rey. James T. 
Tucker, a well known Methodist minister of that 
place, and of Rosanna (Iszard) Tucker, his wife. 
Both Mr. and Mrs. Tucker were natives of New 
Jersey and both are now deceased. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Hall one child has been born, Margaret 
Blake, May 21, 1901. Miss Hall is now preparing 
for Radcliffe College. 

Among the many notable names contributed by 
the State of Maine to the records of American 
bench and bar, and they have been many and 
notable indeed, but few stand so high, either in the 
estimation of their fellows for wisdom and learning, 
or in that of the people generally as a dispenser 
of justice in fact as in name, as does that of Mr. 
Hall. As a jurist there is none who has a 
more deserved reputation for integrity and 
partiality, none who has more disinterestedly and 
indefatigably labored for the well-being of his 
fellows and the maintenance of tke high traditions 
of the bar of his country. 


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-LORING ERNEST HOLMES, one of the 
largest manufacturers of Robbinston, Maine, and 
a conspicuous figure in the general life of this 
place, is a native of Canada and a son of Thomas 


50 HISTORY OF MAINE 


L. and Annie Holmes. Mr. Holmes, Sr., was the 
owner of a large cannery at Eastport, Maine, 
where he put up American sardines for the local 
market. He retired from business in 1899. 

Loring Ernest Holmes was born in Charlotte 
county, New Brunswick, Canada, December 13, 
1869, but came with his parents to Eastport, 
Maine, as a small child. It was in the latter 
place that he received his education, attending 
for this purpose the local public schools and 
studying for three years at the Eastport High 
School. He left that institution within one year 
of graduation and entered Comers Commercial 
College at Boston, Massachusetts, where he took 
a business course. Upon completing his studies, 
he entered his father’s establishment and was 
superintendent of the canning factory at East- 
port for a period of nine years. In the year 1900, 
one year after his father’s retirement, he came to 
Robbinston, where he erected his present can- 
nery for sardines. Since that time he has de- 
veloped a large and flourishing business and is 
still engaged therein. His establishment is one 
of the largest of its kind in this region and he 
finds a market for his goods throughout a large 
part of the eastern United States. Mr. Holmes 
has been exceedingly active in public affairs at 
Robbinston and was chairman of the board of 
selectmen, a post which he held for two years. 
He is also a conspicuous figure in fraternal cir- 
cles here and is a member of Crescent Lodge, 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Eastport 
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; 
a charter member of the Lodge of Improved Or- 
der of Red Men, organized at Eastport, Maine, 
but was later transferred to Robbinston Lodge. 
He is also a member of the Maine Grange. In 
his religious belief Mr. Holmes is of Protestant 
faith, and he and his family attend the Episcopal 
church. 

Loring Ernest Holmes was united in marriage, 
February 18, 1901, at Robbinston, with Mary L. 
Brainard, a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth 
Brainard, old and highly-respected residents of 
this place. They are the parents of the follow- 
ing children: Francis A., born December 5, 1905; 
John T., born May 18, 1907; Mary E., born De- 
cember 30, 1908; and Geneva L., born August I1, 
1QI2. 


CHARLES COOK—tThe ancient records of 
our New England colonies show us that there were 
many immigrants during the early period of coloni- 
zation who bore the name of Cook, and many 
lines of this family are to be found in all parts 


of the country. It is inevitable therefore that some 
confusion should arise in the tracing of most of 
these to their source, and such is the case with 
the family of the distinguished gentleman whose 
name heads this brief appreciation and who for 
so many years has been identied in the most 
prominent manner with the life and affairs of the 
city of Portland. 

The first of the line to which he can definitely 
trace his lineage was Samuel Cook, who with 
wife Elizabeth and several children were living in 
Newbury, Massachusetts, from the year 1720 on- 
wards. He had moved there from Salem and there 
is evidence to believe that he had been in this 
country at least from 1699. His youngest son was 
born in Newbury in 1720, and it was there that he 
died in 1733. From this worthy progenitor, who 
appears to have been a man of the profoundest 
religious feelings, the line runs through Samuel 
(2), Charles, George Henry to Edward Cook. 

George Henry Cook was born in Greensboro, 
Vermont, March 7, 1811, but later moved to Port 
land, Maine, where he spent the latter years of 
his life, and eventually died August 12, 1894. he 
surroundings of his childhood were crude in the 
extreme, his life being typical of the lad brought 
up on the frontier. While little more than a lad, 
he became a clerk in the village store at Greens- 
boro, and then for a time engaged in a business 
of his own in Craftsbury. In the latter place he 
became extremely prominent and represented the 
town in the Vermont Legislature, and held the 
rank of adjutant in the State Militia. His religious 
life was very typical of that time, being distinctly 
Puritanical in the quality of its ideas and practice. 
Very prominent in all church matters, he held the 
position of deacon in Craftsbury, and was superin- 
tendent of the Sunday school there. it was in 
the year 1849 that he removed to Portland, Maine, 
where he engaged in the hardware buisness, in 
association with the firm of Emery & Waterhouse, 
the H. Warren Lancey Company, and Haines, Smith 
& Cook, of which he was the junior partner. He 
continued his church work in Portland, where he 
became a prominent member of the High Street 
Congregational Church during the pastorate of the 
well known Dr. Chickering and here once more 
held the post of Sunday school superintendent. In 
addition to this he was also superintendent of the 
Sunday school of the State Reform School. His 
death occurred in Portland, August 12, 1894, in his 
eighty-fourth year. In 1835 he married Selina 
Atwood Aiken, a native of Dracut, Massachusetts, 
born January 25, 1811, a daughter of the Rev. 
Solomon Aiken, a well known clergyman in that 


BIOGRAPHICAL 51 


city in those early times. To Mr. and Mrs. Cook 
six children were born, as follows: Harriett Whip- 
ple, who became the wife of Charles J. Frye, of 
New York City, where they now reside; George 
Henry, Jr., who died in early youth; Selina Aiken, 
who became the wife of Captain Rufus P. Staniels, 
of Concord, New Hampshire; Edward Burbeck, 
born April 30, 1842, at Craftsbury, Vermont, and 
now engaged successfully in business at Portland; 
Charles, with whose career this sketch is particu- 
larly concerned; and Joshua O., now a resident of 
Chicago, where he is resident manager for the 
Farr & Bailey Manufacturing Company of Camden, 
New Jersey. 

Charles Cook, fifth child and third son of George 
Henry and Selina A. (Aiken) Cook, was born June 
24, 1845, at Craftsbury, Vermont. Before he had 
reached his fourth parents removed to 
Portland, Maine. The trip was taken with all the 
family and household goods behind the little Shet- 
land pony, which had been up to that time the 
family pet and had probably never known such 
hard labor before. Of the detail of the journey, 
Mr. Cook retains a vivid recollection, especially 
the ride to the famous “Crawford Notch” in the 
White Mountains, but though he thus came to 
Portland when scarcely more than an infant, he 
spent a good deal of his childhood in his native 
place, as he returned there in his eighth year and 
made his home with relatives at Greensboro and 

Jardwick. It was here also that he obtained his 
education, attending the local district schoo! and 
later the Hardwick Academy. His life was muca 
the same as that of the average farmer boy in 
that region and of that date. His spare hours, 
when he was not engaged with his lessons, were 
spent in the hard but wholesome tasks incident to 
farm life and in the healthy rural pastimes afforded 
by wood, stream and hill. Upon completing his 
studies in these local institutions, he secured a 
temporary position as clerk in the clothing store 
of Adam Kellogg, of Montpelier, Vermont, where 
he remained about a year, and then rejoined his 
family in Portland. His second coming to this 
city occurred in 1864 and he succeeded almost at 
once in securing a position in the drug store of 
W. F. Phillips there, and thus was introduced to 
the line of business with which he has since been 
so closely identified. Early in the year 1865 Mr. 
Cook, who until then had been too young for serv- 
ice, enlisted in Company D, Twentieth Regiment. 
Maine Volunteer Infantry, which was then sta- 
tioned before Petersburg, and was at once detailed 
as acting hospital steward. In this capacity he took 
part in the battles of Five Forks and Appamattox 


year his 


Court House, and at the latter engagement wit- 
nessed the surrender of General Lee and the virtual 
ending of the war. His regiment, the Twentieth 
Maine, was one of the three detailed by General 
Grant to receive the arms surrendered by the Con- 
federate Army, and it was also one of those to 
take part in the “grand review” of the Union Army 
which took place at Washington. Returning to the 
North, Mr. Cook once more resumed civil life, and 
was given his old place in the drug store of W. F. 
Phillips, of Portland, where he served so satis- 
factorily that in January, 1868, he was admitted in 
the firm as junior partner, the business thereafter 
being conducted under the name of W. F. Phillips 
& Company. This association continued until the 
year 1884, when Mr. Phillips withdrew therefrom, 
being partly impelled to do so by the poor health 
he was at that time suffering from. Shortly after- 
wards the firm of Cook, Everett & Pennell was 
organized, which has continued in business to the 
present day and met with a very high degree of 
success in the conduct of its large wholesale drug 
business. For many years now it has enjoyed the 
distinction of being the largest wholesale drug con- 
cern in New England, outside of the city of Boston. 
As the head of so important a firm, Mr. Cook 
naturally occupies a very important position in the 
business world of Portland and is connected with 
many of the largest financial and industrial con- 
cerns in that region. He is president of the Wood- 
man, Cook Company and is a director in the Casco 
National Bank and the Mercantile Trust Company 
of Portland. He is also a well known figure in 
social and club circles of the city and is a member 
of a number of business organizations and other 
clubs, among which should be mentioned the Port- 
land and Country clubs, the Propeller Club, which 
was formed in 1845, and is the oldest social club 
in America. In politics Mr. Cook is a Republican, 
and he is affiliated with the High Street Congre- 
gational Church of Portland. 

Mr. Cook has been twice married, the first time 
in September, 1874, to Martha Page Bayley, by 
whom he had five children, as follows: Alfred 
Page, a graduate of Bowdoin College, where he 
received the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and of 
the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, where he 
took the degree of Ph.G.; Selina Aiken, who be- 
came the wife of the Rev. Robert W. Dunbar, 
Congregational minister at Millsbury, Massa- 
chusetts, but a native of Portland, to whom she 
has borne seven children: Charles Bayley, now 
of New York City, where he is a well known 
artist, a graduate of Bowdoin College with the 
class of 1905; Florence, who became the wife of 


52 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Dr. Frank Y. Gilbert, of Portland, to whom she 
has borne on child, Francis; Irving Staniels, 
who died in 1884. The first Mrs. Cook died in 
1884, and Mr. Cook married (second) Harriett 
Peters Bailey, a native of Portland, born in 1849, 
a daughter of Joseph Stockbridge and Isabel 
(Dix) Bailey, of that city, where her father was 
a pioneer book seller and publisher. Of this 
union two children have been born, Isabelle 
Bailey, a graduate of Smith College with the class 
of 1913 and makes her home with her parents 
at present in Portland; Ruth Stockbridge, a grad- 
uate of Dana Hall School. 

The energy of Mr. Cook’s character has al- 
ready been commented upon and it is re- 
markable. His business acumen is also of the 
highest type and there are many other sides to 
his nature which, while not so conspicuous, are 
quite as worthy of praise. He is a man of very 
broad sympathies, to whom the misfortune of 
others is a strong appeal, and though his charities 
are unostentatious they are none the less large. 
His many activities, based as they are upon the 
best and most disinterested motives, are a valu- 
able factor in the life of Portland, particularly 
the business development of the place. His 
sterling good qualities are very generally recog- 
nized; his honor, candor, and the democratic at- 
titude he holds toward all men won for him a 
most enviable reputation, and the admiration and 
affection of a host of friends. His success is 
deserved, and the uniform happiness of his fam- 
ily relations and his life generally is the merited 
result of his own strong and fine personality. 


NORRIS ELWYN ADAMS—When Mr. 
Adams came from college with his newly-ac- 
quired honors he began teaching, and for eighteen 
years he followed the profession of a pedagogue 
in Massachusets and Maine, winning a high de- 
gree of success. He then became a factor in 
the business world, and since 1906 has been en- 
gaged as a wholesale and retail lumber dealer in 
Wilton, a village in Wilton township, Franklin 
county, Maine, eight miles from Farmington. He 
is the son of Asa M. and Elmira R. (Wiikins) 
Adams, his father being a successful farmer for 
many years. 

Norris Elwyn Adams was born at Perkins Plan- 
tation, Franklin county, Maine, November 25, 
1862, and there attended the district school. He 
prepared at Wilton Academy, Wilton, Maine, go- 


ing thence to Bates College, whence he was’ 


graduated A.B., class of 1888, a classmate being 
the famous divine, Samuel Woodrow. After 


graduation he began teaching in Groveland, Mas- 
sachusetts, there remaining eight years. From 
Groveland he went to Sangus, Massachusetts, as 
principal of the high school, continuing in that 
position six years, after which he spent four 
years as principal of the Jordan High School in 
Lewiston, Maine. During these years he won 
high standing as an educator, each position lead- 
ing to one more desirable from the teacher’s 
point of view. In 1906 he withdrew from the 
profession and established in the lumber business 
in Wilton, Maine, there operating both in whole- 
sale and retail quantities. He is a trustee and 
a direotor of the Wilton Trust and Banking 
Company, and has other business interests of 
importance. Mr. Adams is a Republican in poli- 
tics, has served as a member of the school board 
for three years, but has little liking for political 
life. He is a member of Wilton Lodge, Free and 
Accepted Masons; King Hiram Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights 
Templar; Kora Temple, Shrine; order of the 
Eastern Star, with which his wife is also af- 
filiated; Williamson Lodge, Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows; and the Masonic Club. He is 
an attendant on the services of the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and is interested in all good 
causes. 

Mr. Adams married, in Wilton, August 6, 1884, 
Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Pratt) Le- 
groo, her father a lumberman of an old Maine 
family, his mother born on Monhegan, an island 
off the coast of Hancock county, Maine, upon 
which a lighthouse is maintained by the United 
States Government. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are 
the parents of two sons, Harold Legroo, born 
February 24, 1891, married, and resides in Wil- 
ton; Chester Norris, born September 25, 1896, 
now a corporal of the United States Army, serv- 
ing in the Eleventh Company, Third Battalion, 
One Hundred and Fifty-first Depot Brigade. 


ORIN RAND LeGROW, whose death oc- 
curred in his home at Portland, Maine, May 25, 
1889, when he was but fifty-three years of age, 
was for a number of years a well known and suc- 
cessful lumber dealer, and his death was felt as 
a severe loss by a large proportion of the com- 
munity. He was a member of the well known 
firm of LeGrow Brothers, which was one of the 
largest dealers in all kinds of lumber in this 
region. He was one of eight children born to 
Ephraim and Lydia (Purington) LeGrow, and 
was himself a native of the “Pine Tree” State, 
having been born at Windham, Cumberland county, 


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BIOGRAPHICAL od 


September 22. 1835. He was educated at the pub- 
lic schools of his native town and at Kents Hill 
Academy. His childhood was spent on his 
father’s farm and he grew up amid the whole- 
some rural surroundings which have produced 
so many of America’s leading men. Upon reach- 
ing young manhood, however, he decided to strike 
out into the world on his own account, and ac- 
cordingly left the parental roof and went to 
Aroostook county, in company with his brother- 


in-law, a Mr. Winslow. Here he prospered and _ 


became the owner of valuable farming land and 
followed the occupation of farming there until 
the outbreak of the Civil War. The patriotism 
of Mr. LeGrow stirred him to enlist in the de- 
jense of his country and he joined the Seventh 
Battery, Maine Volunteer Artillery, and served 
from the end of the year 1862 until the close of 
the war. Upon receiving his honorable dis- 
charge, Mr. LeGrow returned to his native State, 
and settled in the city of Portland, where he 
became connected in a clerical capacity with the 
lumber firm of Alexander Edmond, with whom 
he continued for a short period. He then with- 
drew from this concern and formed a partnership 
with his brother, Albert LeGrow, and the firm of 
LeGrow Brothers was founded. They engaged 
in the lumber business and bought out the inter- 
est of Mr. Edmond, which they increased very 
largely until they became known as one of the 
most important lumber dealers in Portland. 
Their office was located on Preble street, and 
was there continued by Mr. LeGrow until the 
time of his death. He is buried in Evergreen 
Cemetery in this city. 

It was not alone in the world of business that 
Mr. LeGrow was active in the life of Portland. 
On the contrary there were but few departments 
of its affairs in which he was not a participant 
and he was affiliated with a number of important 
organizations here. He was a member of Bos- 
worth Post, Grand Army of the Republic of Port- 
land, and was active in the work of the organ- 
ization. He was also a member of the Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, and of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the 
Knights of Pythias, all of Portland. In his re- 
ligious belief he was a Universalist and attended 
the church of that denomination at Portland. 

Orin Rand LeGrow was united in marriage 
at Windham, Maine, with Lucinda E. MacDonald, 
a native of that place and a daughter of Thomas 
Webb and Hannah P. (Proctor) MacDonald. 
Mrs. LeGrow was educated at the public schools 
of Windham and graduated from the high school 


there, after which she taught in the same schools 
for a period before her marriage. She is a very 
active woman and has much executive ability and 
is now associated with many important forms of 
work in Portland. She is a member of the 
Woman’s Relief Corps in connection with Bos- 
worth Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and 
has filled all the offices there. She is also a 
member of the State Relief Corps of the same 
organization. Mrs. LeGrow is a member of the 
Maine Order of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution of Portland, having held all the of- 
fices in the Chapter and being now a past regent. 
She is a member of the Ladies of the Grand 
Army of the Republic of Maine, and a member 
of the Pythian Sisters. She is a member of the 
Congress Square Universalist Church and is ac- 
tive in the work of the church society. She is a 
woman of great culture and refinement and pos- 
sesses an unusually keen artistic sense. Three 
children were born to Mr. and Mrs. LeGrow, two 
of whom died when they were very young, the 
one surviving being Flora Louise, who in 1897 
married T. W. Carman of Portland, who was 
connected with the Baker Extract Company, 
manufacturers of extracts, perfumes, etc. About 
a year after this marriage the firm moved the 
manufacturing part of the business to Spring- 
field, Massachusetts. After a few years the 
senior members of the firm retired and Mr. Car- 
man became the head of what is now a very 
large and widely known establishment. A 
branch office is still conducted here in Portland. 

There is always something of tragedy when 
death steps in before its time and removes from 
the scenes of his earthly endeavors a man whose 
abilities promise not only a successful career to 
himself but advantage to the community of which 
he was a member. This was particularly the 
case in the death of Mr. LeGrow and was inten- 
sified by the lovable personality and high charac- 
ter of the man. He was well known and re- 
spected throughout the community where he re- 
sided, where his essential democracy of spirit 
and his tolerance toward his fellows, made him 
very popular with all classes of men. He was 
a staunch Republican in his politics, but’ did not 
enter political life, preferring to exert such influ- 
ence as he could in his capacity of private citzen. 


RUPERT SCOTT LOVEJOY, D.M.D., who 
is among the successful dentists of the younger 
generation in Portland, Maine, comes from a fam- 
ily which has been long identified with that State. 
His father, Fred Emmons Lovejoy, was born in 


54 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Bethel, Maine, Mazch 31, 1863. He now resides 
in Portland but spends only the summer months 
of the year there, going in the winter to New 
Smyrna, Florida, where he recently cleared a 
tract of land on the Indian river, and established 
a winter resort, which has already met with 
great success. He married Elizabeth Hobart 
Sawyer, a native of Portland, who was an artist 
of no mean ability as well as an excellent pian- 
ist. To them were born two children, both of 
whom are now living: Rupert Scott, the subject 
herein; and Clifford Sawyer, born February 27, 
1887, who has specialized in scientific dairy farm- 
ing and is now the owner of a farm with the 
most modern equipment for carrying on this 
work, 

Rupert Scott Lovejoy was born June 3, 1885, 
in Portland, Maine, where he received his elemen- 
tary education in the public grammar and high 
schools. He then received instruction from a 
private tutor, under whom he was prepared for 
college. He then entered Tufts Medical and Den- 
tal College at Boston, where he took a course 
in dental surgery and was graduated therefrom 
in 1909, with the degree of D.M.D. He at once 
returned to Portland and there began practice in 
August of that year. He was one of the first 
dentists of Portland to adopt the use of the X- 
ray in conjunction with his profession, and also 
one of the first to search out systematic dis- 
eases of the body having their origin in the 
mouth. He has thereby developed a large and 
remunerative practice. 

From an early period in his life Dr. Lovejoy 
has evidenced a remarkably strong taste for art 
in its various forms and an unusually keen and 
sensitive aesthetic appreciation of it. Indeed, for 
some time during his youth he entertained the 
hope of making a profession of music and paint- 
ing, but on abandoning this idea he still perse- 
vered for his own and others’ pleasure at his 
work on the piano and pipe-organ so that at the 
present time he may be said to have attained a 
high degree of efficiency therein. Aside from this 
Dr. Lovejoy is also very much interested in ar- 
tistic pictorial photography and oil painting, in 
both of which he himself does work whick com- 
mands the attention and admiration of the art 
world. He is the author of many charming 
sketches and finished canvases, subjects of which 
have been taken from the picturesque country 
about Portland and other sections of Maine. 
Much of his work has been exhibited at the Lon- 
don Salon and in America at the Pittsburgh and 
California Salons, in which places it has been 


awarded various medals for its merit. In mili- 
tary matters Dr. Lovejoy has shown much in- 
terest doing some of the dental work of the 
National Coast Guard and dental work of drafted 
men before entering the war. It is here evident 
that a man of such versatile activity as he has 
displayed, has much to add to the growth and 
development of any community whatsoever with 
which he may become associated. The excellent 
balance of that practical and scientific element 
within him with that of the artistic and aesthetic 
is indeed a thing most rare and worthy of marked 
appreciation even when considering it from an 
entirely impersonal point of view. He is loyal 
and devoted to his family and to his friends and 
his personality is such that it commands the ut- 
most respect from all who come into contact with 
him. He is prominent in club and fraternal life 
and is affiliated with a number of organizations, 
professional, artistic and social. He is a member 
of the Delta Chapter of the Psi Omega Dental 
fraternity; the Portland Society of Art; the Port- 


‘land Camera Club; and the Portland Photo-Pic- 


torialists Club. In religion Dr. Lovejoy is a 
Methodist and attends the Pine Street Church of 
that denomination. 

Dr. Rupert Scott Lovejoy married April 27, 
1914, in Portland, Maine, Irene Groton Libby, a 
native of Waldoboro, Maine, and a daughter of 
Edward B. and Mary (Groton) Libby, who have 
for a number of years resided in Portland. Te 
Dr. and Mrs. Lovejoy has been born one child 
Richard Sawyer Lovejoy, born January 24, 1916. 


EDWARD PLUMMER—During his seventy 
years of life Edward Plummer, a resident and 
leading business man of Lisbon Falls, Maine, ac- 
complished a great deal toward developing the 
natural resources of that section of his State, and 
everywhere are the commercial monuments to 
his progressive, public spirit, many mills and 
railroads having been organized largely through 
his enterprise. He was a native son of Maine, 
and his parents were Henry and Wealthy (Estes) 
Plummer. 

Henry Plummer was a son of Robert and Zil- 
pah (Farr) Plummer, and was born December 18, 
1796. He was a prominent farmer and mill man, 
operating a grist and sawmill which was former- 
ly owned by the Gerrishes prior to 1835. He was 
a licensed preached in the Free Will Baptist 
church, and contributed liberally to the Building 
fund of the new church and its support after 
its completion. He married (first), February 18, 
1819, Wealthy, daughter of Silas and Mary (Sar- 


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gent) Estes. She was born May 22, 1800, and 
died January 15, 1830. He died February 18, 
1876, aged seventy-nine years. 

Edward Plummer was born in Durham, Maine, 
January 4, 1830, died there January 7, 1900. The 
first nineteen years of his life were spent in Dur- 
ham, and there he acquired a good common 
school education. In 1849 he left home, went 
to Lisbon Falls, and near that town made his 
first business venture, the purchase of a saw 
and grist mill. There be conducted a success- 
ful milling business for thirteen years, then sell- 
ing out to the Worumbo Company, and accepting 
a position with the buying corporation. He 
superintended the construction of the woolen 
mills at Lisbon Falls; was one of the prime 
movers in the building of the Rumford & Range- 
ley Lakes Railroad; the pulp and paper mills of 
the Lisbon Falls Fiber Company; was a promoter 
and a large owner of stock in the Androscoggin 
Water Power Company, for which he was agent 
from the time it was organized until his death, 
and in many other ways advanced the interests 
of his section of Maine. He was a natural 
leader, a man of enterprise and progress, a valu- 
able citizen in every particular, always inciting 
to greater effort, both by precept and example. 
In many of his enterprises he was associated with 
Hugh J. Chisholm, a kindred spirit, they both 
striving for the advancement of the material wel- 
fare of their town. 

Mr. Plummer was a member of the Lower 
House of the State Legislature in 1870, and ren- 
dered public service in many other ways. He 
made his home at Lisbon Falls for practically his 
entire business life, although prior to his death 
he purchased a residence in Portland, which he 
intended for a winter home. He was a Repub- 
lican in politics, a member of the Masonic Order, 
broadminded in his views, liberal in all things, 
well known and everywhere respected. He won 
substantial success in life entirely through his 
own inherent quality, reinforced by an ambition 
to rise in the world and to render a good ac- 
count of his stewardship. He was popular with 
the young and the old, his genial personality at- 
tracting all, while his sterling qualities of char- 
acter ever retained them as friends. 

Mr. Plummer married Augusta Taylor of Lis- 
bon Falls, who died there, leaving three children: 
Walter, a lumber manufacturer of Lisbon Falls; 
Harry E., also engaged in the lumber business at 
Lisbon Falls; Ida F., married W. H. Newall, and 
resides at Lewiston, Maine. 

Mr. Plummer married (second) Sara A. Shaw, 


born as follows: 


of Freeport, Maine, daughter of Parmenia C. and 
Emmeline T. (Allen) Shaw. She was educated 
in the public schools of Maine and Massachu- 
setts, and at a private school in Bath, Maine. 
She later became a teacher in the schools at Lis- 
bon Falls. After the death of her husband she 
removed her residence to Portland, but spends 
the winter months in New York City. She is a 
woian of cultured artistic tastes, her home show- 
ing the cultivated tastes of its mistress. To her 
natural tastes she adds the culture of travel, she 
having traveled extensively with her husband in 
earlier days, touring the West Indies and her 
own country very thoroughly. She is interested 
in Red Cross work, is a member of the Unitarian 
church, and of literary and social societies. An 
inmate of her Portland home is her mother, now 
aged ninety years, who is the object of her de- 
voted daughter’s loving care. 


FRANK WINSLOW YORK—There are many 
branches of the York family in Maine, and it 
may be said of them that almost without excep- 
tion their members have in one way or another 
won distinction and an honorable position in the 
community. That particular branch with which 
we are’concerned in the present sketch and of 
which Frank Winslow York, treasurer of the 
Maine Central Railroad Company, is a member, 
is descended from one Joseph York, great- 
grandfather of Frank W. York, who was the 
first of the family to come to Maine. Since 
that time the family has grown and spread to 
such an extent that it is now represented in 
many different parts of the State. Mr. York’s 
father, Joseph Samuel York, belonged to that 
branch which settled in Falmouth, Maine, where 
he was himself born. He removed, however, at 
an early age to the city of Portland, where he 
engaged in business as a sail maker and con- 
tinued thereat for a number of years. It was 
in Portland also that his death occurred when 
he was but fifty-five years of age. A man of 
the highest moral standards, he earned a well- 
deserved reputation for honest dealing and pub- 
lic spiritedness, and his death was mourned by 
a large circle of personal friends and business 
associates. Joseph Samuel York married Fran- 


- ces A. Ilsley, a native of Portland and a daugh- 


ter of Theophilus and Miriam Ilsley, old residents 
of that place. Mrs. York, Sr., survived her husband 
for many years, her death eventually occurring in 
Portlarid when she was nearly eighty years of age. 
To Mr. and Mrs. York, Sr., three children were 
1. George W., born May 28, 


56 HISTORY OF MAINE 


1854, died June 20, 1915; he was associated for 
many years with the Maine Central Railroad and 
held the office of treasurer with that corpora- 
tion for about fifteen years and until his death. 
2. Frederick H., born in Portland, and a resident 
of that city, married Nellie E. Merrill, also a 
native of Portland. 3. Frank Winslow, of whom 
further. ; 

Born June 1, 1860, at Portland, Maine, Frank 
Winslow York, youngest son of Joseph Samuel 
and Frances A. (Ilsley) York, has made his na- 
tive city his home up to the present time. It 
was there that he received his education, at- 
tending for this purpose the local public schools, 
both the Grammar and High School grades. 
Upon completing his studies at these institutions, 
Mr. York, having then attained the age of twenty 
years, began his long and successful business 
career in a humble clerical capacity, in a firm 
of stock brokers of Portland. After working 
in the office of this concern for a short period, 
he secured a position as bookkeeper for the firm 
of Sargent Dennison & Company. He did not, 
however, remain very long with this company, 
but secured a position as clerk in the general 
passenger department of the Maine Central Rail- 
road, thus beginning the long association with 
that corporation which has extended down to 
the present with a single interruption of three 
years. His elder brother, George W. York, was 
already connected with this company, and here 
Frank W. York remained for seven years, his 
aptness and intelligence, to say nothing of-his 
industry and willingness, recommending him to 
his superiors and placing him in line for advance- 
ment. After seven years, however, he withdrew 
from this employ and became connected with 
the United Mutual Life Company, with which 
concern he remained for about three years. He 
then returned to the office of the Maine Cen- 
tral Railroad Company and occupied a post in 
its audit department, where he served for a time 
in the position of stenographer. He also held 
the same position both in the general manager’s 
and president’s offices, and then, on June 1, 
1915, he was suddenly raised to the post of 
treasurer of the company to succeed his brother, 
whose death occurred only a few days later. 
In this responsible office Mr. York continues at 
the present time (1917). His duties call for an 
unusual degree of good judgment and general 
knowledge of the financial situation, both of 
which are displayed by him in a high degree. 

But Mr. York, despite the onerous character 
of his duties, has always devoted and still de- 


votes much time and attention to the other as- 
pects of the community’s life, such as those con- 
nected with public obligations and social inter- 
course. For fifteen years he served as a mem- 
ber of the Maine National Guard, and at the 
time of his resignation held the rank of first 
lieutenant in the First Regiment. He is also 
affiliated with a number of fraternities and other 
organizations in Portland, among which should 
be mentioned the local lodges of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Or- 
der of Red Men. He is particularly prominent, 
however, in the Masonic Order, and is affiliated 
with Atlantic Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons; Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Portland Council; Royal and Select Masters; and 
Portland Commandery, Knights Templar, and 
has been the recorder of the last named body 
for the past eleven years. 

Frank Winslow York was united in marriage, 
October 17, 1893, with Clementina Rafaela de 
Pachaco, like himself a native of Portland and a 
daughter of Adolpho and Elizabeth W. (Farmer) 
de Pachaco. Mr. de Pachaco is now deceased, 
but is survived by his wife, who at the present 
time makes her home in the town of Falmouth. 
To Mr. and Mrs. York one child has been born, 
Russell Harding, November 25, 1903. He is now 
a pupil in the Peddie Institute of New Jersey. 

Frank Winslow York is one of those men who 
by sheer force of character have won their 
way to places of esteem and honor in the com- 
munity. He is what is sometimes called a man’s 
man, his tastes being of the wholesome out-door 
kind which appeal to men generally, and here 
it may be incidentally remarked that he is par- 
ticularly fond of the national game of baseball 
and might be described as a “baseball fan.” Be- 
ing that type which has become familiar to the 
world as the successful New Englander, prac- 
tical and worldly-wise, yet governed in all mat- 
ters by the most scrupulous and strict ethical 
code, stern in removing obstacles from the path, 
yet generous, even to his enemies, he has car- 
ried down into our own times something of the 
substantial quality of the past. The successful 
men of an earlier generation, who were respon- 
sible for the great industrial and mercantile de- 
velopment of New England, experienced, most 
of them, in their own lives, the juncture of two 
influences, calculated in combination to produce 
the marked characters by which we recognize the 
type. For these men were at once the product 
of culture and refinement and yet were so placed 
that hard work and frugal living were the neces- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 57 


sary conditions of success. Frank Winslow 
York is one of the most successful and influential 
men in his community. He enjoys the highest 
kind of commercial standing and his social po- 
sition is a most enviable one. Virtuous, hon- 
orable, public-spirited, his life and career exhibit 
strikingly those virtues and talents typical of the 
best strains which have contributed so material- 
ly to the prosperity and development of this 
country. Normally, but not unduly, ambitious 
to occupy a position of prominence in the com- 
munity in which he has chosen to make his 
home, he has bent to that end his natural gifts 
of mind and body and an energetic temperament 
which acknowledges no discouragement, yet 
never during the whole course of his successful 
achievement has he forgotten the rights or in- 
terests of others, or sacrificed them to what might 
have seemed his own. He is far too much of 
the philosopher to strive unduly or to make 
others unhappy at his striving. Yet he has suc- 
ceeded in making himself a leading citizen, and 
thus has proved himself of the most valuable 
type of citizen, not one who makes haste to be 
rich, but one whose energies are normally em- 
ployed and whose own advantage is so closely 
allied with that of the community-at-large that 
both are subserved by the same effort. 


JOHN ARTHUR NADEAU—For over half a 
century John Arthur Nadeau lived in Fort Kent, 
a village of Aroostook county, Maine, on the 
river St. John, which separates it from New 
Brunswick, Canada. While the principal business 
of Fort Kent is lumbering and lumber manufac- 
turing, Mr. Nadeau, after reaching mature years, 
became a merchant and spent his life in the 
operation of his two stores, the former in French- 
ville, the latter in Fort Kent, in the same county. 
He became a leading man of his community, and 
was one of the strong and influential Democrats 
of the county, serving in high office. He was a 
man universally respected, and his word was 
held sacred. 

John Arthur Nadeau was born in Fort Kent, 
Maine, August 3, 1850, died there, February 3, 
1904. He attended Fort Kent schools until fif- 
teen years of age, then entered St. Ann’s Col- 
lege, Quebec, Canada, and completed his studies 
at St. Joseph’s University, New Brunswick, there 
spending three years, but leaving before gradua- 
tion. After returning to Fort Kent from the 
University he entered mercantile life, and finally 
established a general merchandising business of 
his own, which he conducted until his death. He 


was a man of intense public spirit, and he was 
always ready to venture his money in any new 
undertaking tending to increase Fort Kent’s im- 
portance. He was one of the organizers and the 
first president of the Fort Kent Trust Company, 
was collector of United States Customs, town 
treasurer for three terms, and a member of the 
Maine House of Representatives. He was a 
Roman Catholic in religion, and a Democrat in 
politics. 

Mr. Nadeau married, in Memramcook, New 
Brunswick, Canada, November 17, 1879, Sarah 
McSweeney, born July 11, 1852, daughter of Pat- 
rick and Ellen (McGowan) McSweeney. Chil- 
dren: Arthur J. Nadeau, born September 9, 1880, 
an attorney-at-law, practicing at Fort Kent; Mary 
Theresa, born September 9, 1887; married Ken- 
neth A. Shorey. 


IRA FISH HOWE—At Ashland, Aroostook 
county, Maine, on the Aroostook river, fifty 
miles north of Houlton, Ira Fish Howe was born, 
spent his years, sixty-five, and died, having be- 
gun and ended his life on the same farm. He 
was a man of energy, ambition, and progressive 
public spirit, and while his life was confined to a 
small area, was a man of intelligence and vision, 
a natural leader, and highly regarded in his 
neighborhood. He led in the movements which 
tended to advance the good of the community, 
and many such movements can be traced to his 
public spirit and interest. He has now passed 
to his reward, but his memory is yet green, and 
a third generation now reigns in the old home- 
steam erected by Benjamin Howe, a farmer and 
lumberman, as was his son, Ira Fish Howe, who 
was succeeded by his son, Nathaniel C. Howe, 
the twentieth century representative of the Ash- 
land branch of the family. Benjamin Howe, the 
grandfather, married Mary Wells, and settled in 
Ashland, she the second woman to set foot in 
the town. When their tract of timber land was 
conveyed to them, and they were ready to begin 
clearing for a future home and farm, Grand- 
mother Howe took the axe and felled the first 
tree. 

Ira Fish Howe, son of Benjamin and Mary 
(Wells) Howe, was born at the newly acquired 
Howe homestead in Ashland, Aroostook county, 
Maine, February 25, 1846, died there, August 25, 
1911. His educational,advantages were naturally 
limited in that new neighborhood, but he im- 
proved such advantages as Ashland offered and 
readily passed for a well informed man. This 
was due to keen, natural intelligence, and close 


58 HISTORY. 


observation and wide reading. He grew to man- 
hood, and bore his share of family labor and 
responsibility, following in his father’s footsteps, 
and eventually becoming the owner of the home- 
stead, which he never left. He engaged in farm- 
ing and lumbering all his active life, then after 
a life of usefulness he passed away, aged sixty- 
five years. He was a Republican in politics, and 
for many years served the town of Ashland as 
road commissioner. Mr. Howe was a charter 
member of Ashland Grange, Patrons of Hus- 
bandry, took a deep interest in the special work 
of the Grange, and served in several of its of- 
ficial positions. While not affiliated with any 
church organization, he was a liberal supporter of 
all good causes. He married, in Ashland, July 
24, 1870, Sophia S. Coffin, born October 13, 1841, 
who survives him, daughter of Artemus Wilder 
and Meribeh (Scribner) Coffin, of ancient New 
England family. Mrs. Howe is a member of 
the Congregational church. Children: Artemus 
Wilder, born June 11, 1871; Mary Ellen, born 
May 9, 1873; Ann Maria, born February 20, 1875; 
David Roger, born October 24, 1876; and Na- 
thaniel Coffin, of further mention. 

Nathaniel Coffin Howe, youngest child of Ira 
Fish and Sophia S. (Coffin) Howe, was born at 
the old homestead in Ashland, Maine, July 9, 
1878, and there resides. He has been connected 
with farming and lumbering ever since finish- 
ing his school years, and has become one of Ash- 
land’s leading business men. He finished high 
school courses in Ashland, then attended school 
at Bucksport Academy, Maine, there ending his 
school attendance. He is vice-president and di- 
rector of the Ashland Trust Company, of which 
he was one of the founders; conducts his own 
farm, and is interested in several hundred acres 
more, handles agricultural implements, sells au- 
tomobiles, and has a large lumber business, 
maintaining ten camps in getting the logs out 
of the forest and into the water. He married 
(first) Luella D. Michel, now deceased, leaving 
a daughter, Thelma N. He married (second) 
Amelia Cameron, and they are the parents of 
three sons: Houghton, Frank and Benjamin. In 
politics Mr. Howe is a Republican, now serving 
as selectman. 


CYRUS CHASE—In 1859 Cyrus Chase, then a 
young man of twenty-three, came to Aroostook 
county, Maine, purchased a tract of virgin timber 
land, which he cleared and improved until he had 
one hundred and ninety acres under cultivation. 
The years have converted that section of Aroos- 


OF MAINE 


took county into one of the most prosperous 
portions of that State, and in this prosperity and 
development Mr. Chase has had a share. The 
lad of twenty-three is now the veteran of eighty- 
three, but still hale and hearty for his years. He 
keeps in touch with the business of his town, and 
conducts a general real estate business. His ac- 
quaintance is very extensive, and during more 
than sixty years which he has spent in this lo- 
cality he has borne his full share of the civil 
burden, and his own village or plantation of 
Westfield has benefited through his interest and 
public spirit. He is a son of Jonathan and 
Susanna (Jordan) Chase, his father a farmer and 
veteran of the War of 1812. At the time of 
the birth of his son, Cyrus, Jonathan and 
Susanna Chase were living at Danville, now South 
Auburn, a village of Androscoggin county, Maine, 
twenty-seven miles north of Portland. 

Cyrus Chase was born in Danville, Maine, July 
26, 1836. He attended the Union School in Dan- 
ville and early became a farm worker, an occu- 
pation he has followed all his life in different 
localities. He remained at the home farm until 
1857. In 1859 went to Aroostook county, Maine, 
and availed himself of the opportunities that sec- 
tion offered the farmer and lumberman. He ob- 
tained a good tract of timber land in the West- 
fieid plantation, and this he cleared as rapidly as 
possible until interrupted by his military service 
in the Union Army. He enlisted in August, 1863, 
in Company C, Nineteenth Regiment, Maine Vol- 
unteer Infantry, and saw hard service with that 
hard fought but finally victorious Army of the 
Potomac. After the Nineteenth Maine was mus- 
tered out, he transferred to the First Regiment, 
Maine Artillery, and became a corporal. He 
fought at the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsyl- 
vania, Petersburg, and on through the Virginia 
campaign, which ended with Appamattox. In 
all he was engaged in sixteen battles and skir- 
mishes, but was never wounded. After the war 
he was honorably discharged and mustered out, 
September 22, 1865. He then returned to West- 
field and resumed the broken threads of his life. 
He developed his property into a well improved 
farm of one hundred and ninety acres, and in 
addition has long conducted a prosperous real 
estate business. He has prospered abundantly, 
and although now an octogenarian he gives lit- 
tle evidence of being in that class. 

Mr. Chase is a Republican in politics, and in 
1895 he represented his district in the State Legis- 
lature. In 1912 he again served in that body, 
having been appointed to fill out the unexpired 


BIOGRAPHICAL 59 


term of a deceased member. For five terms he 
served the town as treasurer, and is probably 
the oldest town treasurer in the State, and per- 
haps in the Nation, and he has many times filled 
the offices of selectman, assessor and school com- 
mitteeman. He is a member of Aroostook 
Union Grange, and a charter member of Aroos- 
took County Pomona Grange, Patrons of Hus- 
bandry; of Wade Post, Grand Army of the Re- 
public; and in religious faith he is a Free Will 
Baptist. 

On January 28, 1860, at Auburn, Maine, Mr. 
Chase married Abba H. Atwood, who died Oc- 
tober 7, 1910, daughter of Harrison Atwood. 
Children: Minnie G., born December 8, 1862; 
Kate E., born October 8, 1866; Elmar F., born 
March 2, 1868; Selden C., born September 24, 
1869; Oscar F., born November 16, 1871; Norman 
W., born September 28, 1873; Annie L., born 
April 1, 1875; Ada M., born July 4, 1878. 


HORATIO GATES FOSS—There are few 
names more distinguished among Maine families 
than that of Foss, which has been represented in 
the “Pine Tree State” for a number of genera- 
tions and which numbers many men prominent in 
the life and affairs of their respective commu- 
nities among its members. The name appears 
to have been either of Dutch or German origin 
and was originally Vos, a form which is still 
common in Holland. Its derivation was prob- 
ably from the word Vos, meaning Fox, used as 
a nickname for some ancestor who was par- 
ticularly noted for his shrewdness or cunning, 
or possibly because he used the Fox as a sign 
on his place of business. Other derivations are 
from the names Foot, Foste and Faust, but the 
balance of evidence is in favor of the first theory, 
although it is possible, of course, that these 
others are all modifications from the same root. 
In the form which we are considering, it was 
brought to New England at an early age and 
is now found widely diffused through the whole 
of that region, but more particularly so in Maine 
and New Hampshire. 

It was founded in New England by one John 
Foss, of whom there is a tradition which seems 
to be capable of substantiation that he came 
across the ocean on an English war vessel on 
which he was employed as a calker. He evi- 
dently did not enjoy his occupation any too much 
as he jumped overboard while the vessel was 
lying in Boston harbor and swam ashore. He 
was successful in escaping the detection of his 
superiors and not long afterwards settled in 


Dover, New Hampshire, where there is a record 
of him as early as May 14, 1661. He was twice 
married, the first time to Mary Chadburn, and 
the second to Elizabeth, presumably the widow 
of John Locke and the daughter of William and 


Jane Berry. His children by these two unions 
were: John, Humphrey, William, Hannah, 
Joshua, Hinckson, Mary, Benjamin, Thomas, 


Jemima, Elizabeth and Samuel. 

While it has been impossible to trace definitely 
the line of descent from this John Foss to the 
Maine branch of the family which we are con- 
sidering, there is practically no doubt whatever 
that such a line existed and that the founder of 
the family in Maine moved into that State some 
time during the third quarter of the eighteenth 
century. We know that the grandfather of 
Horatio Gates Foss was born at Saco, Maine, 
May 4, 1785, and that he died at Wayne, in that 
State, July 13, 1863. He was a soldier in the 
War of 1812, and while still young settled at 
Wayne, where the major portion of his life was 
spent. He married Mary Harmon, September Io, 
1806, who was born at Saco, March 4, 1787, and 
who died there September 6, 1876, and they were 
the parents of nine children, as follows: Walter, 
born August 24, 1807, and was a member of the 
Maine Rifle Company in 1828; Lucy, born March 
6, 1809, and became the wife of William Thorn- 
ton; Sally, born August 21, 1810, and became the 
wife of Josiah Norris; Jeremiah, mentioned be- 
low; Mary, born January 4, 1815, and died April 
20, 1816; Mary (2), born June 24, 1817, and be- 
came the wife of Oliver Norris; Horatio Gates, 
born December 28, 1818; Oren, born October 6, 
1821, died October 11, 1841; and Charles H., born 
December 28, 1827. 

Jeremiah Foss, Jr., was born at Wayne, March 
5, 1813, and there spent his entire life, his death 
occurring September 12, 1879. He was a man 
of unusual ability, who enjoyed a reputation sec- 
ond to none for integrity and upright dealing 
in his business as well as in every other relation 
of life. He was engaged in business as a shoe- 
maker and made a marked success in this enter- 
prise. He married Elizabeth N. Hankerson, 
of Readfield, Maine, where she was born March 
24, 1814, a daughter of William and Thankfui 
(White) Hankerson. They were the parents of 
twelve children, as follows: Lory Augustus, 
born November 15, 1834, died June 22, 1892; Lu- 
cretia Ann, born March 29, 1836, died April 29, 
1888; John Fairfield, born March 6, 1838; Eu- 
phratha Sutherland, born March 3, 1840; an in- 
fant daughter, born July 9, 1842, and died Novem- 


6 HIisgory 


ber 15, of the same year; Glorina Smith, born 
September 20, 1843, died July 10, 1879; Horatio 
Gates, with whose career we are here especially 
concerned; Lizzie, born March 25, 1848, and died 
the following October; Mary Elizabeth, born 
August 22, 1849, died October 2, 1851; Oscarnella, 
born May 26, 1852, and died February 26, 1855; 
Ella Maria, born April 10, 1856; and Celia Han- 
’ kerson, born June 26, 1859, and died May 7, 1863. 

Horatio Gates Foss, son of Jeremiah and Eliza- 
beth N. (Hankerson) Foss, was born February 
22, 1846, in the town of Wayne, Maine. He 
passed his childhood and early youth in his na- 
tive place and for his education attended the 
local public schools, both the common and high 
schools. After completing his studies at these 
institutions, he remained in his father’s house 
until the year 1875, assisting his father in the lat- 
ter’s shoe-making business. In that year, how- 
ever, he came to Auburn, which city has con- 
tinued his home ever since, and there entered 
the employ of Dingley Strout & Company, the 
well known shoe firm. The following year he 
became a silent partner of this firm, which con- 
tinued to do business under its original name 
until 1887, when upon the retirement of Mr. 
Strout the firm became Dingley-Foss & Company. 
In 1891 the company was incorporated and be- 
came known as the Dingley-Foss Shoe Company. 
Mr. Foss became general manager of this great 
concern, and afterwards was given the office of 
vice-president which he holds at the present time. 
This company employs between five and six hun- 
dred people in its various departments and manu- 
factures men’s, boys’ and youths’ leather shoes, 
and women’s, misses’ and children’s canvas shoes. 
In addition to this great business, Mr. Foss is 
also interested in a number of important finan- 
cial interests and is a director and large stock- 
holder of the First National Bank of Auburn 
and of the Auburn Trust Company. He is also 
an extremely prominent figure in public affairs 
and represented his city in the State Senate in 
1913. In social and fraternal circles Mr. Foss is 
conspicuous, and is a member of both the Ma- 
sonic order and the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks. He is particularly prominent 
‘in the former of these and is affiliated with 
numerous Masonic bodies, as follows: Asylum 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of 
Wayne; Bradford: Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, 
of Auburn; Lewiston Commandery, Knights 
Templar; Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes 
of the Royal Secret; and Kora Temple, Ancient 
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In 


OF MAINE 


his religious belief Mr. Foss is a Unitarian and 
attends the church of that denomination in Au- 
burn. Mr. Foss’ home in Auburn is one of the 
finest and most attractive in the State, and is a 
center of warm hospitality to all those who are 
fortunate enough to possess his friendship. 
Horatio Gates Foss was united in marriage in 
1878 at Lewiston with Ella M. Fletcher, a native 
of Solon, Maine, and a daughter of Ezra and 
Mary Fletcher, old and highly-respected resi- 
dents of that place, who are now both deceased. 
Possessed of an excellent mind to begin with, 
Mr. Foss has made himself acquainted with the 
best thought of the world, and the achievements 
of art and letters. He is a man of rare culture 
and enlightenment and possesses a far larger 
education than the majority of those who have 
enjoyed greater opportunity than he. It can be 
honestly said that he is a self-made man in the 
broadest sense of that term, a man who, besides 
winning success in business affairs, made the 
most out of every talent that has been entrusted 
to him in the stewardship of this life. He is 
possesesd. of an unusually judicial type of mind, 
the type that weighs opposing evidence impar- 
tially, and so great is his reputation in this mat- 
ter that he is often constituted a sort of informal 
court by the choice of his friends who would re- 
sort to him for advice in all manner of emer- 
gencies and to compose their differences in case 
of dispute. He is devoted to his home, and finds 
his greatest happiness in the intimate intercourse 
about his own fireside. He is of a retiring dis- 
position and never seeks for any post of public 
power or any political preferment, although his 
talents admirably fit him to hold such. His busi- 
ness career might well serve as a model to the 
younger generation which they might follow. 


BENJAMIN LOUIS BERMAN, while himself 
a native of this country, is by blood and parent- 
age a Russian, and exhibits in his own person 
the strong and capable traits of that great race. 
He is a son of Herman Isaac Berman, who was 
born in Russia, and who came to the United 
States when but five years of age with his par- 
ents, who settled at Portland, Maine. Here he 
passed the years of his childhood and early youth 
and gained his education. At the age of twenty- 
six years, however, he came to the city of Lewis- 
ton, where he continues to reside to the present 
day. Mr. Berman, Sr., is a man of strong per- 
sonality and has met with a marked success in 
the land of his adoption. He has been success- 
ful in business and prominent in public affairs, 


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and at the present time holds the position of 
manager of the Union Square Fruit Company. 
A number of years ago he was very active in 
connection with the Republican party, and was 
one of the delegates who nominated Charles Lit- 
tlefield, of Maine, to Congress. He married 
Bella Markson, who like himself was a native of 
Russia, and who came to this country as a child. 
She was but sixteen years of age at the time of 
her marriage and they became the parents of 
eight children, one of whom died in infancy. The 
seven who have survived are as follows: Eva 
D., who became the wife of Harry Seamon, of 
Boston, Massachusetts; Jacob H., who is now 
engaged in practicing law at Portland; Sadie E., 
who became the wife of Henry Ginsburg, of 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Benjamin Louis, with 
whose career we are here especially concerned; 
Lillian, who lives at home with her parents, and 
is at the present time a student at the Lewiston 
Normal Training School, where she is taking a 
post-graduate course; Edward, a student at Bow- 
doin College with the class of 1920, and David, 
now a pupil in the High School at Portland. 
Born November 28, 1892, Benjamin Louis Ber- 
man passed his childhood in his native city of 
Lewiston and there gained the preliminary por- 
tion of his education. He studied for a time at 
the Frye Grammar School, from which he grad- 
uated in 1907, and followed this up with a course 
at the Jordan High School, from which he grad- 
uated with the class of I911 and where he was 
prepared for college. He then matriculated at 
the Law School of the Boston University, from 
which he graduated with the class of 1914, and 
in August of the same year was admitted to 
practice at the Maine bar. Since that ‘time he 
has also been admitted to practice at the Massa- 
chusetts bar, in which State he handles con- 
siderable important litigation. Mr. Berman 
opened an office at No. 228 Lisbon street, Lewis- 
ton, which is still his headquarters, and during 
his comparatively brief career he has made a 
name for himself as one of the leaders of his 
profession in the region which he has chosen. 
Mr. Berman has not confined his activities en- 
tirely to the practice of the law, but has inter- 
ested himself in many important enterprises, 
among which should be mentioned the Union 
Square Fruit Company, of which his father is 
the manager, and which is situated at No. 169 
Main street, Lewiston. Of this company he is 
the treasurer and belongs to the board of di- 
rectors, besides holding considerable stock there- 
in. His attention, however, is chiefly directed 


to the law, an occupation which he himself chose, 
in which he takes the keenest interest, and in 
which it is his particular ambition to succeed. 
Mr. Berman is extremely interested in all sorts 
of out-door sports and pastimes, particularly 
baseball and football, and it is a great regret to 
him that he is unable to devote any time to 
them now. In his politics he is an Independent 
and has allied himself with no party, reserving 
for himself the entire right to exercise his own 
judgment on all political issues, including the 
choice of candidates, without reference to parti- 
san interests or considerations of any kind. He 
is a prominent figure in the social life of the 
city and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, 
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 
and the Aerial Club of Lewiston. He is a mem- 
ber of Congregation Basc Jacob, and is active in 
support of its work. Mr. Berman is unmarried. 

A few words concerning Mr. Berman’s fore- 
bears will be appropriate here. His grandfather 
was Siah Berman, the first of the name to come 
to this country, who emigrated from Russia here 
in 1867. He settled in Portland, Maine, where 
his death occurred in 1915. For a number of 
years he was engaged in business as a dry goods 
merchant, in which line he met with consider- 
able success. He and his wife were the parents 
of three children, as follows: Rachel, who died 
in 1915; Herman Isaac, the father of Benjamin 
L. Berman; Aaron, who is now engaged in the 
fruit business in Portland. 


CLARENCE ATWOOD BAKER, M.D.— 
Among the physicians of Portland, Maine, Dr. 
Clarence Atwood Baker occupies a distinguished 
position and is rightly regarded as one of the 
leaders of his profession in that part of the State. 
He comes of oid New England stock, the Bakers 
haying come into Maine from Massachusetts dur- 
ing the Colonial period, and since that time mem- 
bers of the family have occupied an important 
place in the life of the community and closely 
identified themselves with its affairs. 

Dr. Baker’s paternal grandfather, Snow Baker, 
by name, was born at Alna, Maine, and died at 
Boothbay in the same State. During his life 
he was engaged in business as a millwright. He 
married Abby Plummer, by whom he had the 
following children: Daniel, Elbridge, John P., 
mentioned below; Snow, Jr., and Wesley, all of 
whom are now deceased. 

John Plummer Baker, the father of Dr. Baker, 
was born at Alna, Maine, May 16, 1816. Like 
his father he engaged in business as a millwright, 


62 HISTORY OF MAINE 


and in later years removed to the city of Port- 
land, where eventually he died in the month of 
November, 1885. He married Abby Williams 
Ford, a native of Marshfield, Massachusetts, born 
June 30, 1820, a daughter of Benjamin Franklin 
and Nabby (Simmons) Ford. Benjamin Frank- 
lin Ford was a prominent resident of Marshfield, 
who lated moved to the State of Maine, where he 
settled at Bristol Mills, and there died at the 
age of eighty-six. He and his wife were the 
parents of the following children: Abby Wil- 
liams, who became Mrs. John Plummer Baker; 
Ann, Augustus, Frank, Elizabeth, Charles, Har- 
riett, Josephine and Eugene, all of whom are now 
deceased. The Ford family is of Irish origin 
and was founded in this country by Mrs. Ford, a 
widow, and her two sons, who settled in Marsh- 
field at an early date. To Mr. and Mrs. John 
Plummer Baker the following children were born: 
Augusta, who died at the age of fifty years; Ed- 
ward L., who resides at Somerville, Massachu- 
setts, where he is engaged in business as a car- 
penter; Clarence Atwood, of whom further; 
Charles W., of Needham, Massachusetts, who is 
engaged in business as a broker in Boston; and 
Annie H., who resides at Portland. 

Born on January 3, 1852, at Newcastle, Maine, 
Dr. Clarence Atwood Baker, third child of John 
Plummer and Abby Williams (Ford) Baker, spent 
but the first two years of his life in his native 
place. At that age he accompanied his parents 
who moved to Bristol Mills, Maine, and it was 
at the latter place that he formed his early asso- 
ciations and was educated, insofar as his prelim- 
inary schooling went. At the local public schools 
he was fitted for entrance at Lincoln Academy, 
Newcastle, Maine, and matriculated at Bowdoin 
College, in the year 1874. Here he took the 
usual classical course and was graduated with 
the class of 1878, leaving behind him an excellent 
record for character and good scholarship. The 
year 1874 also marked the end of his residence 
at Bristol Mills. After graduating from Bow- 
doin College, with the degree of A.B., three years 
later receiving his degree of A.M., he began at 
once the study of medicine at the same institu- 
tion. After a four years’ course he was grad- 
uated in 1882 with the degree of M.D. and at 
once made his way to Portland, where he be- 
gan active practice. This he continued with a 
high degree of success for a period of some five 
years, and then decided to supplement his studies 
with post-graduate work in Europe. Accord- 
ingly, he went to that country and for a time 
made his home in the city of Edinburgh, Scot- 


land, where he took his post-graduate work in 
the famous University there, and he spent in all 
about eighteen months in Europe. He then re- 
turned to the United States and once more re- 
sumed his practice at Portland. In this he has 
been extremely successful, and is now one of 
the best known and most popular physicians in 
the city, enjoying an equal reputation among his 
professional colleagues and with the community- 
at-large. At the present time (1917) he is on the 
Exemption Board, Division One, of the United 
States. : 

Dr. Baker has not allowed his professional 
duties to interfere with what he considers his 
obligations as a citizen, and has taken during 
his entire life in Portland, a keen and active inter- 
est in its affairs. He served for two years, 
namely, 1882 and 1883, on the school board, 
after which he resigned from duties which were 
too exacting in their character to be reconciled 
with his professional work. Dr. Baker is a very 
prominent Free Mason and has attained his 
thirty-second degree in that order. He is affili- 
ated with the following Masonic bodies: Lodge 
No. 74, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of 
Bristol; Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
St. Albans Commandery, Knights Templar; the 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; and Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. ; 

On June 4, 1884, Dr. Baker was united in mar- 
riage with Mary Augusta Whitman, born at 
Anthony, Rhode Island, near Providence, Sep- 
tember 26, 1854. Mrs. Baker is a daughter of 
Thomas Arnold Whitman, who was a prominent 
resident of Providence, engaged in the banking 
business there, who died there many years ago. 
Dr. and Mrs. Baker are members of St. Paul’s 
Episcopal Church of Portland, Maine, and he is 
at present senior warden. 

There is something intrinsically admirable in 
the profession of medicine that illumines by re- 
flected light all those who practice it. Some- 
thing, that is, concerned with its prime object, 
the alleviation of human suffering, something 
about the self-sacrifice that it must necessarily 
involve that makes us regard, and rightly so, all 
those who choose to follow its difficult way and 
devote themselves to its great aims, with a cer- 
tain amount of respect and reverence. It is 
true that today there has been a certain lowering 
of the average of the standards and traditions 
of the profession, and that there are many within 
its ranks at the present time who have proposed 
to themselves selfish or unworthy objects in- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 63 


stead of those identified with the profession it- 
self, whose eyes are centered on the rewards 
rather than the services, yet there are others also, 
who have preserved the purest and best ideals 
of the calling and whose self-sacrifice is as dis- 
interested as that of any who have preceded them. 
To such men we turn to seek the hope of the 
great profession in the future, to the men who, 
forgetful of personal considerations lose them- 
selves, either in the interest of the great ques- 
tions with which they have concerned them- 
selves or in the joy of rendering a deep service 
to their fellow-men. This type of man can be 
found in Dr. Baker, whose work in the city of 
Portland, Maine, in the interests of its health, 
both as a private practitioner and in his capacity 
as a health officer has done the public and con- 
tinues to do them an invaluable service. 


LOUIS A. CYR—In 1912 Mr. Cyr saw his 
store and stock of general merchandise at Lime- 
stone, Aroostook county, Maine, totally destroyed 
by fire. He had but a few years before become 
sole owner of the business through the purchase 
of his partners’ interest, and in one night he saw 
his hopes sadly shattered, but he began at the 
bottom again, rebuilt, and has regained the place 
in the business world from which he was tem- 
porarily dispossessed. Mr. Cyr is a son of Alexis 
and Julienne (Sirois) Cyr, his father a farmer, a 
member of the Maine Legislature, and for twenty- 
six years postmaster of Grand Isle, Maine, a 
Democrat and a man of high character. 

Louis A. Cyr was born in Grand Isle (now 
Lille), Maine, June 18, 1875. He was educated 
in the public schools, Normal School, and St. 
Joseph’s College (New Brunswick), and for a 
time after graduation was a teacher. Later he 
became clerk in the general store of Henry Gag- 
non at Van Buren, Maine, there remaining four 
years. At the end of that period he located at 
Limestone, Maine, in the employ of the same 
firm, opening a branch store there. He was ad- 
mitted a partner in 1900, the firm reorganizing 
as H. A. Gagnon & Company. In 1904 he bought 
his partner’s interest, and since that year he has 
conducted business under his own name. In I912 
he was burned out, but at once rebuilt and has a 
large and well established general merchandising 
business. He is vice-president of the Limestone 
Trust Company; town treasurer; notary public; 
and formerly a selectman of the town. Mr. Cyr 
is a Democrat in politics; a member of Van Buren 
Lodge, Knights of Columbus; and is a prominent 
member of the Catholic church. 


Mr. Cyr married in Frenchville, Maine, July 
24, 1897, Laura A. Franck, daughter of Joseph 
and Hortense (Saucier) Franck. Mr. and Mrs. 
Cyr are the parents of nine children: Cecile M., 
born August 2, 1899; Esther M., born October 
4, 1901; Louis E., born May 7, 1903; Emile J., 
born January 19, 1905; Lauretta R., born Octo- 
ber 7, 1906; Leo George, born July 25, 1909; 
Sylvio, born March 23, 1911; Annette, born March 
25, 1914, and Lucille, born May 20, 1916. 


WALTER BENSON MOORE—Although a 
resident of Portland, Maine, for a comparatively 
brief period, Walter Benson Moore, the popular 
and energetic secretary of the Chamber of Com- 
merce of that city, has in that time grown to be 
most closely identified with the life and affairs 
of the community and now occupies a prominent 
place both in the notice and regard of his fel- 
low-citizens. He is a native of Ohio, and is the 
son of Louis Jackson and Cora Belle (Hackett) 
Moore, of Dayton, Ohio, where his father was 
successfully engaged in business as a miller for 
many years. Mr. Moore, Sr., was a man of some 
prominence in his neighborhood and enjoyed an 
enviable reputation for probity and straightfor- 
ward dealing among his fellow-citizens, and he 
gave his son the advantages of an excellent edu- 
cation. 

Born Febraury 22, 1875, at Dayton, Ohio, Wal- 
ter Benson Moore attended the public schools of 
his native city for his education. Upon com- 
pleting his studies in these institutions, he took 
a business course offered to young men by the 
Young Men’s Christian Association of Dayton, 
where he well proved his capacity as a student 
and from which he profited highly. He then se- 
cured a position with the National Cash Regis- 
ter Company of Dayton, Ohio, and remained 
for ten years with that concern, during which 
time he was associated with executive, selling 
and manufacturing departments. He proved his 
ability and value to his employers by his readi- 
ness and aptness in grasping the details and prin- 
ciples of the business, and was rapidly promoted 
to positions of greater and greater responsibility. 
After severing his relations with this company, 
he was associated for five years with the Com- 
mercial Dayton Receivers’ & Shippers’ Associa- 
tion, and also served for a similar period as sec- 
retary of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce. At 
the end of the latter period he left Dayton and 
went to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where for 
two years he was secretary of the Oklahoma City 
Chamber of Commerce. He spent the following 


64 HISTORY OF MAINE 


three years in organizing a number of commercial 
associations and then came to Portland, Maine, 
where he took the position of secretary of the 
Portland Chamber of Commerce, a post which 
he continues to hold at the present time. In this 
capacity he has done a great deal to assist in 
the business and commercial development of the 
city, and is now recognized as a factor of im- 
portance in this aspect of the community’s life. 
While still a resident of Dayton, Mr. Moore took 
a very active part in public affairs and was an 
influential figure on the political situation there. 
He served for four years as chairman of the 
finance committee of the city and in that office 
was responsible for many important reforms in 
the fiscal situation there. He was also active in 
the military life of the community and was a 
member of the First Regiment of Ohio Volun- 
teer Cavalry, Troop F, and served as a corporal 
during the Spanish-American War. He is a 
conspicuous figure in social, fraternal and club 


life of Portland, and is a member of the 
Economic and Rotary clubs there and the 
local lodge of the Benevolent and Protec- 


tive Order of Elks. He is also prominent in 
the Masonic order-and is affiliated with Siloam 
Lodge, No. 276, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Chap- 
ter, Royal Arch Masons; the Council, Royal and 
Select Masters; the Commandery, Knights Tem- 
plar; Albert Pike Lodge of Perfection, No. 2, 
of McAllister, Oklahoma; India Temple, Ancient 
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of 
Oklahoma City; and Indian Consistory, No. 2, 
Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret; of the 
Scottish Rite Bodies, South McAllister, Okla- 
homa. In his religious belief Mr. Moore is a 
Congregationalist and both he and his family 
attend the State Street Church of that denom- 
ination at Portland, Maine. 

Walter Benson Moore was united in marriage, 
January 31, 1906, at Dayton, Ohio, with Julia 
Stuart Cowan, a daughter of Hugh Chambers and 
Anna Lorraine (Laystroth) Cowan, old and high- 
ly respected residents of that city. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Moore two children have been born, as fol- 
lows: Marjory Anne, February 2, 1907, and Vir- 
ginia Elsie, January 17, I9QII. 

It is only of comparatively recent times that 
the inestimable benefits conferred upon the com- 
munity by the sober business man and merchant 
are coming to be given their due share of rec- 
ognition, and that the records of these men are 
being set down alongside of those more showy 
ones connected with military service and the af- 
fairs of State, as most truly representative of 


human life on the average and most largely con- 
tributive to the sum of human happiness in the 
aggregate. This growing appreciation of the 
part played by those concerned with the com- 
mercial and financial interests of the community 
has been coincident with a profound change in 
the organization of society itself, a change that 
has involved the shifting of its base from war 
to industry. Before this change had taken place, 
although the value of the merchant was realized 
in a dim sort of way by the warlike lords of 
creation, it was tinged with scarcely more con- 
sideration than that accorded to the creatures of 
the chase, that were thought valuable, indeed, 
but merely valuable as a prey for their fierce and 
insatiable desires, a consideration typified by that 
of the robber barons of medieval Germany for 
the traders whose caravans they helped to plun- 
der. In the gradual emergence into popular no- 
tice and respect of a mode of life essentially far 
more noble than that which originally despised 
it, this country, with its republican institutions, 
its democratic ideals and independent defiance of 
old formulae, has played a prominent, perhaps 
the most prominent part. In the United States 
of America, while we have amply honored those 
who have sacrificed themselves in war in the 
common weal, as we have honored those who 
sacrificed themselves in any calling, we have re- 
fused to accept the dictum of a past age and for- 
eign clime and that there is anything intrinsically 
honorable in the warlike calling, giving our ad- 
miration instead to pursuits which, in their very 
nature, tend to upbuild, not to destroy, which 
would give and preserve life, not take it. It 
therefore becomes our appropriate function to set 
down the records of such men as have established 
themselves in the regard of the community as. 
examples of ability in these occupations which, 
more than any other, are typical of life as we 
find it here in our midst today. There is prob- 
ably no other region which has been, and stiil 
is, more productive of such records than that 
of New England, the development of whose great 
commercial interests is associated with a host 
of names recognized by all as those of the leaders 
and captains-in this wholly beneficient campaign 
for the conquest of the realms of inanimate na- 
ture, and the spread of human power and com- 
fort. Among these names there is one that holds 
a high place in the records of the people of 
Maine, especially those of Portland, in which 
city it is most closely identified with the lives 
of his fellows, and this name is that of Walter 
Benson Moore. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 65 


GEORGE A. PHAIR—For twenty-one years 
Mr. Phair has been in the United States customs 
service at Limestone, Maine, and there has 
formed a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. 
He is a son of Andrew and Anna (Benneman) 
Phair, who came to Maine from Ireland, set- 
tling in, Aroostook county, where he engaged in 
lumbering the remainder of his life, and died in 
1858. 

George A. Phair was born in Limestone, Aroos- 
took county, Maine, March 17, 1855. He was 
but three years of age when his father died, and 
at quite an early age he began providing for his 
own maintenance. He attended the public 
schools, and was for several years engaged in 
farming and in lumbering. In 1897 he entered 
the employ of the United States Government in 
the department of customs, and has since been 
continuously connected with that branch of the 
public service, twenty-one years having elapsed. 
In May, 1918, he was appointed immigration in- 
spector, Department of Labor, in conjunction 
with the customs service. He is a director of 
the Limestone Trust Company, and a member 
of the executive committee of the board; in poli- 
tics a Republican, formerly a member of the 
Board of Selectmen, and of the Limestone School 
Board. He is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal church, and interested in the work of that 
church and kindred societies. 

Mr. Phair married (first) in Andover, New 
Brunswick, Canada, in May, 1880, Anna Kelly, 
daughter of Henry N. and Mary (Dyer) Kelly. 
She died in February, 1888. He married (sec- 
ond) in Limestone, Maine, in 1890, Minnie M. 
Thompson, daughter of Solomon and Lydia 
(Bradbury) Thompson. Children of George A. 
and Anna (Kelly) Phair: James Henry, Lizzie 
E., Mark T., Maud, and Mary Phair, the two 
last named dying in infancy. Children of George 
A. and Minnie M. (Thompson) Phair: Philip 
A., Edward C., Sarah L., Hallie M., Benjamin and 
Burns, twin boys; Mariel M., Marjorie O. and 
Gladys A., making a total of twelve living, all 
residing in Limestone, Aroostook county, Maine. 


HANNO WHEELOCK GAGE—A prominent 
and able member of the Portland bar, which 
always recognized his worth, Hanno W. Gage 
was a man whose death, in 1907, was a severe 
loss to the community. Endowed with great 
intellectual gifts, he had also achieved a char- 
acter which was a combination of strength and 
gentleness, and of a knowledge of men and a 
knowledge of books rarely united in the same 


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person. His sympathy, his simplicity, his charm 
of manner, and his forceful directness all com- 
bined to make him one of the most revered and 
the most profoundly loved men in that section 
of the State. 

Mr. Gage was born in Bridgton, Maine, Jan- 
uary 28, 1843, and was educated at the local 
schools and at the North Bridgton Academy. 
Like many other young men who have not yet 
found the course for which they are to steer, 
he taught school for a time, most of his engage- 
ments being in and about Bridgton. About the 
time he was twenty he decided that he would take 
up the profession of law for a life work, and in 
1863 came to Portland and entered upon his 
studies in the office of Sewall C. Strout. In 
1866 he was admitted to the bar, and a partner- 
ship was formed with his former preceptor un- 
der the style of Strout & Gage. In 1880 Fred- 
eric S. Strout joined the association, and the 
firm became known thereafter as Strout, Gage & 
Strout. The name remained the same when 
eight years afterward Charles A. Strout took the 
place of Frederic S. Strout, who had left a va- 
cancy by death. In 1894 Sewall C. Strout was 
appointed a justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, 
and withdrew from the partnership, the remain- 
ing partners continuing in their practice under 
the name of Gage & Strout, this association be- 
ing finally dissolved by the death of Hanno W. 
Gage, January 4, 1907. 

The ability and high character of Mr. Gage 
were recognized by his brethren of. the court 
and bar, and he was appointed one of the board 
of examiners of Cumberland county. January 26, 
1895, he was elected vice-president of the Cum- 
berland Bar Association, and January 24, 1905, 
was elected the president of the same association, 
a position which he held up to the time of his 
death. He was a member of the Greenleaf Law 
Library, the Cumberland Club, Ivanhoe Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias, and Beacon Lodge, Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. 

Mr. Gage married, May 27, 1874, Addie M. Ray- 
mond, daughter of Samuel T. and Elizabeth Ray- 
mond, of Cumberland Mills, who survives him. 
They had one daughter, Louise (Gage) Camp, 
the wife of Paymaster Walter T. Camp, of the 
United States Navy. 

The following resolutions were adopted by the 
committee of the Cumberland Bar at the time of 
his death. The committee consisted of Wil- 
liam R. Anthoine, Augustus F. Moulton and 
Charles A. Strout: 


Resolved, That the members of the Cumberland Bar 


66 HISTORY OF MAINE 


desire to record their sense of the loss that has come 
to the profession, and to the whole community, in the 
death of Hanno W. Gage, late a member of this Bar 
and a practitioner in all of our Courts. Ile was one of 
those rare characters in which learning is united with 
great activity and business capacity; acquainted with 
men as well as with books; practical as well as theo- 
retical. He has passed away lamented by the Bar, the 
Bench, and all who were favored with his acquaintance. 
He had the esteem, respect and affection of his brethren 
at the Bar when living, for his ability, honor and integ- 
rity, and for his good fellowship. We desire to place 
upon the records of this Court an expression of our 
appreciation of his high qualities as a lawyer, citizen 
and friend. 


GEORGE ALBERT COWAN—Although ad- 
mitted to the Maine bar in 1906, Mr. Cowan did 
not begin the practice of law until 1910, when he 
located in Damariscotta, Lincoln county, where 
he has successfully practiced his profession until 
the present, 1919. Since coming to Damariscotta, 
he has thoroughly identified himself with the in- 
terest of that village, and has borne an important 
part in public affairs. He is a son of George 
Sawyer and Lydia Ann (Humphrey) Cowan, his 
father a carpenter and builder. 

George Albert Cowan was born in Hampden, 
Penobscot county, Maine, April 16, 1882. He 
completed public school grammar courses, then 
entered Hampden Academy, whence he was 
graduated, class of June, 1903. He then entered 
the law department of the University of Maine, 
pursued a three years’ course, and in June, 1906, 
was graduated LL.B., and was admitted to the 
Maine bar at the August term in Bangor. The 
next three years he spent in teaching, one year 
in Jackson, Maine, High School, and two years 
as principal of schools in St. George, Maine. In 
1910 he located at Damariscotta, where he has 
won public favor and gained the law business 
of an important clientele, including the Newcastle 
National Bank of Damariscotta, which he serves 
as attorney. 

Mr. Cowan is a Republican in politics, and in 
Hampden served as a member of the school 
board for three years. In Damariscotta he served 
three years as town clerk; was second selectman 
two years; and is the present chairman of the 
Board of Selectman. In I917 he was appointed 
by Governor Milliken, county attorney for the 
county of Lincoln, Maine, and in November, 1918, 
he was regularly elected to succeed himself in 
that office. He is a member of Star of Progress 
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, Jackson; Lincoln 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Damariscotta, and 
a past chancellor commander; past master of 
Alna Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of 
Damariscotta; high priest of Ezra B. French 


Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of Damariscotta; 
King Hiram Council, Royal and Select Masters, 
of Rockland; Chrystal Chapter, Order of the 
Eastern Star; Waldoboro Lodge, Loyal Order of 
Moose; Rockland Camp, Sons of Veterans; and 
is an associate member of Harlow Dunbar Post, 
Grand Army of the Republic. He attends the 
Methodist Episcopal church. 

Mr. Cowan married (first) in 1905, Ora L. 
Emerson, who died in 1907, daughter of Wilbert 
W. Emerson, of Hampden, Maine. He mar- 
ried (second) in 1909, Emma M. Hall, who died 
in 1916, daughter of James Hall, of St. George, 
Maine. He married (third) January 1, 1918, 
Agnes M. Sproul, daughter of Captain Joseph 
D. Sproul, a retired master mariner. By his first 
marriage Mr. Cowan has a son, Otto, born No- 
vember 13, 1906, and by his third a son, Theodore 
Fash, born November 11, 1918. 


RICHARD WINSLOW HERSEY — The 
Hersey family is of that sturdy and capable New 
England stock which has given so many of her 
strongest men to this country and its representa- 
tive in the last generation has well displayed in 
his own. personality the virtues and qualities 
which have for so many generations distinguished 
his ancestors. Richard Winslow Hersey, one 
of the most substantial and successful of the busi- 
ness men of Portland, Maine, is that representative 
and has won through his own efforts the enviable 
position which he now holds in the esteem of the 
community. He is a son of Elias Hersey, a 
native of Portland, Maine, born in 1833, died 
October 20, 1897, at the age of sixty-four years. 
Mr. Hersey, Sr., during his youth was connected 
with the Casco Bank, but he later severed his 
connections with this institution and founded 
the roofing business which under his, and later 
under his son’s management, has reached its 
present great proportions. Mr. Hersey, Sr., 
married Harriette Winslow, like himself a native 
of Portland, where she still continues to make her 
residence, having reached at the present time the 
advanced age of eighty-two years. They were 
the parents of the following children: Harry, who 
died in infancy; Elias Winslow, who died in the 
year 1909 at the age of fifty years; Annie, who 
is now the wife of Charles G. Allen, of Portland; 
Seth, who resides in Portland; Joseph W., who 
resides in Portland and is connected with the 
roofing business founded there by his father; 
Philip, who makes his home in Portland and is 
associated with the Canal Bank; Mabel, who is 
now the wife of Louis E. Legge, of Rockford, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 67 


Illinois; and Richard Winslow, with whose career 
we are here concerned primarily. 

Born March 1, 1880, at Portland, Maine, Rich- 
ard Winslow Hersey has made that city con- 
stantly his home up to the present time. He 
began his education at the local public schools, 
but was later sent to the Billerica Military 
School at Billerica, Massachusetts, where he 
studied for a number of years. Upon complet- 
ing his course at this institution, Mr. Hersey 
returned at once to his native Portland, where he 
became connected with the Elias Hersey Roof- 
ing Company, the concern founded by his father, 
which has already been mentioned. The office 
of this company is situated at 123 Center street, 
Portland, where it was originally established as 
early as 1859. The elder Mr. Hersey died in 
the year 1897 and the control of the business 
passed into the hands of Elias Winslow Hersey. 
With his death the business passed once more to 
another brother, Robert W. Hersey, now de- 
ceased. Since that time the control of the great 
company has been in the hands of Richard Wins- 
low Hersey of this sketch, who at the present 
time is directing most efficiently the affairs there- 
of. Its present great development has been due 
in no small degree to his talent as a manager, 
and it is now the largest concern of its kind in 
the State. Recently the company was incor- 
porated, and it has started anew on what will 
doubtless prove an equally successful period of 
its career. Mr. Hersey is a man of strong re- 
ligious beliefs and feelings and is affiliated with 
the Universalist church in Portland. 

Richard Winslow Hersey was united in mar- 
riage at Boston, Massachusetts, with Elizabeth 
Lord, like himself a native of Portland, born Oc- 
tober 20, 1880. One child has been born of this 
union, John Philip. 

Although the influence of Mr. Hersey upon 
the community, due to the part he plays in the 
business world, is a great one, it is not by any 
means the sum-total of that which he exercises, 
or perhaps even the major portion of it. This 
is rather the result of his character as a man, a 
character which, coupled with a strong person- 
ality such as that possessed by Mr. Hersey, 
could not fail to have its effect upon all those 
with whom he comes in contact. At the base of 
his character, as it must be at the base of all 
worthy characters, are the fundamental virtues of 
courage and honesty, and to these he adds not 
only other virtues, but the graces of personality 
and manner, which make him at once the charm- 
ing companion and the most faithful friend. 


DANIEL W. GILMAN—Although a capable 
and prosperous farmer, owning one hundred and 
sixty-three acres of fine land at Easton, Maine, 
Mr. Gilman is largely interested in fire insurance, 
and is president of the Aroostook County Patrons 
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Houlton, 
Aroostook county, Maine, and there pursues the 
quiet life of a farmer. The outbreak of war be- 
tween the North and the South broke the quiet 
of that Kennebec river lumber manufacturing 
town, and in 1861 Charles B. Gilman, father of 
Daniel W. Gilman, answered the call of President 
Lincoln, and with the First Maine Cavalry went 
to the front, where he performed a soldier’s duty, 
then returned to his home. His wife, Lorean 
B. (Bennett) Gilman, was born in Brighton, 
Maine. 

Daniel W. Gilman was born in the town of 
Bingham, Somerset county, Maine, fifty-two 
miles north of Augusta, on the Kennebec river, 
August 24, 1858. He was educated in the public 
schools, and in early life worked in the lumber 
mills and on the farm. He finally settled in 
Easton, Maine, his present home, where he owns 
a farm which he cultivates. He has other im- 
portant business interests, being president of the 
Aroostook County Patrons Mutual Fire Insur- 
ance Company; director of the Northern Maine 
Patrons; director and local agent of the Oxford 
County Patrons; and has other business connec- 
tions. Mr. Gilman has passed all chairs of 
Ridgeley Lodge, No. 108, Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows; and of the Encampment. He is a 
member of Trinity Lodge, No. 130, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons of Presque Isle; the Ancient Or- 
der of United Workmen, and of Easton Grange, 
No. 159, Patrons of Husbandry; member of the 
State Grange Executive Committee, filling many 
State and county offices of the Grange, and is 
also a member of the National body of the or- 
der. He is active and prominent in the Meth- 
odist Episcopal church of Easton, and is inter- 
ested in all good works. 

Mr. Gilman married, in Easton, July 3, 1886, 
Bertha Wight, born May 30, 1859, daughter of 
Louis and Margaret (Whittaker) Wight. Mr. and 
Mrs. Gilman are the parents of four children: 
Margaret, born September 24, 1887, died February 
2, 1889; Esther J., born February 10, 1891; Avis 
M., born April 23, 1892; and Elizabeth B., born 
October 23, 1806. 


CHARLES SUMNER MORRILL—The Mor- 
rill family from which Mr. Morrill was descended 
was one of the oldest in New England, the 


68 HISTORY OF MAINE 


progenitor, having been Abraham Morrill, who 
was, according to the records, in Cambridge as 
early as 1632. He came in the famous ship, the 
Lion, with his brother, Isaac Morrill, who later 
settled at Roxbury, Massachusetts. Abraham 
Morrill was one of those versatile pioneer spirits 
who were able to turn their hand to almost any- 
thing. He was a proprietor at Cambridge, where 
he plied the trade of blacksmith. He was also 
a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artil- 
lery Company of Boston in 1638, and was besides 
a planter, a millwright and an iron founder. He 
was among the original proprietors of Salisbury, 
Massachusetts, where he received land in the 
first division. The descendants of this man are 
spread all over New England, where they have 
always held a high reputation for sterling char- 
acteristics, and have been men of force and enter- 
prise. While there are many Morrills in New 
England there are members of the family found 
in the most remote parts of the country. 
Charles S. Morrill fulfilled in his life the tra- 
ditions of his honorable ancestry. He was born 
in Portland, in 1840, the son of Charles and Char- 
lotte (Vose) Morrill. The public schools sup- 
plied the beginning of his education, which he 
supplemented throughout his life with reading 
and observation. He was self-made in the usual 
sense of the term, but his large and trained mind 
was much better equipped than that of the self- 
made man who has given his attention exclusively 
to business success. He was also self-trained 
and self-cultivated. He left school at the age 
of fifteen and obtained a position in the employ 
of the firm of Rumery & Burnham, who were 
pioneers in the packing of corn and other vege- 
tables in hermetically sealed cans. Mr. Morrill 
early saw the great future of this industry, and 
in working zealously for his employers he 
realized that he was also gaining experience 
which would be of the greatest value to himself. 
In 1867 the original firm was dissolved and in 
the reorganization which followed, Mr. Morrill 
and associates in the former establishment 
formed a partnership under the style of Burn- 
ham & Morrill and continued the business. The 
young men associated together in the new enter- 
prise had sound judgment, energy and much ex- 
perience of the practical details of the work, and 
the venture was a success from the start. Its 
rapid growth called for a reorganization, and in 
April, 1892, it was incorporated under the name 
of the Burnham & Morrill Company. Although 
small in the beginning it has grown to be an 
industry giving employment to hundreds of 


Maine people, and sending its products to the 
remotest parts of the country. The brand known 
as Maine Corn is a standard wherever such 
goods are sold. From the outset the high stand- 
ard of the product has been scrupulously main- 
tained, and the most sanitary and modern meth- 
ods and apparatus are used. He was a member 
of Portland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, 
and was also a member of the Cumberland Club. 

Mr. Morrill married Calista Dobbins, daughter 
of William and Mary Miriam (Beales) Dobbins. 
of Jonesport. They had three children: 1. 
Clara V., married William C. Allen, and they have 
one son, Morrill Allen. 2. George B., who suc- 
ceeded his father in the Burnham & Morrill 
Company, married Margaret Elwell, and they 
have three children: Catharine C., Charles S. 
and George B. (2); all reside in Portland. 3. 
Helen H., married William Leonard. 


WINFIELD SCOTT HILL, M.D., physician 
and surgeon, has carried on the traditions of the 
Hill family for substantial worth and faithful 
service to his fellow men. His energy and am- 
bition combined with his patriotism when a 
young man, took him into the service of the 
United States, where he did faithful and valuable 
work. His later career has been full of note- 
worthy success, and the honor and reputation he 
has gained has been fully earned. He is a son 
who has done honor to his State and this has 
received recognition in more than one quarter. 

(I) The Hill family is one of the oldest in the 
State, the first settler of the name being Peter 
Hill, who came from Plymouth, England, in the 
Huntress with John Winter, and landed in this 
country late in March, 1632-33. The first landing 
was made at Richmond Island, but he settled with 
his son Roger, at Biddeford, near the mouth of 
what is now Little River. This was probably a 
few years previous to 1648. Described as a 
“planter and sailor” he was admitted as a freeman 
in 1653 at Saco, and was a member of the as- 
sembly of Lygonia, in 1648, and died in 1667. 
Peter Hill was among those notified to take the 
oath of allegiance in 1652, when the outlying 
regions of New Hampshire sought admission into 
Massachusetts. 

(II) Roger Hill, the only son of Peter Hill, 
was born in 1635 and died in Wells in 1696. He 
was admitted as a freeman in 1653, at the same 
time as his father, and served as constable in 
1661. He married in November, 1658, Mary, 
daughter of John Crosse, Sr., of Wells. She died 
June 24, 1696. Their children were: Sarah, Han- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 69 


nah, John, Samuel, Joseph, of whom further; 
Mercy, Benjamin, and Ebenezer. 

(III) Joseph, the fifth child of Roger and Mary 
(Crosse) Hill, was born at Saco, Maine, in 1670, 
and resided in Wells, where he died July 12, 1743. 
In the “History of Wells and Kennebunk” he is 
thus described: “He was a prominent man 
among the inhabitants, though he does not ap- 
pear to have been much in public office. He 
served as justice of the peace for many years. 
He was a gentleman of the old school, and his 
intercourse was marked with that courteous and 
gentlemanly demeanor which the best civilization 
of the day inculcated. He had a good property 
and indulged in a style of life above that of the 
people of that period, and was anxious that the 
dignity of the name should be maintained through 
all coming time. He therefore made such an en- 
tail of his estate that from generation to genera- 
tion it should ‘bear up’ the name of Hill. He 
was commissioned as a magistrate; he was rep- 
resentative in 1727; and collector of the excise 
in 1734. Various municipal offices were com- 
mitted to him, and in the disposition of the 
pews in the meeting-house, the best appears to 
have been conceded to him as a matter of pro- 
priety. He had three slaves, Sharper, Plato, 
and ‘the negro boy Tom. In his will he gave 
the first and last to his wife, Plato to his son 
Nathaniel, and to the church and minister each 
ten pounds.” His wife and the mother of his 
children was Hannah Littlefield, and their chil- 
dren were: Joseph, Benjamin, Nathaniel, of fur- 
ther mention; Hannah, and Peniniah. His first 
wife died October 10, 1738, and he married (sec- 
ond) April 10, 1739, Sarah, daughter of Daniel 
Sayer. Joseph Hill served as lieutenant under 
his brother, Captain John Hill at Saco Fort. 

(IV) Nathaniel Hill, third son of Joseph and 
Hannah (Littlefield) Hill, was born in Wells, 
November 13, 1701, and he and his brothers re- 
ceived large estates by bequest from their father, 
among them being the negro slaves already men- 
tioned. Nathaniel Hill was esteemed a promi- 
nent man and one of large property, as according 
to the records for one year he is shown to have 
raised one hundred and fifty bushels of corn and 
kept nine cows and six oxen. He married, De- 
cember 11, 1729, Priscilla Littlefield. Their chil- 
dren were: Joseph, who died young; Joseph, 
Hannah, Benjamin, who died young; Nathaniel, 
Benjamin, and Jonathan, of further mention. 

(V) Jonathan, youngest son of Nathaniel and 
Priscilla (Littlefield) Hill, was born in Wells, 
June 22, 1746, and died March 11, 1817, at 


the age of seventy-one years. He was a man of 
substance, high worth, and great repute in the 
community. In 1808 he was one of a commit- 
tee of three deputed “to make a survey of the 
outlines of the proprietors’ lands which remain 
undivided, and return a plan of the same.” 
Jonathan Hill married, in 1766, Huldah, daughter 
of Samuel Littlefield. Their children were: 
Priscilla, Nathaniel, of further mention; Jona- 
than, Abraham, who was lost at sea; Japhet, 
Jacob, Samuel and Huldah. 

(VI) Nathaniel (2), eldest son of Nathaniel 
(1) and Huldah (Littlefield) Hill, was born in 
Wells, March 19, 1769, and died in Greene, De- 
cember 28, 1847, at the age of seventy-eight. 
When he was thirty-eight years old he removed 
his family to Greene and settled there buying 
a farm, and carrying on in addition a shoe-mak- 
ing business. He was thrifty and became very 
prosperous and increased his original holdings 
of one hundred and twenty-five by purchase to 
one hundred and sixty acres. He belonged to 
the Whig school of political opinion, and held 
the offices of constable and tax collector. He 
married, February 7, 1793, Mary, daughter of 
Benjamin and Dorcas (Black) Littlefield. Their 
children were: Priscilla, Jane, Dorcas, Huldah, 
Jonas, and Tristram, of further mention. 

(VII) Tristram, youngest of the children of 
Nathaniel (2) and Mary (Littlefield) Hill, was 
born in Wells, June 26, 1806, and died in Greene, 
December 2, 1877. His education was obtained 
in the public schools of Greene, but he early 
showed evidences of an unusual mind and of 
scholarly instincts, and these found play in his 
teaching for about fifteen years from the time 
he was twenty in the towns of Greene, Webster, 
and Harpswell. He became the owner of the 
Hill property, which is still in the possession of 
a member of the family. Always interested in 
the cause of public education he served the town 
faithfully for years, as a member of the school 
committee. He was also a selectman, justice of 
the peace, and represented the town in the Legis- 
lature. A progressive and thoughtful man, his 
interest in farming was thoroughly modern and 
scientific, and he was one of the founders of the 
Androscoggin Agricultural Society, serving also 
as an officer. 

Tristram Hill married, May 28, 1837, Christina 
Brewster Sprague, born August 29, 1817, died 
October 7, 1887, daughter of William and Martha 
(Brewster) Sprague, of Greene, and of Leeds. 
Their children were: 1. Winfield Scott, a bio- 
graphical sketch of whom appears below. 2 


70 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Byron Gordon, born October 26, 1840; married 
June 20, 1865, Octavia Hannah Lowell, by whom 
he had six children. 3. Cedora Jane, born Feb- 
ruary 8, 1845; married November 16, 1872, Ar- 
thur Given Moulton, and has one child, Edith 
Sprague; married, September 14, 1901, Charles A. 
Knight. 4. Clara Acte, born October 9, 1848; 
married, December 27, 1868, Wilbur F. Mower, 
and died childless. 5. Mary Christina, born Au- 
gust 20, 1853; married, September 2, 1873, John 
W. Moulton, and has one child, Clara Ella. 6. 
Frederic Tristram, born July 15, 1861; married 
November 15, 1882, Stella Adelaide Washburn, 
of Greene. They have two children: Ada Louise 
and Royden Mellen. 

(VIII) Winfield Scott Hill, M.D., eldest child 
of Tristram and Christina B. (Sprague) Hill, was 
born in Greene, January I9, 1839. He went as a 
young boy to the town school and later was 
sent to the Lewiston Academy, and the Maine 
State Seminary in Lewiston, where he was pre- 
pared for college. In 1863 he entered Tufts Col- 
lege, but the following year he volunteered for 
service in the army hospital in Augusta and 
worked there for several months gaining valu- 
able experience, and feeling the stimulus of doing 
patriotic work for his country. He then en- 
listed in the United States navy and for a time 
served as a surgeon’s steward up and down the 
Atlantic coast. He had before this begun the 
study of medicine under Dr. Milan Graves, of 
Sabattus, Maine. At the close of the Civil War 
he received his discharge, and began on the for- 
mal study of his profession at Bellevue Hospital 
Medical College, New York City, graduating 
from this March 1, 1867, and receiving at that 
time his degree of Doctor of Medicine. 

In April, 1867, he opened his office in Augusta, 
and there he has continued for over fifty years, 
practising with success and gaining a wide repu- 
tation as a physician and surgeon. In 1874, 
Prof. Esmarch, an eminent foreign surgeon, made 
known to the medical profession his remarkable 
procedure in making what he called a bloodless 
operation. Following a description of this 
method, Dr. Hill, in the latter part of the same 
year, in association with Dr. George W. Martin, 
performed the first bloodless amputation in this 
part of the State, removing a leg from William 
B. Small, of Augusta. The patient made a rapid 
recovery, and the operation was widely talked 
of in medical and other circles. In the memorial 
erected by Tufts College in commemoration of 
those students who had taken a part in the war, 
a place was given to the name of Dr. Hill. 


He is a member of the National Association 
of United States Examining Surgeons, and is 
also a United States pension examiner, and a 
medical examiner of the New York Lite, the 
Equitable Life, and the Etna Life Insurance 
companies. He is a member of the Maine 
Homoeopathic Medical Society, and the Ameri- 
can Institute of Homoeopathy. In 1888, Dr. 
Hill became a member of the oldest fraternal or- 
ganization of this country and is now a member 
of Bethlehem Lodge, No. 35, Free and Accepted ~ 
Masons; Cushnoc Royal Arch Chapter, No. 43, 
Alpha Council, No. 3, and Trinity Commandery, 
No. 7, Knights Templar. He is also a member 
of the Abenaki Club. 

Dr. Hill married, August 30, 1868, in Gardiner, 
Catherine Ward, born in Gardiner, October 9, 
1843, daughter of Eliakim and Caroline (Nelson) 
Norton. She died August 2, 1877. He married 
(second) at Augusta, October 16, 1889, Lydia 
Estelle, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Treat) 
Park, of Searsport. She died September 4, ro11. 


ELMER GRANT BUYSON, one of the most 
conspicuous figures in the lumbering industry, 
and a prosperous farmer of Houlton, Maine, is a 
native of the town of Haynesville, Aroostook 
county, in this State, where he was born, April 
15, 1865. Mr. Buyson is a son of James F. and 
May Ellen (Whittier) Buyson, old and highly- 
respected residents of this region, where his 
father was engaged in farming for many years. 
The elder Mr. Buyson was a prominent man in 
this region, and enjoyed the highest esteem and 
regard of his fellow-citizens. 

The early life of Elmer Grant Buyson was 
passed in his native place, where he attended the 
local public schools, including the high school 
there, and displayed marked talent as a student 
and the same industrious character that has 
marked his subsequent career. Upon completing 
his studies at Haynesville, Mr. Buyson took up 
farming and lumbering as an occupation, and has 
continued in this line uninterruptedly up to the 
present time. He is now the owner of two 
fine farms near Houlton, and about twenty-five 
miles from his native town of Haynesville. Mr. 
Buyson also became interested early in life in 
the great lumber industry of the northern part 
of the State, and has engaged extensively in this | 
line of business. He is now the owner of a 
sawmill at Houlton, where he cuts and shapes 
the rough timbers of the forest into various mar- 
ketable sizes. But Mr. Buyson is perhaps bet- 
ter known in connection with his service as a 


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public officer than as a business man, and has 
taken a very active part in public affairs for many 
years. He is a staunch Republican in politics. 
and has been elected to a number of public of- 
ces on the ticket of his party. For six years 
he served as selectman of the town of Haynes- 
ville, and was elected sheriff of Aroostook county 
January 1, 1912. He served in that office con- 
tinuously for six years and is the only man who 
was ever elected to three consecutive terms as 
sheriff in this county. Mr. Buyson is a well- 
known figure in fraternal circles herabouts, and 
is a member of the local lodges of the Benev- 
olent and Protective Order of Elks, Order of 
Foresters, and the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. He is also a member of the Grange, 
and has been active in the affairs of these sev- 
eral organizations. In his religious belief Mr. 
Buyson is a Baptist, and attends the church of 
that denomination at Houlton. 

Elmer Grant Buyson was united in marriage, 
August 20, 1881, at Woodstock, New Bruns- 
wick, with Exie Faulkner ,a native of the western 
part of Aroostook county, and a daughter of 
Patrick and Eunice Faulkner, old and highly-re- 
spected residents of that region. One child has 
been born of this union, namely: Cana Winnona. 


LEANDER E. TUTTLE, a prominent real 
estate and insurance agent at Caribou, is a mem- 
ber of a very distinguished New England family, 
and a son of John H. and Ruth (Libby) Tuttle, 
old and highly-respected residents of Pownal, 
Cumberland county, Maine, where the former was 
engaged in business as a ship carpenter, and also 
carried on extensive farm operations. 

Leander E. Tuttle was born at his father’s 
home at Pownal, November 11, 1854, and as a lad 
attended the common schools of his native place. 
Upon completing his studies he engaged in op- 
erating his father’s farm in connection with a 
marketing business, the operation of which he 
continued until the year 1878. He then disposed 
of all of his interests at Pownal, and moved to 
Washburn, Aroostook county, Maine, where he 
purchased a tract of wild land, and started in at 
the arduous task of clearing a farm. After thirty- 
five years of hard labor he found himself in pos- 
session of one of the most desirable and pront- 
able farms in the town. During this time he not 
only carried on extensive farm operations but he 
became interested in several business enterprises 
in his own and the adjoining town of Caribou. In 
1913 he sold his farm and moved into the thriving 
village of Caribou, where he opened a real estate 


and insurance office. He also became interested 
in the Tuttle & Thomas Company, dealers in 
potatoes. 

In politics Mr. Tuttle is a Republican, being a 
staunch supporter of the principles of the party, 
and has been elected to a number of important 
offices on its ticket. He was selectman of 
Washburn township in the year 1900, and in 1914 
was elected to represent his town in the State 
Legislature for the two year term of 1915-16, and 
was re-elected for the term of 1918-19. He was 
then elected to the Maine Senate, and is still a 
member of that body at the present time. Mr. 
Tuttle’s record as a capable and interested legis- 
lator is an enviable one, and he has earned a 
reputation for propriety, sagacity and efficiency 
second to none in this community. Mr. Tuttle is 
also very prominent in social and fraternal cir- 
cles, and is an active member of a number of 
important organizations here. He is affiliated 
with the Aroostook Valley Lodge, No. 88, Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Tuttle is 
also active in the local Grange, and held the mas- 
ter’s chair therein for seven years. He has also 
been master for two years of Pomona Grange, 
treasurer of the county Grange, a position which 
he holds at the present time. He held office in 
the Maine State Grange for twelve years, serving 
on the executive board for eight years. He was 
also very active in many of the Grange co-oper- 
ative business enterprises, for which the county 
is noted, and was for several years on the execu- 
tive board of the State Grange, besides holding 
the position of gate keeper of the same for eight 
years. Mr. Tuttle is a Universalist in his relig- 
ious belief, and is very prominent in the church 
of that denomination at Caribou. 

Leander E. Tuttle was united in marriage, No- 
vember 11, 1875, at North Pownal, Maine, with 
Margaret J. Tuttle, a native of that place, and a 
daughter of Joseph and Dorcas W. (Davis) Tut- 
tle. To Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle the following chil- 
dren have been born: Edna Estella, born July 29, 
1876; Elsie Ruth, born March 3, 1878; Elnora 
Dorcas, born December 13, 1879; Emery Howell, 
born December 10, 1881; Evie Blanche, born Sep- 
tember 18, 1883; Annie Eula, born January 31, 
1888; Sadie Frances, born March 22, 1890; and 
Ruby Margaret, born August 16, 1895. 


CHARLES HUNTINGTON WHITMAN, 
A.B., Ph.D.—Upon receiving his Ph.D., Yale Uni- 
versity, 1900, Professor Whitman becamean in- 
structor at Lehigh University, and has since that 
year been continuously engaged as an educator, 


72 HISTORY OF MAINE 


filling the chair of English Language and Litera- 
ture at Rutgers College, and since 1918 has also 
been professor of English at the Women’s Col- 
lege of New Jersey. He is an author of note 
and a valued contributor to the literature of his 
profession. Professor Whitman is a son of 
Nathan Whitman, a merchant of Bangor, Maine, 
a grandson of Gilbert Whitman, a farmer of 
Waterville, Maine, and a great-grandson of 
Nathan Whitman, of East Bridgewater, Massa- 
chusetts, and a descendant in direct line from 
John Whitman, the founder of the Whitman fam- 
ily in New England. 

John Whitman came from England to this 
country prior to December, 1638, for, according 
to Governor Winthrop’s Journal, he was on that date 
admitted to the rights and privlieges of a citizen 
of Weymouth, Massachusetts. In 1645 he was 
appointed an ensign of the Weymouth Military 
Company, and he served the Weymouth church 
as a deacon from its establishment until his death. 
It is believed that his wife was Ruth Reed, daughter 
of William Reed. Deacon John Whitman had nine 
children, five of them sons, and through these 
sons descend nearly all of the name in this coun- 
try. John Whitman was one of the worthy and 
exemplary planters of the Massachusetts Colony, 
and his upright life seems to have left its im- 
press upon the lives of his children and chil- 
dren’s children, even to the present. All of his 
children survived him, and six of them lived to 
be over eighty. He was truly blessed with ma- 
terial prosperity, children, and length of days. 
He fulfilled every obligation, civil, religious, or 
moral, and left to posterity an example worthy 
of emulation. 

On maternal Professor Whitman de- 
scends from Thomas Penney, who came from 
England to Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in 1652. 
Professor Whitman’s great-grandmother, Sally 
Penney, married, in 1809, at New Gloucester, 
Maine, Isaac B. Wharff, of Litchfield, Maine. In 
1813 they removed with their three children to 
the town of Guilford, making the journey on foot 
and horseback over the “spotted” trail. They 
made a clearing in the forest, erected a log cabin, 
and there reared a family of twelve, all of whom 
grew to years of maturity. The mother did the 
cooking for the family over an open fire, carded 
and spun wool from which she wove the cloth 
that later she made into clothing for them to 
wear, and then, at the age of seventy-seven, she 
passed to her reward. Her husband died aged 
eighty-eight. 

Nathan Whitman, 


lines 


great-grandfather of Pro- 


fessor Whitman, was born in East Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts, in 1766, died in 1829. He married 
Mercy Byram, born in 1770, died in 1829, in East 
Bridgewater, and they were the parents of sever 
children, all of whom grew to mature years, 
including a son, Gilbert Whitman, born in East 
Bridgewater, October Io, 1788, died at Water- 
ville, Maine, December 5, 1868. He was a 
farmer of Waterville, a Republican in politics, 
and a Baptist in religious faith. During the 
Civil War he was captain of the Waterville 
Light Infantry. He married, in December, 1813, 
Syrenia Fobes, born in 1788, died December 11, 
1863, daughter of Ezra Fobes, of East Bridge- 
water. They were the parents of seven children: 
Syrenia Fobes, Eliza Jane, Gilbert, Celia Fobes, 
Ezra Fobes, Edson Fobes, and Nathan Whit- 
man. This review traces the career of the last 
named child, Nathan Whitman, father of Pro- 
fessor Whitman. 

Nathan Whitman was born in Waterville, 
Maine, April 29, 1829, died at Bangor, Maine. 
February 17, 1917. He was for years a farmer 
of Waterville and Sangerville, Maine, but later 
became a merchant, conducting business success- 
fully in Sangerville, Abbott, and Bangor, Maine. 
He was a member of the Baptist church, and in 
politics a Republican. Nathan Whitman mar- 
ried Helen Augusta Thoms, born in Augusta, 
Maine, December 17, 1840, died in Bangor, Maine, 
May 4, 1916, daughter of Benjamin N. and Lydia 
Penney (Wharff) Thoms. Benjamin N. Thoms, 
son of Benjamin Thoms, was born in Falmouth, 
Maine, January 5, 1816, died in Bangor, Maine, 
February 16, 1895. He learned the trade of car- 
riage smith in Portland, and afterwards con- 
ducted a carriage manufacturing business, first 
in Augusta, then in Bangor, Maine. He was ac- 
tive in politics, and a member of the city gov- 
ernment for several terms. Lydia Penney 
(Wharff) Thoms, his wife, was born in Litch- 
field, Maine, February 26, 1813, died in Bangor, 
in 1899, daughter of Isaac B. and Sally (Penney) 
Wharff, the pioneer settlers of Guilford, pre- 
viously referred to. Nathan and Helen Augusta 
(Thoms) Whitman were the parents of three 
sons: William Norris, born December 15, 1862; 
Henry Fobes, born April 14, 1864; and Charles 
Huntington, of further mention. 

Charles Huntington Whitman, youngest son of 
Nathan and Helen Augusta (Thoms) Whitman, 
was born in Abbott, Maine, November 24, 1873. 
He completed the public school education with 

graduation from Bangor high school, class of 
1892, then entered Colby College, whence he 


BIOGRAPHICAL 73 


was graduated Bachelor of Arts, 1897. He was 
a fellow in English, Yale University, 1898-1900, 
and received his degree, Doctor of Philosophy, 
from that institution in 1900. During 1905-06 
he was a student at the University of Munich. 
From 1900 until 1906 he was instructor in Eng- 
lish at Lehigh University, and assistant professor 
1904-06. He then transferred to Rutgers Col- 
lege (New Jersey), as associate professor of Eng- 
lish, 1906-11; professor and head of the depart- 
ment of English from 1911 until the present. 
Since 1918 he has also filled the chair of English 
at the Women’s College of New Jersey. Heisa 
member of the Modern Language Association of 
America; American Association of University 
Professors; The Concordance Society; Connecti- 
cut Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta 
Kappa, vice-president Colby College chapter; 
Delta Kappa Epsilon; also a member of Delta 
Kappa Epsilon Club of New York City; and 
vice-president of the Association of Teachers of 
English of New Jersey. He is known to the 
literary world as author of “A Subject-Index to 
the Poems of Edmund Spenser” (1919); of “The 
Bird Names of Old English Literature” (1899); 
translator of “The Christ of Cynewulf” (1900), 
and as a contributor to the Journal of English and 
Germanic Philology, Anglia, and Modern Language 
Notes. His club is the Alumni and Faculty of 
Rutgers College; his religious affiliations are with 
the Baptist church. 

Professor Whitman married, in Portland, 
Maine, May 29, 1902, Rachel Jones Foster, born 
July 14, 1877, daughter of Doctor Charles Wil- 
but and Esther Bennett (Parker) Foster, her 
father a physician of Portland, and a member of 
the city school committee. Children: Hilda 
Trull, born August 31, 1908; Alan Foster, born 
December 31, 1909; Dunbar, born July 6, 1912; 
and Esther Huntington, born August 19, 1917. 


ROBERT JOSEPH CURRAN is a member of 
a family which is of Irish origin and has made 
its home in this country for three generations. 
His paternal grandfather was Patrick Curran 
who, with his brother, Thomas Curran, served 
_ both in the Mexican and Civil wars. He mar- 
ried Ann Burns, and they were the parents of a 
large family of children, three of their sons sery- 
ing with the father in the Civil War. 

John J. Curran, father of Robert Joseph Cur- 
tan, was born at Portland, Maine, is now living 
in Lewiston, Maine, more than seventy years of 
age. He served in the Seventh Regiment, United 
States Infantry, in which he enlisted when under 


fifteen years of age, and he served in the field 
throughout the Civil War. He belongs to the local 
post of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was 
engaged in business as a general contractor for 
a time in Portland and afterwards in Lewiston. 
Mr. Curran married Margaret A. Connors, a native 
of St. Johns, New Brunswick, who removed to 
Bangor, Maine, as a child, and later to Lewiston, 
where she met Mr. Curran. She was a daughter 
of Michael Connors, a native of Ireland, and of 
Margaret (Welch) Connors, his wife, both of 
whom resided in Lewiston for many years. John 
J. Curran and his wife were the parents of four 
children, all of whom are living at the present 
time (1917), as follows: Annie, unmarried, who 
enjoys an enviable reputation as a singer; Mar- 
garet E., widow of Frank J. Lange, and resides 
in Lewiston; Edith G., who became the wife of 
John P. Breen, of Lewiston, one child, Mary 
Edith Breen; and Robert Joseph, with whose 
career we are particularly concerned. 

Born May 22, 1879, at Lewiston, Maine, Robert 
Joseph Curran passed his childhood and early 
youth in his native city. He attended the local 
public schools for the elementary portion of his 
education, and was prepared for college at the 
Lewiston High School, from which he graduated 
in 1897. He then entered Georgetown Univer- 
sity, and took the course in law at the well known 
law school of that institution. He graduated with 
the class of 1911, taking the degree of LL.B. He 
supplemented his course in law at this place by 
studying the same subject for some three years in 
the office of McGillicuddy & Morey, eminent at- 
torneys of Lewiston, and finally, in the month of 
September, 1911, was admitted to the bar of An- 
droscoggin county. He at once opened an of- 
fice at No. 171 Lisbon street, Lewiston, Maine, 
and has since remained at that place, practicing 
his profession by himself. Mr. Curan has made 
success of his chosen profession, and is regarded 
as one of the leading young attorneys. In the 
year 1912 he was appointed a recorder for four 
years of the Lewiston Municipal Court, and on 
March 1, 1916, was appointed judge of the Muni- 
cipal Court for the period of four years, and 
is at present occupying this responsible position. 
For a time Judge Curran was employed as a civi- 
lian clerk by the Federal Government in the De- 
partment of Commerce and Labor at Washington, 
D. C., and for three years worked for the War 
Department in Portland as chief clerk to the con- 
structing quartermaster. Mr. Curran, while at- 
tending the law school of Georgetown Univer- 
sity, formed many associations which he has ever 


74 HISTORY OF MAINE 


since kept up, and one of the mediums through 
which he has been able to accomplish this has 
been his membership in the Georgetown Uni- 
versity Club of New England, with headquarters 
at Boston. He is also a member of the local 
lodge of the Knights of Columbus. In his relig- 
ious belief Mr. Curran is a staunch Catholic, as 
his ancestors on both sides of the house have 
been for many years, and he attends with the 
members of his family St. Joseph’s Catholic 
Church in Lewiston. 

Mr. Curran’s career is one of great usefulness 
to his community and one, there seems every 
reason to believe, that will be extended indefinitely. 
A man of vigorous personality and energetic ways, 
he seems fit to carry on for many a year the 
activities by which his city as well as himself are 
benefitted. 


ALFRED L. NOYES, one of the principal mill- 
owners, lumberman and farmers of Limestone, 
Maine, where he was born, September 11, 1877, is 
a member of an old and distinguished family in 
this State, and a son of Josiah M. and Sybil B. 
(Davis) Noyes, old and highly-respected resi- 
dents of Limestone, where his father was engaged 
in business as a farmer and mill-owner for many 
years before his death. The childhood of Alfred 
L. Noyes was passed in his native town, and he 
attended there the local common schools, where 
he distinguished himself as a bright and indus- 
trious pupil. Upon completing his studies at 
these institutions, Mr. Noyes took up farming as 
an occupation, and has continued in that line up 
to the present time. He also engaged in the lum- 
ber business and became the owner of a saw mill 
in this vicinity. Besides carrying on an extensive 
business in this line Mr. Noyes has also become 
interested in various other industrial enterprises 
hereabouts, and is now the owner of a large grist 
mill and starch factory at Limestone. He has 
also been exceedingly interested in financial oper- 
ations here and is at the present time a director 
in the Limestone Trust Company. Mr. Noyes is 
one of the leaders of the Republican party in this 
region, but, although he has held the office of 
selectman for a single term in this township, he 
is nevertheless, quite unambitious for political 
preferment of any kind, preferring to exert such 
influence as he is capable of in his capacity as 
private citizen. He is a well known figure in 
fraternal circles, however, and is a member of 
Limestone Lodge, No. 214, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, and holds the office of treasurer 
in the same. Although not a formal member of 
any church, Mr. Noyes attends the Methodist 


Episcopal church at Limestone, and is a liberal 
supporter of the work of the church society, es- 
pecially in connection with its various benevolent 
and philanthropic undertakings. 

Alfred L. Noyes was united in marriage, July 
20, 1898, with Ethel M. Long, a daughter of War- 
ren A. and Nellie C. (Chase) Long, and they are 
the parents of the following children: Warren M., 
born March 12, 1900; Linwood E., born March 
25, 1902; Josiah M., born December 12, 1905; Dora 
E., born May 30, 1909; Philip D., born October 
2, 1911; Gerald G., born March 31, 1913. 


GEORGE EGERTON RYERSON BURPEE, 
a graduate of the University of New Brunswick, 
an engineer of recognized standing, and one of 
the most successful and largest operators in lum- 
bering enterprises in Northern Maine, was a na- 
tive of Canada, having been born at Sheffield, 
New Brunswick, in that country, in November, 
1834. His death, which occurred on Thanksgiv- 
ing Day, November 25, 1904, at St. Margaret’s 
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, was felt as a se- 
vere loss by the city of Bangor, of which he was 
one of the most prominent and influential citizens. 
Mr. Burpee, in the services which he rendered in 
connection with the upbuilding and development 
of this region, gave a fair exchange for the title 
of “American citizen,’ which he assumed upon 
coming to live in this region, and which he was 
always proud to bear, although his heart con- 
tinued warm and true to his native Canadian proy- 
ince. He won much fame as an engineer and 
builder of railroads, and as one of those men who 
developed the lumber interests of Maine to its 
present great importance. Mr. Burpee was also 
an Egyptologist of note, but for none of these 
things will he be remembered so long and with 
such affection as for his Christian philanthropy. 
He was a man of deep and true Christian charac- 
ter, and was always helpful to those about him, 
contributing constantly through many channels to 
the relief of suffering and distress. Large 
of body and mind, his heart was in pro- 
portion, and he was readily touched by human 
misfortune of any kind. A member of the Cen- 
tral Congregational Church from the time of his 
ccming to Bangor, it was largely through his devo- 
tion that the beautiful church edifice which stood on 
French street, and has since been burned, became 
a reality, he being the largest contributor towards 
its erection. Force of character, allied with bril- 
liant talents, brought him an eminence in his pro- 
fession in the East, and success in the business 
world he entered. 

George Egerton Ryerson Burpee was a son of 


G. Egerton Ruerson Durpee 


BIOGRAPHICAL (6) 


Isaac and Phoebe (Coburn) Burpee, the former a 
native of Massachusetts. Isaac Burpee was taken 
very early in life to New Brunswick, Canada, by 
his parents, where he married, and where his six 
children were born. He passed the remainder of 
his life in New Brunswick, and both his death and 
that of his wife occurred in that country. George 
Egerton Ryerson Burpee, or as he was always 
called, Egerton R. Burpee, was given all the ad- 
vantages of an education in good intermediate 
and preparatory schools, and later entered the 
University of New Brunswick, at Frederickston. 
He had already determined upon an engineering 
course, and after pursuing this line of study was 
graduated as a civil engineer. He at once plunged 
into active professional work and in a few years 
had attained a high reputation as an engineer and 
builder of railroads in the Dominion of Canada. 
His first important work was the construction of 
a railroad from St. Andrews to Quebec Junction, 
near Houlton, Maine, the planning and super- 
intendence of its construction being his own work. 
His next notable achievement was the construc- 
tion of the present line of railroad between St. 
Johns, New Brunswick, and Bangor, Maine. As 
already stated, he was a large operator in lumber 
interests in the northern part of the State, and 
finally made his home at Bangor, where his death 
occurred. Mr. Burpee was a member of the Cen- 
tral Congregational Church of Bangor, which is 
now known as All Soul’s Church, and was deeply 
interested in its welfare. During his entire life 
he was by nature a student, and became deeply 
interested in Egyptian history and the learning 
of the ancients. He and Mrs. Burpee visited 
Egypt on several occasions, and on one of these 
spent several months there, but during this time 
Mr. Burpee was unfortunately very ill and unable 
to do much in the way of exploration. 

George Egerton Ryerson Burpee was united 
in marriage, in January, 1870, shortly after locat- 
ing at Bangor, with Louise Godfrey Thissell, 
daughter of James and Louise (Godfrey) Thissell, 
a descendant on both sides of the house from old 
and distinguished Maine families. Mr. and Mrs. 
Burpee were the parents of one daughter, Louise, 
who became the wife of Professor William Otis 
Sawtelle. Professor and Mrs. Sawtelle are the 
parents of five children, as follows: Egerton, Lou- 
ise, Eleanor, Janet and Margery. 


ALLEN QUIMBY—The year following gradu- 
ation from Bowdoin College, Allen Quimby be- 
Gan teaching in Augusta, Maine, and during the 


four years he spent as an educator he also pur- 
sued a regular course of law study. Although he 
was duly admitted to the Maine bar he did not 
practice, but since 1901 has been engaged in the 
manufacture of birch veneer, at Stockholm, a 
plantation of Aroostook county, Maine. Allen 
Quimby is a son of Joseph H. and Nancy Jane 
(Fogg) Quimby, his father a successful contrac- 
tor and builder of North Sandwich, New Hamp- 
shire, a member of the State Legislature, and for 
several years first assessor of the town. 

‘Allen Quimby was born in North Sandwich, 
Carroll county, New Hampshire, April 12, 1873. 
He was graduated from Phillips Andover Acad- 
emy, class of 1892, and from Bowdoin College, 
A.B., class of 1895. In the fall of 1896 he began 
teaching in Cony High School, Augusta, Maine, 
continuing until 1901. In 1900 he was admitted 
to the bar of the State of Maine, having studied 
law in the office of Heath & Andrews, attorneys 
of Augusta, during the preceding four years. 
After admisison to the bar he taught school for 
another year, then abandoned professional work 
and entered the commercial field as a manufac- 
turer of birch veneer, a business which he has 
successfully followed from that year until the 
present, 1919. He is treasurer of the Standard 
Veneer Company and Standard Box Company, of 
Stockholm, Maine, also vice-president and direc- 
tor. It is around these industries, developed by 
Mr. Quimby, and with the Millikens of Augusta, 
that the prosperous village of Stockholm, Aroos- 
took county, Maine, has grown up, and to that 
section the coming of these men named has been 
a veritable blessing. 

A Republican in politics, Mr. Quimby has been 
for several years first assessor of Stockholm, but 
he is essentially a business man, with little liking 
for political office. He is a member of the Eco- 
nomic Club of Portland; an attendant of the Con- 
gregational church; member of the fraternity 
Delta Kappa Epsilon; the Benevolent and Protec- 
tive Order of Elks; Masons, and the Knights of 
Maccabees. While in college he was prominent 
in athletics, making the Varsity football team, 
upon which he played for three years. He also 
ranked high in scholarship, and was an associate 
editor of the Bowdoin College paper, The Bugle. 

Mr. Quimby married, December 21, 1897, Millie 
Launder Smith, daughter of John Tyng and Julia 
Katherine (Forsaith) Smith. Mr. and Mrs. 
Quimby are the parents of three children: Allen, 
Jr., born March 5, 1908; Jeanette Launder, born 
June 15, 1912; and Langdon Christie, born June 
I, 1913. The family home is in Portland, Maine. 


76 HISTORY OF MAINE 


JOHN WASHBURN—The surname Washburn 
is derived from the name of two small villages, 
Little Washbourne in Overbury, in Southern 
Worcestershire, and Great Washbourne in Glou- 
cestershire, England. The word itself is from 
two Saxon words, meaning swift flowing brook. 
The family, however, is of Norman ancestry, and 
the founder in England was knighted on the field 
of battle at the time of the Conquest, and en- 
dowed by William the Conqueror with the lands 
and manors of Little and Great Washbourne. 
The English lineage is traced to Sir Roger de 
Washbourne, of record, as early as 1259. 

The American ancestor, John Washburn, a son 
of John Washburn, and of the eleventh genera- 
tion from Sir Roger de Washbourne, was bap- 
tized at Bengeworth, England, July 2, 1597. He 
came to New England in 1632, and settled in 
Duxbury, Massachusetts. He and his son John, 
in 1645, were among the fifty-four original pro- 
prietors of Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He is 
the progenitor of all the Washburn families in 
New England, and his descendants are scattered 
throughout the United States. He died at Bridge- 
water, Massachusetts, in 1670. 

In the seventh generation from this hardy pio- 
neer of the family is Israel Washburn, born in 
Raynham, Masachusetts, in November, 1784, 
came to Maine in 1806, and taught school, locat- 
ing in 1809 at Livermore, in that province. He 
was the father of Elihu B. Washburne, who al- 
ways clung to the final “e” on his name. Elihu B. 
Washburne removed to Galena, Illinois, practiced 
law, and was elected continuously to Congress 
for sixteen years, and was known by the sobri- 
quet as the “Watch Dog of the Treasury.” An- 
other son, Israel Washburn, was also a congress- 
man from Maine and governor of the State. An- 
other son, Cadwallader Colden Washburn, was 
governor of Wisconsin, a member of Congress 
and a major-general in the Civil War. 

The western immigration seems to have an at- 
traction for members of this noted family, and 
in the early pioneer days of Minnesota, William 
Drew Washburn came from Livermore, Maine, 
to Minneapolis, Minnesota, became interested in 
the flour mills, water power and railroad inter- 
ests of that locality, represented his district in 
Congress for a number of terms, and served in 
the United States Senate from 1889 to 1895. 

Another member of the family, John Wash- 
burn, found his way to Minnesota. He was born 
at Hallowell, Maine, August I, 1858. He is the 
son of Algernon S. and Anna Sarah (Moore) 
Washburn, and was educated at private schools 


and Bowdoin College. He removed in 1880 to 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, and entered the employ 
of the Washburn Mills, and was advanced to the 
position of buyer of wheat, finally becoming a 
member of the Washburn-Crosby Company, and 
is now president of that corporation. In the finan- 
cial circles of his adopted residential city he is 
prominently identified; he is a director of the 
First National Bank; the Security National Bank; 
and the Minneapolis Trust Company; also is a 
member of the directorate of the Chicago & Great 
Western Railway Company; of the Brown Grain 
Company; the Barnum Grain Company; and 
president of several milling and elevator corpora- 
tions. Mr. Washburn is an ex-president of the 
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce. He is a 
Republican in politics, and attends the Univer- 
salist church. His social clubs are Minneapolis, 
Minikahda, La Fayette, and he is a member of 
the college fraternity Psi Upsilon. 

Mr. Washburn married, July 28, 1884, Elizabeth 
Pope Harding, of Hallowell, Maine. 


ROGERS PATTEN KELLEY—Comprehen- 
sive study and research, with close application 
and deep professional interest in one’s work, will 
eventually bring success and advancement in any 
chosen calling, and along these lines Rogers P. 
Kelley has risen to a position of prominence 
in connection with the practice of law. For more 
than seventeen years he has followed his profes- 
sion in Auburn, where a liberal patronage is 
accorded him. 

Robert R. Kelley, father of Rogers P. Kelley, 
was a native of Phippsburg, Maine. He was 
reared and educated in his native town, and upon 
arriving at a suitable age devoted his attention 
to the lumber business, which he followed suc- 
cessfully for many years, at first in his native 
town and later in Bath, Maine, in which city he 
spent the greater part of his active life, and 
where his death occurred, in his seventy-seventh 
year. He was highly respected in his community, 
and his business carreer was characterized by un- 
faltering determination and by marked diligence. 
He married Annie Edgecombe, a native of Bath, 
Maine, who was born July 5, 1824, and who died 
when but thirty-six years of age. She was a direct 
descendant of Sir Piers Edgecumbe, of the House 
of Mount Edgecumbe (or Edgecombe) of Corn- 
wall, England. G. T. Ridlon in his book, “Saco 
Valley Settlements and Families,” refers to the 
Edgecombe family as “one of the most ancient 
and distinguished families in Devonshire, Eng- 
land.” Mr. and Mrs. Kelley were the parents of 


BIOGRAPHICAL 77 


two children: Charles S., who now resides in 
Massachusetts, and Rogers Patten, of this re- 
view. 
Rogers Patten Kelley was born at Phippsburg, 
Maine, January 22, 1858, and was deprived, by 
death, of his mother’s care when only six months 
old. Immediately after the death of his mother, 
the responsibility of his care and training was 
assumed by his aunt, Miss Elizabeth S. Edge- 
‘combe, of North Bath, Maine, where his early as- 
sociations were formed and his education begun. 
He there entered school at the early age of four 
years, and without interruption pursued his stud- 
ies, entering the upper grammar school in the city 
of Bath, at the age of fourteen years. He was an 
apt and diligent pupil, but at the age of fifteen 
‘years, he was compelled by circumstances to dis- 
continue his studies and take up the serious busi- 
‘ness of life. He therefore secured a position in a 
hardware and ship chandlery store in Bath, where 
he was employed for four years and four months. 
He was possessed of a great ambition to gain a 
' more thorough education, and accordingly, when 
the opportunity arose, he resumed his interrupted 
studies, matriculating in the Maine Wesleyan 
Seminary, now known as Kents Hill Seminary, 
and graduated from that institution in 188s. 
He then became a salesman, representing leading 
houses, handling anatomical and other educa- 
tional specialties, for use in high schools and 
colleges, in which vocation he met with extra- 
ordinary success, and in which he continued until 
1891. By this time he had acquired sufficient cap- 
ital to enable him to engage in business on his 
Own account, and he established himself in Ken- 
nebec county, Maine, in a mercantile line, and 
' there conducted for three years a general store, 
meeting with well merited success. In 1894 he 
sold out this business in order that he might ful- 
fill a long cherished ambition to pursue the study 
of law. Accordingly, at the age of thirty-seven 
' having an unusual degree of courage, he com- 
' menced the study of his chosen profession. In 
January, 1895, he entered the law offices of Sav- 
age & Oakes, in Auburn, Maine, and there con- 
tinued his law studies until his admission to the 
Androscoggin bar in 1898. On account of a severe 
illness, Mr. Kelley did not begin practice on his 
own account until 1900, but thereafter he rapidly 
worked his way up to the position which he now 
holds among the leading members of his pro- 
fession in Auburn. His offices are located at No. 
- 53 Court street, Auburn, and much important liti- 
gation is there handled. Mr. Kelley has not con- 
fined his attention entirely to his professional 


practice, but has taken a leading part in many de- 
partments of the community’s life. In politics 
he is a Republican, and although in no sense of 
the word a politician, he nevertheless is looked 
upon as a factor in public affairs. In his religious 
belief he is a Congregationalist. 

Such is the brief review of the career of one 
who has achieved not only honorable success and 
high standing among men, but whose life record 
demonstrates the fact that success depends not 
upon circumstances or environment, but upon 
the man; and the prosperous citizen is he who is 
able to recognize and improve his opportunities. 


EUGENE LESTER TEBBETS — One of 
Maine’s prominent citizens, manufacturers, and 
business .men, Eugene Lester Tebbets, was a man 
whose energy, vision and sound judgment won 
him a place in the front ranks of the State’s na- 
tive sons. Not only was he a success in the busi- 
ness world, but there was a quality to his suc- 
cess that does not accompany the rewarded ef- 
forts of all men. He cultivated high ideals, and 
the standard of integrity he fixed was never 
lowered in his business intercourse with indi- 
viduals. Considerate, courteous, and just, he was 
so actuated by that fine sense of integrity that 
his employees esteemed, respected, and faith- 
fully served him. He was a man of education, 
learning, and broad views, ever ready to promote 
that which tended to the best interests of his 
fellows or his community, and his consideration 
and kindliness won him hosts of friends in busi- 
ness and social life. His father, John G. Tebbets, 
was one of the pioneer manufacturers of Maine, 
and at Locke Mills was engaged in the manufac- 
ture of wooden spools and wood turnings, build- 
ing up a business that was continued by his 
son upon the death of the elder Tebbets. His 
grandfather, Paul C. Tebbets, was one of the set- 
tlers of Lisbon, Maine, and was a leading mer- 
chant of that place. 

Eugene Lester Tebbets, son of John G. and 
Clara A. (Buckman) Tebbets, was born in Lis- 
bon, Maine, June 6, 1849, died at his home in Au- 
burn, Maine, May 28, 1909. He was educated at 
the Edward Little Institute, Auburn, Maine, and 
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bos- 
ton, of the class of 1809, making a special study 
of civil engineering. For about six years after 
leaving school he was attached to the engineer- 
ing department of the Maine Central Railroad 
as a civil engineer, then for six years longer he 
was connected with the accounting department 
as assistant treasurer of the general offices of the 


73 HISTORY OF MAINE 


road at Portland. The close confinement of of- 
fice work affected his health, and he returned to 
his out-of-door profession, civil engineering, and 
for six months he was with the engineering corps 
of a railroad in California, then, in 1882, returned 
home with his health restored. 

That same year he formed an association with 
his father, John G. Tebbets, and for ten years 
father and son engaged in the manufacture oc! 
wooden spools at their plant at Locke Mills, Ox- 
ford county, Maine. The death of his father threw 
the burden of management upon the son, and un- 
til his own death, fourteen years later, Eugene L. 
Tebbets continued the business with great suc- 
cess. By the introduction of exact business 
methods, prudence, and foresight, he developed 
and gradually enlarged his manufacturing oper- 
ations, until the plant of his company became one 
of the best equipped in the State, standing with- 
out a superior in modern and efficient appoint- 
ments. He gave freely of his time to the pub- 
lic service, and held many town offices in Green- 
wood, of which Locke Mills is a part. He placed 
the financial affairs of his town upon a sub- 
stantial basis, and proved in every way the value 
of his citizenship. 

Mr. Tebbets married, September 4, 1873, Eliza- 
beth C. Morton, of Augusta, Maine, who sur- 
vives him, residing at Auburn, Maine. In 1897 
Mr. Tebbets purchased a residence at No. 17 
Prospect street, Auburn, which is still the family 
home, and while living there he commuted be- 
tween his home and his business. Mr. and Mrs. 
Tebbets were the parents of the following chil- 
dren, of whom further: Charles B., Lawrence, Eu- 
gene L. and Donald H. 

Charles B. Tebbets was born at Locke Mills, 
Maine, March Ig, 1886, and died there, January 
4, 1919. He attended the Edward Little High 
School, at Auburn, Maine, and was graduated 
from the University of Maine with the degree of 
C.E. in 1907. After completing his education, 
he became associated with his father, and upon 
the latter’s death he succeeded to the presidency 
of the company, remaining at the head of the 
business until his death in 1919. His incumbency 
of this office was marked by the ability and ster- 
ling qualities that distinguished his honored 
father, and his sudden death from pneumonia was 
a great shock and loss to the community in which 
he was so well known. He was a director of the 
South Paris Trust Company, affiliated with the 
Masonic order, and, from his college days, the 
Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, and was a member 
of the High Street Congregational Church, of Au- 


burn. He married Elsie Engelmann, of Auburn, 
Maine, and they were the parents of Lawrence 
M. and Gertrude D. 

Lawrence Tebbets was born at Locke Mills, 
Maine, April 19, 1887, and died there, February 
29, 1908. He was educated in the Auburn schools 
and the Highland Military Academy, of Worces- 
ter, Massachusetts. He worked for his father in 
different departments of the spool mill. At the 
time of his sudden death at the Locke Mills sum- 
mer home he had charge of the men and accounts 
at their Rumford Point saw mill. A capable 
young man, a loving son, a sincere friend, his 
early death was deeply felt by all who knew him. 

Eugene L. Tebbets, Jr., was born at Locke 
Mills, March 22, 1892, and was educated in the 
public schools of Auburn, and Hebron Academy, 
graduating with honors from the latter institu- 
tion, and completing his studies with a course 
in a Boston business college. He also entered 
his father’s business when he had finished his 
scholastic work, and was so engaged when the 
United States entered the European War. He 
was one of the first of his town to enlist in the 
army, becoming a member of the 1o1st Trench 
Mortar Battery, serving with this organization in 
its strenuous service on the western front in 
France. His battery participated in the fighting 
on the Marne and Meuse rivers, and went into ac- 
tion along the Chemin des Dames, at Appre- 
mont, Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel. When the 
armistice was signed, he was stationed at Ver- 
dun, and after receiving his honorable discharge 
from the army he resumed his work at Locke 
Mills, filling the position of president of the com- 
pany. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma 
college fraternity, and belongs to the High Street 
Congregational Church of Auburn. He married 
Marion McFarland, of Auburn. 

Donald H. Tebbets was born at Locke Mills, 
Maine, July 26, 1896. He attended the Edward 
Little High School, of Auburn, and was graduated 
from Bowdoin College in the class of 1919 with 
the degree of B.S. Since the death of his brother, 
Charles, in 1919, he has filled the post of treas- 
urer of the company, capably discharging its im- 
portant duties. His college fraternity is the 
Delta Upsilon. 


WILLIAM GLEASON BUNKER—One of the 
active men of Augusta, Maine, at the present 
time, and one whose activities are having a most 
direct effect upon the character and appearance 
of this place, is William G. Bunker, architect, man 
of affairs and public spirited citizen, who, since 


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coming to Augusta about five years ago, has made 
an enviable reputation for himself in his profes- 
sion, and has identified himself most closely with 
the community’s life. Mr. Bunker is a member 
of a good old Maine family, and is the son of 
Josiah B., now a retired sea captain, and Roxie 
(Stevens) Bunker, both natives of the State, the 
former having been born at Gouldsboro, and 
the latter at Steuben. The younger Mr. Bunker 
is a well known architect, and has been for many 
years actively engaged in this profession, many 
well known buildings having been designed by 
him, including model school buildings for the 
State Educational Department, the Elks Home, 
Smith School and Lincoln School buildings of 
Augusta, the second and third wings of the 
Augusta State Hospital, the Central building of 
the State School for Girls at Hallowell, and was 
associated with Edward F. Stevens, a specialist in 
hospital architecture, in planning the Augusta 
General Hospital. Besides, many handsome 
buildings elsewhere were designed by him, such 
as the high school buildings at Livermore Falls 
and Hallowell, Maine, and, the grade school 
building at Jay. 

It was in Hancock county that the birth of 
William Gleason Bunker occurred, November 
12, 1872, but as a small boy he accompanied his 
parents to Millbridge, Washington county, and 
it was at the latter place that most of his child- 
hood was spent. It was at Millbridge, also, that 
he attended school and gained the greater part of 
his education, studying one winter at the high 
school. Later he took a course at a business col- 
lege at Bangor, Maine, with money saved by fol- 
lowing the sea. Indeed, at an early age he had 
sailed before the mast, his purpose, to earn and 
save sufficient funds to pay for his education. 
It was this independence of spirit and energy of 
character that soon forced a way upward for 
the young man when he finally came face to face 
with the serious business of life and began to 
make his own way in the world. 

Upon attaining his majority Mr. Bunker went 
to Bar Harbor, Maine, where he followed the 
building trades for a time, and then went to Bos- 
ton. In the latter city he attended the evening 
schools, and there took up the study of designing, 
especially architectural designing. From the out- 
set he exhibited great aptitude and talent for the 
work which his tastes had prompted him to take 
up, and it was not long before he became a pro- 
ficient draftsman. In the year 1908, he entered 
the employ of Fred L. Savage, a well known 
architect at Bar Harbor, and worked in that gen- 


tleman’s office for a term of years, gaining the 
necessary practical experience and otherwise fit- 
ting himself to carry on an independent business. 
He left in order to accept a position with the 
State Highway Commission which, of course, 
gave another entirely different kind of experi- 
ence, but one of equal value. Eighteen months 
he remained with the commission and then, on 
May I, 1915, opened an office for himself in Au- 
gusta, and for the last five years has been prac- 
ticising his profession on his own account. Dur- 
ing this period he has met with a most grati- 
fying success, and has won for himself an en- 
viable reputation throughout the community. 

Mr. Bunker is active in many different depart- 
ments of the city’s affairs besides that of his 
business, and takes a great interest in the gen- 
eral life of the place. He has been a prominent 
figure in local politics, but is not really identi- 
fied with any party, being an independent man 
in all things. He was cartoonist for the Demo- 
cratic State Committee, however, the first year 
of his association with Mr. Savage, which he 
claims helped to keep the wolf from the door, 
and has always held himself ready to aid in any 
cause in which he believed with ardor and en- 
thusiasm. He is a member of the Masonic Or- 
der of Bar Harbor, and also a charter member 
of the Order of Red Men, also of Bar Harbor; 
Knights of Pythias, of Millbridge, Maine; the 
Royal Arch Masons, the Benevolent and Protec- 
tive Order of Elks; the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, and the Order of Maccabees, all of 
Augusta. His club is the Rotary, of Augusta. 

On December 19, 1897, at Millbridge, Maine 
William Gleason Bunker was united in marriage 
with Gertrude Roberts, daughter of Oscar B. 
and Belle (Foren) Roberts, both natives and 
life-long residents of that place, where Mr. Rob- 
erts is now engaged in business as a manufacturer 
of sails. Three children have been born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Bunker, as follows: Theodore R., and 
Roxie B., now pupils at the Cony High School, 
and Gladys J., now employed as a bookkeeper by 
the State Trust Company of Augusta. 


LESLIE LEE MASON—Among the success- 
ful figures in the industrial and business world of 
Maine is that of Leslie Lee Mason, who has come 
to be most closely identified with the affairs of 
Portland and now (1919) of South Paris, Maine. 
He springs from good old Maine stock, and is a 
son of Oliver Hale and Olive M. (Lee) Mason, 
old and highly honored residents of Bethel, 
Maine, where Mr. Mason, Sr., was engaged for 


80 HISTORY 
many years in the hardware business, and was 
one of the founders of the Bethel Savings Bank, 
in which he held the offices of treasurer and 
president successively. 

Leslie Lee Mason was a native of Bethel, born 
there, July 4, 1868. His childhood was spent in 
his native town, and he there gained the pre- 
liminary portion of his education in attendance at 
the local public schools. He later entered Gould’s 
Academy, and after graduation from this institu- 
tion took a commercial course in the Eastman 
Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. 
He then entered the industrial world and began 
the manufacture of dowels, which he has contin- 
ued uninterruptedly for twenty-seven years. In 
1904 he engaged in the manufacture of toys at- 
South Paris, continuing in the same at the pres- 
ent time, there having made his residence since 
June, 1917. His enterprises have been uniformly 
successful and he now occupies a position of 
importance and influence in the industrial world 
of Portland and South Paris. Besides his pri- 
vate business ventures, Mr. Mason is influential in 
the financial circles of his locality, and is a di- 
rector of the Forest City Trust Company and 
the Paris Trust Company of South Paris. He is 
a prominent citizen in the general life of the com- 
munity, and keenly interested in political issues 
of both local and national bearing. The demands 
made upon his time and energies, however, by 
the business enterprises with which he is con- 
nected, are of such a nature that he has been un- 
able to participate actively in public affairs, and 
he has never held political office of any kind. He 
is, however, a staunch supporter of the principles 
and policies of the Republican party, and fulfills 
adequately all the obligations of citizenship. He 
is affiliated with numerous organizations, social 
and fraternal, particularly those of the Masonic 
order. He is a member of Deering Lodge, Free 
and Accepted Masons; Oxford Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons; Council, Royal and Select 
Masters; St. Albans Commandery, Knights 
Templar; and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Or- 
der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a 
member of the Portland Club. In his religious 
belief Mr. Mason is a Universalist. 

Leslie Lee Mason married (first) October 17, 
1894, at Bethel, Maine, Maude E. Kimball, of 
Bangor, a daughter of John H. and Flora (Derry) 
Kimball, old and highly honored residents. Mr. 
Kimball still resides in Bangor, but Mrs. Kim- 
ball and Mrs. Mason are now deceased. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Mason two children were born, as fol- 
lows: Dorothea, born May 6, 1896, and Donald 


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Kimball, born January 24, 1903. Mr. Mason mar- 
ried (second) March 4, 1918, Lucia Colcord, of 
Portland. 

Mr. Mason’s life is an active one. He is typical 
of the energetic man of affairs, whose united 
labors have built up Maine’s industrial develop- 
ment. In him, as in this type so characteristic of 
‘Maine, this energy and industry is based upon a 
foundation of moral strength, which renders it 
doubly effective with the power forbearance al- 
ways gives. His honor and integrity are unim- 
peachable, his sense of justice sure, and his char- 
ity and tolerance broad and far-reaching. His 
successes are made permanent, founded as they 
are on the confidence of his associates, and he 
has built up for himself an enviable reputation 
among all classes of men. 


HENRY ALLEN APPLETON, deceased, 
whose death at Bangor, Maine, October 5, 1903, 
was felt as a severe loss by the entire commun- 
ity, occupied a distinguished place in the life of 
this city, and so acquitted himself in all the walks 
of life that he was justly regarded as a most valu- 
able citizen and as one of the representative 
business men and a leader of social life here. 
Mr. Appleton was widely esteemed for his kind- 
ness and liberality, while his genial tempera- 
ment and simple, unaffected manner endeared him 
to a large circle of personal friends. His deeds of 
charity, though performed in such a manner as 
to be known only to the recipient of his bounty, 
served during the course of his life to relieve and 
soften a great many cases of actual suffering 
and distress among the poor of the city, and his 
career may well be described as one of usefulness 
and benefit to mankind. 

Henry A. Appleton was born January 7, 1848, 
at Bangor, Maine, son of the Hon. John and Sarah 
N. (Allen) Appleton, and a grandson of Jonathan 
and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton, the latter 
residents of Ipswich, New Hampshire. Jonathan 
and Elizabeth (Peabody) Appleton were also par- 
ents of a daughter, Eliza, who became the wife 
of George Gibson, to whom she bore one child, 
Charles A. Gibson, late of Bangor. 

The Hon. John Appleton, father of Henry A. 
Appleton, was born at Ipswich, New Hampshire, 
July 12, 1804, and after completing his studies 
at Bowdoin College, from which he was gradu- 
ated with the class of 1822, he began a course of 
study in law with George F. Farley, of Gro- 
ton, Massachusetts. He later studied with the 
celebrated Nathan Dane Appleton, of Alfred, 
Maine, who was a relative of his, and was admit- 


Aenry A. Appleton 


BIOGRAPHICAL ay 


ted to the bar of his native State at Amherst, in 
1826. In the same year, however, he removed to 
Dixmont, Penobscot county, Maine, where he en- 
gaged in the practice of his profession. Shortly 
afterwards, however, he removed to Quebec, and 
six years later, in 1832, came to Bangor, where 
he formed a partnership with Elisha H. Allen, 
under the firm name of Allen & Appleton. This 
association was dissolved in 1841, when Mr. Allen 
was elected to a seat in the Federal Congress, Mr. 
Appleton then forming a partnership with John 
B. Hill, late of Bangor. In the same year Mr. 
Appleton was himself appointed reporter of de- 
cisions for the Supreme Judicial Court of the 
State, and served in that capacity for about one 
year, during which time he compiled and edited 
Volumes XIX and XX of the State report, now 
highly esteemed by his profession. On May 11, 
1852, he was appointed justice of the Supreme 
Judicial Court of Maine, and served on that body 
for many years, being re-appointed at the expi- 
ration of his first term. On October 24, 1862, 
upon the retirement of Chief Justice Tenney, he 
was elevated to that, the highest judicial position 
in the State, and was re-appointed to the same of- 
fice September 17, 1869, and again on September 
20, 1876. Justice Appleton assisted in compiling 
a treatise on “Evidence,” which was published in 
Philadelphia, in 1860, and had a wide circulation. 
He married (first) February 6, 1834, Sarah N. 
Allen, who died August 12, 1874. They were the 
parents of four sons, as follows: Colonel John 
F., deceased, an officer of the Civil War; Edward 
P., deceased; Frederick H., of Bangor, Maine, and 
Henry Allen, of whom further. Justice Apple- 
ton married (second) March 30, 1876, Anne V. 
Greeley. His death occured at Bangor, at an ad- 
vanced age. 

Henry Allen Appleton spent his entire life in 
his native city of Bangor, where he obtained an 
excellent education in the local public schools 
and the Bangor Academy. During his active 
business career he was identified with various 
lines of business, but took a more prominent in- 
terest in the land and lumber enterprises with 
which the majority of the old families in the 
State were identified than in any other. Because 
of his honorable business methods, his persever- 
ance and progressiveness, coupled with an abil- 
ity and judgment of a superior order, Mr. Apple- 
ton was enabled to build up a business which 
brought him large returns for the labor expended. 
He retired from active life several years prior to 
his death, being at that time regarded as one of 


this place. After his retirement Mr. Apple- 
ton devoted most of his time to promoting such 
measures and undertakings as were calculated 
to advance the general welfare and, whether in 
his capacity of business man or philanthropist, he 
was always found faithful to his associates and to 
the task in hand, never betraying a trust reposed 
in him. Mr. Appleton was an influential mem- 
ber of the Democratic party, and was a staunch 
supporter of its principles, in which he had the 
greatest faith. For many years he exerted a 
beneficient influence upon local affairs, but 
through his vote and through his voice, which 
was always a powerful one in the interests of 
of right. He was an active and influential mem- 
ber of the Tarratine Club. 

Henry Allen Appleton was united in marriage, 
March 14, 1878, with Maria S. Sanborn, the 
youngest daughter of the Hon. Abraham and 
Maria (Sawtelle) Sanborn. Mrs. Appleton was 
one of a family of five children, the others being 
as follows: Emily, deceased, who became the wife 
of General S. F. Hersey, now deceased; Helen, 
Richard, and Henry, the last two also deceased. 
Abraham Sanborn was born at Laconia, New 
Hampshire, and was prepared for college at the 
Bangor Academy. He later entered Waterville 
College (now Colby College) from which he was 
graduated with high honors, and then read law 
with Jacob McGraw, of Bangor. He was admit- 
ted to the bar of this State after a successful 
competitive examination, and established him- 
self in the active practice of his profession in that 
portion of Levant, later known as Kenduskeag. 
About the year 1840 he removed to Bangor, being 
the third attorney in that town, and rapidly be- 
came one of the leading members of the bar, and 
an eloquent and forceful advocate. He developed 
in course of time a large and representative clien- 
tele, the greater part of his work being carried 
on in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties. Al- 
though his time and attention were almost entire- 
ly devoted to his profession, he yet took an active 
interest in politics, and was chosen by his fel- 
low citizens to represent them in the State Legis- 
lature, serving on that body several times, and 
making a wide reputation for himself as a cap- 
able and disinterested public servant. 


JAMES WILEY PARKER—The more than 
half a century that Mr. Parker has spent in the 
lumber industry has witnessed his progress from a 
clerkship in one of the largest lumber concerns in 
the East to a conspicuous position in the lumber 


the most substantial and influential citizens oftrade as president of the St. John Lumber Com- 


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82 HISTORY OF MAINE 


pany, operating. the largest saw mill plant in New 
England and the largest shingle mill in the United 
States. His business headquarters are in Portland, 
where he is well known socially and fraternally, 
and where he is an active participant in all civic 
movements, and, as a supporter of Republican 
principles, interested in public affairs. 

James W. Parker is a son of John and Abbie 
(Brown) Parker, of Hampden, Maine, grandson of 
Nathaniel and Matilda (Young) Parker, and great- 
grandson of Chase Parker, of Buxton, Maine. 
Matilda (Young) Parker was a daughter of Cap- 
tain Young, of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, a sea cap- 
tain who sailed around the world. 

John Parker, son of Nathaniel, and father of 
James Wiley Parker, was a farmer of Hampden, a 
Baptist in religion, and a strong antagonist of 
slavery. His wife, Abbie Parker, was a daughter 
of David and Letitia (Hunter) Brown, of Clinton, 
Maine. David Brown was an explorer and expert 
lumberman, owning considerable timber land, fol- 
lowing lumbering all of his long life. John and 
Abbie (Brown) Parker were the parents of: James 
Wiley, of whom further; and Letitia, deceased. 

James Wiley Parker was born in Hampden, 
Maine, July 30, 1850. He attended the little red 
district school, afterwards Hampden Academy, for 
two terms in the fall of the year subsequently en- 
tering the Bangor Business College, whence he was 
graduated, March 10, 1869. His business career 
began October 109, 1869, when he became a clerk 
in the employ of the Berlin Mills Company, of 
Berlin, New Hampshire, the largest lumber con- 
cern in the East. He was advanced to the position 
of head clerk in 1872, also serving as paymaster, 
and in 1879 his abilities were recognized by his 
admission to the firm, which was then a partner- 
ship, and upon the incorporation of the business in 
1888 he became its vice-president. Two years after 
his admission to the firm, in 1881, he was placed in 
active charge of the business as local manager, and 
in 1886 his department became the woods opera- 
tions and log driving. In his various capacities 
with the Berlin Mills Company, Mr. Parker gained 
a knowledge and experienced valuable in the ex- 
treme and which stood him in good stead in his 
subsequent independent operations. He sold his 
interest in the corporation in 1896, then purchasing 
the controlling interest in the South Gardiner Lum- 
ber Company, on the Kennebec river, South Gardi- 
ner, Maine. In the following year Mr. Parker be- 
came the owner of the controlling interest in the 
Rufus Deering Company, lumber manufacturers, of 
Portland, and in 1902 he organized the St. John 
Lumber Company, building, at Van Buren, Maine, 


the largest saw mill plant in New England and the 
largest shingle mill in the United States. The 
plant of this company has a daily capacity of two 
hundred and fifty thousand feet of long lumber, one 
hundred an dsixty thousand laths, and five hundred 
and fifty thousand cedar shingles. Mr. Parker is 
a leading figure in lumber dealings and operations 
in Maine and is an authority in his line, equally 
well versed in the practical side of lumber as he 
is in the financial and executive direction of the 
important concerns he controls. 

Mr. Parker has had extensive shipping interests, 
scme of which he retains at the present time. He 
made a departure from the lumber business in 
1898, when he organized Parker & Thomes Com- 
pany, wholesale dealers in dry goods and fancy 
goods throughout all of New England. He is 
president of the United States Trust Company, and 
a trustee of the Portland Savings Bank. He belongs 
to lodge, chapter, and commandery in the Masonic 
order, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias. 
He is (1919) president of the Portland Club and 
a member of the Portland Country Club. 

Mr. Parker married, at Gorham, New Hampshire, 
March 15, 1875, Elizabeth Tasker Jewell, of Bangor, 
Maine, daughter of William and Emily (Bates) 
Jewell. They are the parents of Walter Brown 
Parker, born March 31, 1882, a graduate of the 
Portland High School, associated with his father 
in business. 


ARTHUR OWEN WHITE—Among the 
prominent and successful business men of Lisbon 
Falls, Maine, is Arthur Owen White, a member of 
an old and distinguished family, and descended on 
the paternal side of the house from Irish ancestors, 
while on his mother’s side his descendants can be 
traced back to the famous “Mayflower.” His 
father, Owen White, was born at Bowdoin, Maine, 
September 20, 1828, and was one of the “forty- 
niners,”’ having spent ten years in the West, after 
which period he returned to Litchfield, in his native 
State, where he followed the occupation of farming 
all his life. He conducted the Lisbon town farm 
for ten and a half years and engaged in many 
other similar occupations connected with farm life. 
He was a very prominent and successful man, and 
a highly respected and intelligent citizen. He mar- 
ried Mary Jane Flanders, who was born in Rich- 
mond, Virginia, a member of a distinguished Vir- 
ginian family. Owen White died at Lisbon Falls, 
in 1900, and his wife three years prior, in the same 
town. They were the parents of three children, 
all of whom are now living, as follows: 1. Mar- 
garet Lucy, who is now the wife of Frank C. 


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Coombs, of Lisbon, and the mother of three 
children: Frank, Robert and Jennie. 2. Dexter 
Smith, a resident of East Auburn, where he con- 
ducts a prosperous farm. 3. Arthur Owen, of 
whom further. 

Born September 17, 1871, Arthur Owen White, 
a son of Owen and Mary Jane (Flanders) White, 
had but little association with his native birthplace, 
Litchfield Corners, Kennebec county, Maine, but at 
the age of seven removed with his parents to Lis- 
bon, a picturesque town of the “Pine Tree State.” 
It was here that he attended the local public 
schools, and later graduated from the high school 
of the region, during which time he had established 
a record for probity and scholarship. He then 
matriculated at Grey’s Business College of Port- 
land, Maine, and in 1889 completed a thorough 
course of general business training. He obtained 
a position with the Tibbetts Manufacturing Com- 
pany in the capacity of bookkeeper, and remained 
with this establishment for a period of about two 
years. However, Mr. White did not find this place 
one which lived up to the ideals which he had set 
for himself, and his next step was to associate him- 
self with S. E. King, of Welchville, Maine, where 
he remained for one year, and at the end of this 
time secured a position in a grocery store at Win- 
throp, Maine. He subsequently came to Lisbon 
Falls, in 1893, having received an offer from a Lis- 
bon Falls store to take charge of the meat depart- 
ment there. With this concern he remained for 
nine years, at the end of which period he had saved 
up enough capital to cherish his life-long ambition, 
that is, to some day become the proprietor of a 
store of his own. With this end in view, Mr. 
White, in 1904, started a grocery and meat store of 
his own, this being the same establishment that he 
is at present conducting on Main street, Lisbon 
Falls, Maine. Here Mr. White conducts a suc- 
cessful business, and, in fact, one of the largest 
of its kind in that region of the State. 

Tt is not only in the business life of Lisbon Falls 
that Mr. White takes so prominent a part. In 
1906 he was elected on the staff of the board of 
selectmen, and served in this capacity for about 
three years. In 1909 he was elected chairman of 
this board, a post which he still holds, having 
served on the board of selectmen for twelve years 
in all, the last nine years as chairman. Mr. White 
is a devotee of out-door sports in general, and is 
what is called a “baseball fan,’ having played on 
a team while a young man. He is an athlete of 
some note ,and takes a keen interest in all sorts 
of athletic sports. He is identifed with a number 
of important clubs in the region, being a prominent 


Mason, a member of the (Order of Red Men, of 
the Foresters, and of the Order of the Eastern 
Star, in the latter organization of which he was 
patron for four years. Mr. White is also a mem- 
ber of the Grangers, and is now serving his sec- 
ond year as master. 

In 1891, at Lewiston, Maine, Arthur Owen White 
married Gertrude A. Webber, a native of Lisbon 
Center, Maine, where she was born September 15, 
1872, a daughter of Alfred C. and Beulah (Lan- 
caster) Webber. Mr. Webber was the postmaster 
of Lisbon for a number of years, a position which 
he held up to the time of his death. To Mr. and 
Mrs. White the following children have been born: 
1. Florence M., born January 6, 1892, and died Oc- 
tober 28, 1909; she had just graduated from the 
Lisbon Falls High School with the highest rank 
of any pupil up to that time, having attained .an 
average of ninety-six percent. 2. Alva Leslie, born 
April 21, 1894, and now assists his father in his 
business. 3. Freeman Owen, born May 7, i806, 
and works in the paper mills here, but has enlisted 
in the Nelson Dingley Heavy Artillery. 4. Alfred 
Carlton, born May 14, 18098, and is now a member 
of the class of 1918 in the high school at Lisbon 
Falls. 


DAVID RAE CAMPBELL—David Rae Camp- 
bell, who for many years had been one of the most 
conspicuous figures in the industrial life of Dexter 
and Sangerville, Maine, where he has been inti- 
mately identified with the development of the 
woolen industry, is a native of Scotland, having 
been born in the city of Glasgow in that country, 
July 30, 1830. He passed his childhood and early 
youth in his native land, and received his educa- 
tion at the local and public schools there. Upon 
completing his studies. at these institutions, Mr. 
Campbell served a seven year apprenticeship in the 
woolen mills of Scotland and learned in that ex- 
cellent school every detail of the manufacture of 
these goods. At the expiration of that time, be- 
lieving that a greater opportunity awaited him in 
the new world, he came to the United States and 
here engaged in the woolen manufacturing busi- 
ness. Indeed he was one of those who contributed 
most largely to the building up of this most im- 
portant industry in Maine, and became afhliated 
with a number of the largest concerns in this region. 
He was president of the Campbell Manufacturing 
Company of Sangerville, Maine, of the Dunbarton 
Woolen Company, of Dexter, Maine, in which 
position he had been succeeded by his son, Angus 
Osgood Campbell, and of the Niantic Manufactur- 
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84 HISTORY OF MAINE 


many years he was regarded as an authority on 
woolen goods, and is one of the most capable 
organizers and _ efficient executives hereabouts. 
Mr. Campbell, upon coming to this country, be- 
came a citizen thereof and affiliated himself with 
the Republican party, of which he has always been 
a staunch supporter. Concerned as he was, how- 
ever, with the large interests that he was develop: 
ing, he was quite without ambition for political 
preferment of any kind, and although a prominent 
figure in the general life of the community refused 
to accept any public office. He is a member of 
the Maine Woolen Manufacturers Club, and has 
always devoted much time and energy to the im- 
provement of the conditions surrounding this in- 
dustry in America. In his religious belief Mr. 
Campbell is a Methodist and for many years has 
attended Campbell Memorial Church of that de- 
nomination at Sangerville, Maine. 

David Rae Campbell married (first), in the year 
1858, at Amesbury, Massachusetts, Betsey S. 
Springer, deceased. Two children were born of 
this union, as follows: Angus Osgood, January 
25, 1860, whose sketch follows; and Willie A., born 
January 23, 1862. Mr. Campbell married (second), 
in the year 1868, at Dexter, Maine, Eleanor (Ellen) 
(Lovejoy) Curtis, by whom he had three children, 
as follows: Grace E., born July 28, 1869; David 
O., born in 1874, and Louisa E., born in 1878. 


ANGUS OSGOOD CAMPBELL.—One of the 
prominent figures in the industrial life of Dexter 
and Sangerville, Maine, and an influential citizen 
of that community is Angus Osgood Campbell, a 
member of an old and distinguished New England 
family of Scotish origin, and a son of David Rae 
and Betsey S. (Springer) Campbell, who for many 
years resided at this place. 

Angus Osgood Campbell was born at Dexter; 
January 25, 1860, and as a lad attended the local 
public schools. He was graduated from the Dex- 
ter High School, and later took a commercial 
course at the Eastman Business College at Pough- 
keepsie, New York. Having thus prepared him- 
self for a business career, Mr. Campbell, follow- 
ing in the footsteps of his father, became inter- 
ested in the manufacture of woolen goods and 
has remained in that line ever since. Mr. Camp- 
bell has met with a notable success as a woolen 
manufacturer, and at the present time holds the 
office of president of the Dumbarton Woolen Com- 
pany of Dexter, Maine. He is also clerk of the 
Niantic Manufacturing Company of East Lyme, 
Connecticut, and is prominent in industrial circles 
in both states. Mr. Campbell has not confined 


his activities to the manufacture of woolen goods, 
however, but has become interested in financial 
operations in this region and.is now a director of 
the Dexter Trust and Banking Company of this 
tewn. Mr. Campbell has always been a staunch 
supporter of the principles and policies of the 
Republican party, and has been elected to a num- 
ber of important public offices on its ticket. He 
has served as selectman and treasurer of the town, 
and in 1907 and 1908 was a member of the Gover- 
nor’s Council. Mr. Campbell is also a prominent 
figure in social and fraternal circles hereabouts, 
and is a member of Abner Wade Lodge, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons; Piscataquis Chapter, 
Royal Arch Masons; Bangor Council, Royal and 
Select Masters; and St. John’s Commandery, 
Knights Templar, having taken his thirty-second 
degree in Free Masonary. He is also affiliated 
with the local lodges of the Benevolent and Pro- 
tected Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias. 
His clubs are the Tarratine of Bangor, and the 
Piscataquis of Foxcroft, Maine. 

Angus Osgood Campbell was united in marriage, 
September 15, 1882, at Guilford, Maine, with Bertha 
Alice Wade, a daughter of Abner P. and Sarah 
(Ayer) Wade, old and highly-respected residents 
of that place. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell one son 
has been born, Angus Wade, February 14, 1884, 
now a lieutenant in the American Red Cross and 
in active duty overseas. 


DAVID OSGOOD CAMPBELL—Among the 
prominent figures in the industrial life of Sanger- 
ville, Maine, with whose affairs he has been actively 
identified for many years, is David Osgood Camp- 
bell, who now lives retired from active life at 
Sangerville. Mr. Campbell is a son of David Rae 
and Eleanor (Ellen) (Lovejoy) Campbell, and a 
member of an old Maine family. His father, like 
himself, was active in the industrial life of the 
community, and was engaged in the manufacture 
of woolen goods for many years in this region. 

David Osgood Campbell was born at Sangerville, 
July 28, 1874, and as a lad attended the common 
schools of his native town. Later he entered the 
East Maine Conference Seminary, | Bucksport, 
Maine, from which he graduated, class of 1801. 
After completing his studies at the latter institu- 
tion, Mr. Campbell began his successful career, 
and became treasurer of the firm of D. R. Camp- 
bell & Sons, woolen manufacturers, at Sangerville, 
of which his father was the head. Later this con- 
cern was incorporated under the name of the Camp- 
bell Manufacturing Company, and David Osgood 
Campbell remained treasurer thereof for several 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 85 


years, the last two years as general manager, also 
was a director in the business until it was sold to 
the Dumbarton Mills Company. He then was 
elected director of the new company, also, for a 
few years, secretary. Mr. Campbell early became 
interested in western affairs, and for a time made 
his home at Seattle, Washington, where he came 
as assistant treasurer and a director of the Seattle 
& Yukon Steamship Company. He was also con- 
nected in the capacity of manager with the steam- 
ship Elishu Thompson of San Francisco and 
Seattle. After two years in that region, Mr. Camp- 
bell returned to the East, and was for a time a 
director of the Guilford Trust Company, of Guil- 
ford, Maine. Since that time, however, he has 
withdrawn from these various business interests 
and now enjoys a well-earned leisure. Mr. Camp- 
bell is a Republican in politics, and although much 
interested in all questions and issues of the day, 
has never been ambitions to hold public office. He 
is exceedingly active in social and fraternal circles 
here, and is a member of various orders and as- 
sociations, among which should be mentioned: the 
Knights of Pythias, in which he has been through 
all the chairs, and was at one time chancellor of 
Sir Godfrey Lodge, of Sangerville, and is now 
past chancellor thereof; the Abner Wade. Lodge, 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of Sanger- 
ville; Piscataquis Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of 
Dover, Maine; and Court Kinhoe, Independent 
Order of Foresters, of Sangerville. ._ Mr. Camp- 


bell is also a member of the Tarrantine Club, of 


Bangor, Maine, also being reélected to membership 
in the National Geographic Society, of Washing- 
ton, D. C., and is active in the life of. all these 
associations. While not a formal member of any 
church, Mr. Campbell attends the Methodist Episco- 
pal church (Campbell Memorial Church) of San- 


gerville, Maine, and is exceedingly liberal in his _ 


support of the same. 

David Osgood Campbell married (first) Septem- 
ber 25, 1900, Virginia M. Ring, now deceased, of 
Orono, Maine, a daughter of Charles B..and Ab- 
bie Ring, both deceased. Mr. Campbell married 
(second) Mrs. Genevieve (West) Collins, of 
Franklin, Maine;-a daughter of Hon. Joseph H. 
and Mary (Brackett) West, of that place. One 
child was born to Mr. Campbell by his first mar- 
riage, David Rae Campbell, born November 7, 
Igor. 


ARTHUR E. BAKER was born in Beaver 
Falls, Lewis county, New York, September 20, 1877. 
After completing his course of study in the public 
schools of Potsdam, New York, he turned his at- 


tention to business pursuits, familiarizing himself 
with the details of the construction business, which 
line of work he followed until the year 1906, 
achieving a large degree of success therein. In the 
following year he took up his residence in Bidde- 
ford, Maine, and there engaged in the hardware 
business, and after the death of his father-in-law, 
Carlos Heard, which occurred July 31, 1917, he 
assumed charge of his hardware business and so 
contiues, a well merited success attending his 
efforts. Mr. Baker is a director of the Pepperell 
Trust Company, the duties of which he performs 
in an efficient manner. He holds membership in 
Dunlap Lodge, No. 47, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons; York Chapter, No. 5, Royal Arch Masons; 
Maine Council, Royal and Select Masters; Brad- 
ford Commandery, No. 4, Knights Templar; Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine; Ada Chapter, Order of the Eastern 
Star and the Odd Fellows. 

Mr. Baker married, December 12, 1906, Edna 
Heard, daughter of Carlos and Harriet A. (Lunt) 
Heard, and they are the parents of two children: 
Carlos, born May 6, 1909, and Harriet Anita, born 
February 25, Igri. 

Carlos Heard, father of Edna (Heard) Baker, 
was born in Porter, Oxford county, Maine, July 
26, 1844, the son of James and Eunice (McKenney) 
Heard. He was reared in his native town, and 
educated in the common schools thereof, thus ob- 
taining a practical education. In 1865 he removed 
to Biddeford, Maine, and six years later, in com- 
pany with the late Simeon P. McKenney, pur- — 
chased the hardware establishment of Barnabas E. 
Cutter & Son, then and for years afterwards located 
in the old City building. The. legal papers trans- 
ferring this business were of date June 8, 1871, 
and the firm of McKenney & Heard continued 
until the death of its senior member, after which 
Mr. Heard conducted it on his own account. In 


“1804 the City building was destroyed by fire, but 


with characteristic energy, Mr. Heard quickly re- 
moved what was left of his stock, and, adding to 
it, opened a new store in the Quinby & Sweetser 
block, and within a very short period of time was 
again conducting business as usual. In the fol- 
lowing year, 1895, Mr. Heard completed the erec- 
tion of the three-story brick building known as 
the Heard block, on Main street, where, under the 
old name of McKenney & Heard, he conducted 
business until his death. By this time the trade 
of the concern had made great strides, both in 
the retail and jobbing lines, and its customers were 
found in all parts of York county. From the oc- 
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86 HISTORY OF MAINE 


in the old City building, the house now has nine 
thousand square feet or nearly one-fourth of an 
acre of floor space, making it one of the largest 
concerns of its kind in this section of the State. 
Mr. Heard was fortunate in having as assistants 
men of his own choosing, who worked side by 
side with him and grew up with the business, Mr. 
Tristram Hanson having been associated with him 
from almost the beginning of the business, Mr. 
Waterhouse for many years, and Mr. Baker, his 
son-in-law, who has been connected with the busi- 
ness for many years. In addition to the manage- 
ment of his immense business, Mr. Heard served 
as president of the Biddeford Savings Bank, as 
director of the Biddeford & Saco Railroad Com- 
pany, and in local financial circles his knowledge 
and judgment were rated high and he was often 
consulted by those having funds to be invested. 
He had been a close student for many years of 
financial problems, and there was perhaps no man 
i the community better posted as to the earning 
power and real and prospective value of securities. 
His particular hobby in this line was mill stocks, he 
keeping close track of what the leading cotton mill 
corporations of New England were doing. He 
could tell, off-hand, the surplus of a given con- 
cern, its approximate earnings, its rate of divi- 
dends, its general physical condition. 

Mr. Heard was a Democrat in politics. In 1877 
he was elected an alderman, and was reelected in 
1878 and 1870, serving as presiding officer of the 
board in the last mentioned year. He represented 
Biddeford in the Legislature in 1879 and 1880; 
was an assessor of taxes from 1883 to 1890, in- 
clusive; street commissioner in 1885-1886, and in 
1896 was the first nominee of the Citizens’ party 
for mayor. His administration was so successful 
that he was reelected in the following year without 
a struggle and by a largely increased majority. He 
was the first non-partisan mayor ever chosen in 
Biddeford. For some time, after the retirement 
of Hon. John M. Goodwin, Mr. Heard was presi- 
dent of the Citizens’ Association. Although hold- 
ing no office in recent years and considering him- 
self as out of active politics, Mr. Heard was to 
the last greatly interested in public affairs and was 
a staunch supporter and great admirer of Presi- 
dent Wilson. Mr. Heard also served as president 
of the McArthur Library Association. 

Mr. Heard married, September 30, 1874, Harriet 
A. Lunt, now deceased, daughter of Cyrus K. and 
Harriet (Graves) Lunt, and sister of the late Hon. 
Wilbur F. Lunt. Three children were born of this 
marriage: Carlos Clayton, of whom further; 
Ethel, married, May 15, 1918, John Fred Hill, of 


Kennebunkport, Maine; Edna, aforementioned as 
the wife of Arthur E. Baker. 

Mr. Heard passed away at his summer home on 
South Point, Biddeford Pool, July 31, 1917, and 
interment was in the family plot in Laurel Hill 
Cemetery. Mr. Heard was a lineal descendant of 
John Heard, who came from England in 1636 and 
settled in what is now Dover, New Hampshire. 

Carlos Clayton Heard, only son of Carlos and 
Harriet A. (Lunt) Heard, was born in Biddeford, 
Maine, July 5, 1875. He attended the public schools 
of Biddeford, graduating from its high school, and 
then entered Yale College, from which he also 
graduated. The following two years were spent 
in the wholesale and retail hardware business in 
his native town, and in 1808 he took up the study 
of law with Nathaniel B. Walker (LL.B., 1877), 
and was admitted to the bar in 1901. He was for 
a long time associated with Mr. Walker in prac- 
tice, under the name of Heard & Walker, but for 
several years had practiced independently. He was 
counsel for the Biddeford Savings Bank, of which 
his father was president, and local counsel for sev- 
eral large companies. In 1914 he was elected city 
solicitor of Biddeford on the Democratic ticket, 
and held that office until his death. He served for 
nearly sixteen years, beginning March, 1899, as a 
member of the Board of Assessors of Taxes, for 
ten years being chairman of the board. In 1900 
he was chosen secretary of the Citizens’ Executive 
Committee, and served in that capacity for one 
year. He was a member of the York County Bar 
Association, was president of the Association of 
the Descendants of John Heard, was prominent in 
the Masonic order, and attended the Foss Street 
Methodist Church of Biddeford. In 1908 he re- 
ceived from the University of Maine the degree 
of LL.M. 

Mr. Heard married, in Biddeford, July 15, 1903, 
Mrs. Isabella Falconer (Paterson) Bardsley, of 
Saco, Maine, daughter of George F. and Jeannette 
(MacGregor) Paterson, and widow of William 
T. Bardsley. The death of Mr. Heard occurred in 
Biddeford, January 31, 1915, and his remains were 
interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery at Saco. 


WILBUR FISK DRESSER is a member of 
those fine old families rare perhaps in other lands, 
but which abound in the history of our own, which 
seem to combine within itself the virture at once 
of an aristocracy and a democracy, the graces of 
the former with the strong moral fiber of the lat- 
ter. Mr. Dresser’s ancestors were among the early 
pioneers of Scarboro, Maine, where indeed his 
great-great-uncle, Henry Dresser was killed by the 


BIOGRAPHICAL 87 


Indians. His great-grandfather, Richard Dresser, 
escaped the massacre and continued to live in Scar- 
boro during his entire life and it was here that 
Wentworth Dresser, son of Richard and father 
of Josiah Carter Dresser, the father of the Mr. 
Dresser of this sketch, was born. Mr. Josiah Carter 
Dresser, born in 1817, made his home in Scarboro, 
and there died in 1868 at the age of fifty-one years. 
He married Lydia W. Junkins, a native of York, 
Maine, and they were the parents of three children 
as follows: Wilbur Fisk, with whose career, we 
are particularly concerned; Melville W., who died 
at the age of thirty years, an event which cut 
short a career which promised most brilliantly; 
and Emma N., who died when but eighteen years 
of age. 

Wilbur Fisk Dresser was born August 8, 1848, 
at Scarboro, Maine. His education was received at 
the public schools, and upon completing this he 
began his active life by following in his father’s 
footsteps and taking up farming as an occupation. 
He was very successful in this line and continued 
in Scarboro until he had reached the age of fifty 
years. In 1898 he came to South Portland, which 
has been his home and the scene of his busy and 
active career. While still a resident of Scarboro, 
Mr. Dresser had supplemented his farming opera- 
tions by conducting a general store in the town 
and he also held the office of postmaster there 
during the administration of President Cleveland. 
Upon coming to South Portland he engaged in 
the real estate business, establishing an office at 
No. 80. Exchange street, where he has made his 
headquarters for twenty-two years. He has been 
highly successful in this line of business and is 
now regarded as one of the typical, substantial 
business men of the city. He is the owner of a 
very handsome residence in South Portland. In 
the year 1915, Mr. Dresser was appointed to the 
office of State assessor by Governor Curtis and 
stil! holds that responsible position and devotes 
almost his entire time and attention to its extremely 
onerous tasks and duties. In the meantime, his sons 
are carrying on the real estate business with ad- 
mirable efficiency and success. Mr. Dresser has 
held many other important offices in the gift of 
his fellow citizens of South Portland: He is a 
Democrat in politics and has served as alderman 
of the city, while in the years 1911 and 1913 he 
was elected to represent the community in the 
State Legislature and served on that body for two 
terms. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias. 
In religion Mr. Dresser is a Methodist. 

On June 18, 1878, Mr. Dresser was married at 


Scarboro, Maine, to Sara McLaughlin of that 
town. Mrs. Dresser is a daughter of William and 
Catherine (Mitchell) McLaughlin, both of whom 
are now deceased, her father dying in 1880 at 
Scarboro and her mother in South Portland in 
ro1t. To Mr. and Mrs. Dresser five children have 
been born as follows: Ira H., who married a 
Mildred Grover, and is now engaged in a trucking 
business in Portland, Maine; William \WV., who is 
associated with his father in his real estate business 
and who married Edith A. Skillin; Perley C. 
Dresser, who married Alice A. Barbour; Leon W., 
who resides in Portland and now holds the post 
of receiving teller in the Chapman National Bank, 
matried Phyllis Trefethan; Helen M., who makes 
her home with her father, and is at the present 
time a student in the South Portland High School, 
Mrs. Sara Dresser passed away October 10, 1017. 

There is of course, no such thing as a formula 
for success, one man accomplishing his ends by 
means that seem the opposite of those which are 
employed by others. One’s strength seems to lie 
in self advertisement, and to make progress he 
must call to himself and claim the admiration and 
wonder of those he uses as his instruments, while 
with another, silence appears as essential as does 
noise with the first. There are, of course, a 
thousand variations to each of these general classi- 
fications, and we distinguish readily between him 
who needs silence and obscurity for his deeds and 
him who prefers them merely as the result of a 
medest and retiring nature. Perhaps we should 
refer to the latter class the subject of this article, 
Mr. Dresser, a man who does not try to proclaim his 
own merits, who is so assured that “good wine needs 
no bush” that he concerns himself solely with the 
performances of all his engagements in the very 
fullest sense of the term. The result fully justifies 
him in his policy: His success is great and no 
wide system of advertisement could have resulted 
in a more enviable reputation or an achievement 
more substantial One of Mr. Dresser’s strongest 
feelings is the domestic one and it is in the familiar 
intercourse of his family that he really takes the 
greatest delight. His mind never wearies of ways 
and means of increasing the happiness and pleasure 
of those who make up his household and in whose 
innocent delights he joins with a gusto and an 
enthusiasm that is infectious. This is a side of 
his character with which only the more intimate 
of his associates are entirely familiar, but there are 
none, even among the most casual acquaintances 
who do not realize the fundamental trustworthiness 
of his character, the high-minded citizen, the good 
neighbor, the true friend. 


8S HISTORY OF MAINE 


EDGAR LLEWELLYN PENNELL, M.D.— 
Not only residents of Auburn but many far be- 
yond its limits will recognize Dr. Pennell’s name 
as that of one of the physicians who have chosen 
to devote themselves to the treatment of diseases 
of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Although Dr. 
Pennell has practiced in Auburn only a few 
years, he has achieved a measure of success which 
promises well for the future. 

Jeremiah Pennell, father of Dr. Edgar Llewel- 
lyn Pennell, was born in Gray, Maine, and fol- 
lowed agricultural pursuits. He was a Demo- 
crat and filled successively all the important po- 
litical offices of a small town. Mr. Pennell mar- 
ried Elizabeth Doughty, and their children were: 
1. Walter J., a physician of Auburn, Maine, now 
deceased. 2. Fannie, wife of William McConkey, 
of Gray. 3. Clara, wife of William Dow, of Gray. 
4. George H., of Portland, Maine. 5. Edgar 
Llewellyn, mentioned below. 6. Cora B. True, 
graduate of Bates College, class of 1894, now 
secretary for her brother, George H. Pennell, on 
City Farm of Portland. 7. Steven R., a hardware 
merchant and contractor of Rumford, Maine. 8. 
Harriet, wife of William Ross, of North Yar- 
mouth, Maine. 9. Percy, a machinist of Saco, 
Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Pennell are now both de- 
ceased. The former appears to have been de- 
scended from the Rev. John Pinel, who came to 
America from Normandy or, from Thomas, of the 
same name, who settled at an earlier period in 
Gloucester, Massachusetts. 

Dr. Edgar Llewellyn Pennell, son of Jeremiah 
and Elizabeth (Doughty) Pennell, was born 
January 31, 1869, at Gray, Maine, and until reach- 
ing the age of fifteen attended the schools of 
his native town. He then entered the Nichols 
Latin School at Lewiston, graduating in 1880, 
and matriculating at Bates College, from which 
institution he graduated in 1893. For one year 
thereafter he taught the grammar school at East- 
port, Maine, and in 1894 became principal of the 
Greely Academy, retaining the position until 
1898. During these changes the young man did 
not lose sight of his ultimate goal, which was 
that of the profession of medicine. Resigning his 
position as principal of the Greely Academy, he 
entered Bowdoin Medical School, graduating in 
1901 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, and 
at once entering upon the practice of his profes- 
sion at Kingfield, Maine. The twelve succeeding 
years brought a fair measure of accomplishment 
and much experience, but Dr. Pennell was am- 
bitious and after his removal to Auburn. in 1973, 
took a post-graduate course at Bellevue Medical 


College, New York, supplementing this by a 
second course at the same institution. The sub- 
ject of his study was ailments of the eye, ear, 
nose and throat. He has since practiced as a 
specialist in this branch of his profession and 
has met with gratifying results. In public af- 
fairs Dr. Pennell has always taken an active in- 
terest, but has never been induced to accept any 
office with the exception of that of school direc- 
tor, which he held while living in Kingfield. He 
is a thirty-second degree Mason, member of Kora 
Temple, Mystic Shrine, and also affiliates with the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the 
Independent Order of 'Odd Fellows. His only club 
is the Waseca. He and his family are members 
of the Methodist Episcopal church. 

Dr. Pennell married (first) in 1892, at North 

Conway, New Hampshire, May B. Goff, and they 
became the parents of two children: 1. Walter J., 
graduated in 1913 from Bates College, and in 
1917 from Harvard Medical School, and is now 
first lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the Uni- 
ted States Navy. 2. Gladys May, graduate of the 
Edward Little High School, post-graduate of 
Bates College, and now a pianist of standing. The 
mother of these children died in 1896, and in 1901 
Dr. Pennell married (second) Annie E. Watson, 
born at Caribou, Maine, a graduate nurse from 
the Maine General Hospital, Portland, in t1gor. 
Dr. and Mrs. Pennell are the parents of one child, 
Edgar Llewellyn, Jr., born April 8, 1914. 
' As a general practitioner, Dr. Pennell was suc- 
cessful, but in his new field, that of diseases of 
the eye, ear, nose, throat and skin, he will un- 
doubtedly achieve more marked distinction. Hr 
shows himself to be a wise man in that he does 
not neglect the social, sporting, out-door side of 
life, nor has he ever done so. While a student 
at Bates College he was a member of the base- 
ball team, and now, in his maturer years, it 
would be no exaggeration to say that if he has a 
hobby it is hunting and fishing. 


CHARLES COBB HARMON —The business 
annals of Portland, Maine, contain the names of 
many capable and successful men but none wor- 
thy of more respect and honor than that of 
Charles Cobb Harmon, the prominent merchant 
of that place. Mr. Harmon is a member of an old 
and well known Maine family, and a son of Zeb- 
ulon King Harmon, who was born at Durham, 
Maine, November 10, 1816, and died at the age of 
seventy-nine years. 

Charles Cobb Harmon was born November 
8, 1846, at Portland, and has made that city his 


BIOGRAPHICAL 89 


home and the scene of his active business life. It 
was at Portland that he received his education, 
attending for this purpose the public schools. Im- 
mediately upon completing his studies, he se- 
cured a clerical position with the firm of Davis 
Brothers, who dealt largely in books, and there 
remained for a period of some three years. After 
leaving Davis Brothers Mr. Harmon was em- 
ployed for a similar period with Bailey & Noyes, 
the successful dealers, and then formed an asso- 
ciation with George B. Loring and engaged in the 
business under the name of Loring, Short & Har- 
mon. This firm was organized November 2, 
1868, and from that time to the present (1917) 
has conducted a most successful business in Port- 
land and enjoys a reputation for honorable deal- 
ing and progressive business methods second to 
none. It was for a time located under the Fal- 
mouth Hotel, but after fourteen years of success 
at this place it moved to its present location at 
No. 474 Congress street, and it has been estab- 
lished in all for forty-nine years. Of this con- 
cern Mr. Harmon is now president, and its great 
prosperity is due in no small degree to his busi- 
ness talents and executive ability. Besides his 
successful business career, Mr. Harmon is promi- 
nent in many other aspects of the city’s life, and 
is a well known figure in social and fraternal cir- 
cles there. He is a prominent Mason and takes 
a keen interest in the work and welfare of this 
great order. In his religious belief Mr. Harmon 
is a Congregationalist and attends the State 
Street Church of that denomination, in the life 
of which he is very active. 

Mr. Harmon married (first) in 1879, Alice D. 
Dana, whose death occurred in the month of No- 
vember, 1886. Of this union three children were 
born, as follows: Carrie Starr, now the wife of 
Edward A. Shaw, treasurer of the company of 
which Mr. Harmon is president; Charles Dana, 
who makes his home at Saratoga, California; and 
Harriet Borden, who resides with her parents in 
Portland. Mr. Harmon married (second) in Sep- 
tember, 1901, Isabella Tyler Clark. 

Success in life is the fruit of so many diverse 
conditions and circumstances, so opposed, it of- 
ten seems to us that one may well be tempted to 
despair of finding any rule and criterion of the 
qualities which contributes to its achievements. 
There is one thing of which we may rest assured, 
however, and that is that despite appearances real 
success, success honestly worth counting as such, 
is never the result of fortuitous elements in the 
environment, but must depend upon some in- 
trinsic quality of the man himself. Admitting 


this, however, and we still have a field, wide 
enough in all conscience, from which to select 
the possible factors of success and he is wise in- 
deed who can adequately do so. It may be said 
in a general way that the qualities that make for 
success can be grouped as the result of native tal- 
ent on the one hand and of high education and 
training on the other. Nor is this, as it seems at 
first sight in controversion of the former propo- 
sition that true success must depend upon the indi- 
vidual himself, for high education and training 
itself is only attainable by those able to master it. 
If we look about us we shall see successes in 
great numbers depending on both of these situ- 
ations, some won by nothing but quick wits and 
cleverness and others the result of special train- 
ing without any apparent gift beyond the average 
as a foundation. It is where these two elements 
are found in combination, however, that the most 
brilliant results follow, such as in the case of Mr. 
Harmon. 


FRED G. HAMILTON—With the blood of 
many worthy ancestors in his veins, Mr. Hamil- 
ton takes place among the industrious and suc- 
cessful business men of Portland. From Scotland, 
whose sombre climate and rugged hills have de- 
veloped one of the most energetic, industrious 
and thrifty nations on the globe, have come to 
these shores a people who, wherever found, have 
been a credit and a help to the community where 
they dwell. A colony settled in Londonderry, 
New Hampshire, and at a critical time contributed 
largely to the victory of the patriot arms of Ben- 
nington and the subsequent capture of Burgoyne. 
Other Scots settled in Maine and their descend- 
ants now constitute a considerable proportion of 
some of the thrifty towns of the coast region. 
Among these are many worthy citizens of Che- 
beague Island, whose progenitor was Ambrose 
Hamilton, who came from Scotland to the Prov- 
ince of Maine with his wife, Betsy (Franzy) 
Hamilton, from Ganzy. He had sons: Ambrose, 
of whom further; Roland, settled on Cousin’s Is- 
land; and John, settled on Walnut Hill. 

Ambrose Hamilton, eldest son of Ambrose 
and Betsy (Franzy) Hamilton, settled on Che- 
beague about 1760, being the third permanent set- 
tler on the island. He married Deborah Soule 
and had fourteen children and seventy-one grand- 
children. All his children lived to be about 
ninety years of age, and some to even a greater 
age. They were: Betsy, Ann, John, Ambrose, 
Deborah, Jane, Jonathan, Roland, Dorcas, James, 
Reuben, Lydia, Lemuel and Lucy. 


90 HISTORY OF MAINE 


James Hamilton, fifth son of Ambrose and 
Deborah (Soule) Hamilton, was born on Che- 
beague Island, and lived and died there. The 
Christian name of his wife was Mary, and their 
children were: James, Isaac, John, Mary, Benja- 
min, Reuben, Simeon, Sarah, Eliza, Rebecca and 
Sophronia. 

Benjamin Hamilton, fourth son of James and 
Mary Hamilton, was born September, 1811, on 
Chebeague, and died there in 1844. He fol- 
lowed the occupation of farmer and fisherman at 
Chebeague, where he resided thirty-three years. 
He married, in 1830, Eliza Ross, born 1812, in 
Cumberland, daughter of John and Dorcas Ross. 
Children: John R., Caroline A., Benjamin, Henry 
O., Royal T. 

Henry O. Hamilton, third son of Benjamin and 
Eliza (Ross) Hamilton, was born November 7, 
1843, at Chebeague, in whose schools he received 
his education. He learned the trade of mason 
and has been engaged all his life since that time 
in structural masonry. He is a Republican in 
politics, a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
church, and resides on Great Chebeague Island. 
He married, in January, 1864, Margery E. Jew- 
ett, born September 5, 1846, in Westport, daugh- 
ter of John G. and Elizabeth Jewett, of that town. 
John G. Jewett was born February 14, 1819, in 
Westport, and died there February 12, 1848. He 
married Elizabeth Reed, born September 16, 
1812, at Boothbay, Maine, and they were the par- 
ents of two children: Margery E. and Amasa. 
Henry O. and Margery E. (Jewett) Hamilton are 
the parents of three children: Helen J., who mar- 
ried Reuben H. Cleaves; Fred. G., mentioned be- 
low; and Harry (Henry) B., married Gertrude 
Crockett. 

Fred G. Hamilton was born February 22, 1868, 
on Great Chebeague Island, where his early years 
were spent, and where he attended the public 
schools, was later a student of the public schools 
of Cumberland, the high school of Chebeague 
and Gray’s Business College in Portland. At the 
age of twenty years he began his business life in 
Portland as assistant bookkeeper of the C. M. 
Rice Paper Company. He was industrious, cap- 
able and faithful, and in time won promotion to 
the position of bookkeeper, and since 1898 has 
held an interest in the business. He is a capable 
business man and his energy, enterprise and sta- 
bility of character have contributed to the growth 
and progress of the establishment. Naturally he 
became popular, and because of his interest in the 
progress of affairs was soon called to the public 
service. As a sincere Republican he has en- 


deavored to promote the interests of his party 
and its principles, and in 1904 was elected an al- 
derman of South Portland, where his residence 
has been maintained since 1891. In 1908 and 1909 
he was elected mayor. Mr. Hamilton is also ac- 
tive in the support of church work, and with his 
family acts with the People’s Methodist Episcopal 
Church of South Portland. With broad mind and 
sympathetic nature, he early affiliated with the great 
fraternity of Free Masons, in which he has at- 
tained the thirty-second degree, affiliating with 
the foilowing bodies of the order: Hiram Lodge, 
No. 180, of South Portland, of which he is a past 
master; Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch 
Masons, of which he is a past high priest; Port- 
land Council, No. 1, Royal and Select Masters, of 
which he is a past thrice illustrious master: Port- 
land Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, of 
which he is a past commander; and Maine Consis- 
tory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret. He is 
also a member of Forest City Castle Lodge, No. 
22, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and the United 
Order of the Golden Cross, Gorges Commandery, 
No. 313. 

Mr. Hamilton married, in South Portland, Sep- 
tember 23, 1891, Evelyn Frances Campbell, born 
March 26, 1867, in South Portland, daughter of 
Alexander and Harriet Elizabeth (York) Camp- 
bell. Alexander Campbell, deceased, was the son 
of Alexander and Elizabeth (Beal) Campbell, of 
Bowdoin. MHarriet E. York was the daughter of 
Charles and Eleanor (Goodrich) York, of Yar- 
mouth. Children of Fred G. and Evelyn F. 
(Campbell) Hamilton: Philip C., born January 
19, 1896; Marguerite E., January 21, 1899; Fred- 
erick R., August 17, 1902. 


EDWIN ALBERT PORTER—In the village 
of East Dixmont, Maine, no family can claim bet- 
ter descent than the Porter family. For gene- 
rations they have owned and tilled the land upon 
which they lived, bringing up their children to be 
God-fearing, educated members of the community 
in which their lives have been placed. One of 
these was Edwin Albert Porter, son of Albert 
Obear and Susan Trask (Farnham) Porter. 

Edwin A. Porter was born February 1, 1856, 
on his father’s farm in Dixmont. The parents of 
the child were most desirous that he be given 
every opportunity to gain an education, sending 
him first to the common school in the town and 
later to the high school. Then he was sent to 
the Maine Central Institute at Pittsfield for a year 
and a half. After this for a time he had a some-~ 
what varied career, teaching school during the 


BIOGRAPHICAL 91 


winter months of 1874 and 1875, and acting as 
salesman in the store of Wood, Bishop & Com- 
pany, stoves, tin and hardware, from April 1, 1876, 
to April 1, 1877. About this time he decided to study 
medicine, so passing the necessary matriculation ex- 
aminations the embryo Aesculapius was enrolled as a 
student in the medical department of the University 
of Vermont, teaching in the common schools dur- 
ing the next three winters and attending lec- 
tures at the university and studying hard during 
the remainder of the time. All this meant con- 
centrated application, but no man with such an 
ideal before him considers the sacrifices he is 
making. Wishing for a more metropolitan op- 
portunity the young man became a student in the 
school of medicine of the University of New 
York, from which he graduated in March, 1881. 
Happy indeed and proud is the man who receives 
from his alma mater the hard-won roll of sheep- 
skin which entitles him to write the magic let- 
ters M.D. after his name. Edwin Albert Porter, 
M.D., began the practice of medicine in Liberty, 
Maine, devoting his life to the finest of all pro- 
fessions, and there he practiced for fourteen and a 
half years. On February 13, 1806, he moved to 
Pittsfield, Maine, that his children might have 
better schooling opportunities, and has been in 
active practice there for the past twenty-three 
years. 

Dr. Porter was chosen many times to fill local 
offices as a Republican; at one time on the town 
school committee; at another to act on the Re- 
publican town committee. He was also medical 
examiner on the United States pension board at 
Skowhegan, Maine, for the years from 1909 to 
1913 inclusive. In Free Masonry Dr. Porter 
ranks very high, having gone through all of the 
York Rite; having held all the offices in the Blue 
Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter; was senior 
grand warden in the Grand Lodge of Maine in 
1902; was grand king in 1905, deputy grand high 
priest in 1906, and grand high priest in 1907 in the 
Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Maine. At the 
present time, 1919, Dr. Porter is secretary of 
Meridian Lodge, No. 125, Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons, of Pittsfield, Maine, and generalissimo in 
St. Omer Commandery, No. 12, at Waterville, 
Maine. He is not only interested in Masonry, but 
has held the various offices in the subordinate 
lodge and encampment of the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows, as well as the chairs in the An- 
cient Order of United Workmen. He is also a 
club man, being enrolled in the Waterville Ma- 
sonic Club. In addition to all these interests he 
is a member of the Free Baptist church, being 
superintendent of the Free Baptist Sunday 


school for the past ten years, also for many years 
was chorister of the Free Baptist church choir. 

Edwin Albert Porter, M’D., married at Ply- 
mouth, Maine, June 30, 1881, Amorette L. Em- 
ery, born in Monroe, Maine, June 21, 1858. She 
was the daughter of Nahum Emery, a farmer, 
and his wife, Maria (Dodge) Emery. Dr. and 
Mrs. Porter have two children: Minnie, born May 
27, 1882, in Liberty, Maine; and Amorette, born 
May 26, 1887, in Liberty. The parents have every 
reason to be proud of their children, as both are 
unusually gifted and successful. The elder was 
educated in the town school and Maine Central 
Institute, Pittsfield, where the father and mother 
had both been pupils many years before. She 
studied stenography and typewriting in Water- 
ville, and is now librarian in the Public Library 
at Pittsfield. The younger daughter was a student 
at Maine Central Institute also, graduating from 
it to enter Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, of 
which she is an alumna. She was a teacher of 
English for one year in Foxcroft Academy and 
for two years taught English in Maine Central 
Institute. During the third year there she taught 
Greek and Latin. Miss Porter is at present a 
missionary in Balasore, India, having spent tbe 
last five years there. Dr. Edwin Albert Porter 
and his wife are living at the present time in 
Pittsfield, Maine. 

In the matter of ancestry Dr. Porter may be 
justly proud. His father, Albert Obear Porter, 
born May 11, 1833, in Dixmont, was a farmer by 
occupation, a Calvinist Baptist in religion, and a 
Republican in politics. He was the son of Joshua 
Porter and his wife, Jane (Whitney) Porter. 
Like Albert O., he also was born in Dixmont, 
October 13, 1801, being a farmer, a member of the 
Calvinist Baptist Church, and a Republican. 
Jane (Whitney) Porter, his wife, died in 1857, 
aged forty-five. Besides the son Albert Obear, 
they had another child, Benjamin Franklin Por- 
ter. Joshua Porter died August 7, 1889. His 
parents were Isaiah and Nancy (Harmon) Por- 
ter. On his mother’s side Dr. Porter is descended 
from the Farnham family, she being before her 
marriage Susan Trask Farnham, born in Jeffer- 
son, Maine, August 15, 1837, the daughter of Rev. 
Daniel Farnham, a Calvinist Baptist clergyman, 
and his wife, Mary (McCurdy) Farnham, who 
died at the age of ninety-one. Albert Obear Por- 
ter married Susan Trask Farnham, December 17, 
1854. The Farnhams trace their family back to 
Ralph Farnham, who was born in 1756 and died 
in 1861, at the age of one hundred and five 
years. 


a2 HISTORY OF MAINE 


MORRIS McDONALD—The admirable yield 
of intelligent initiative in this country includes the 
names of men from the State of Maine and In- 
diana, which have contributed worthy citizens of 
letters, business, science and art. Both of these 
states may claim Mr. Morris McDonald, one by 
right of his residence there and the other by 
right of his birthplace, and be proud to do so be- 
cause of his intelligent and creative response to a 
well begun training, which has made him success- 
ful in the railroad and business world. 

Morris McDonald was born August 20, 1865, in 
New Albany, Indiana, the son of Morris and Sarah 
A. McDonald. His father, who was a prominent 
merchant there, was associated with a number of 
different corporations and banks, and was for a 
period covering several terms mayor of the city. 
Morris McDonald, Jr., spent his boyhood in New 
Albany, where he attended the public schools and 
was graduated from the high school. In 1883, he 
began work in the engineering corps of the Ken- 
tucky & Indiana Bridge Company. In 1885, he came 
under the employ of the Louisville, Evansville & 
St. Louis Railroad, where his resolute purpose and 
determined persistency caused him to be rapidly ad- 
vanced from paymaster to assistant treasurer, to 
chief clerk, to trainmaster, and to superintendent 
of transportation. He remained with this company 
until 1892, following which time he became asso- 
ciated with the Central Railroad of Georgia, with 
headquarters at Savanah, Georgia. In 1806, he ac- 
cepted an offer from the Maine Central Railroad 
Company, as secretary to the vice-president and 
general manager, and became general superintendent 
of that system in 1897. From 1008 to 1913, he served 
as vice-president and general manager, and at the 
latter date was made president of that road. The 
same year he was also elected president of the Bos- 
ton & Maine Railroad, which position he held until 
August, 1914. He is president of the Portland 
Terminal Company; the Bridgton & Saco River Rail- 
road; the Sandy & Rangeley Lakes Railroad; and 
the Ricker Hotel Company, of Portland. His afhlia- 
tions with these corporations bespeak the value of 
his work in the railroad and business world. Among 
the clubs: of Portland and elsewhere of which Mr. 
McDonald is a member are the Cumberland of Port- 
land, the Country Club of Portland, the Algonquin 
Club of ‘Boston, Massachusetts, and the Bankers’ 
Club of New York City. 


CHARLES AVERILL PLUMMER — The 
Plummer family, which was founded in America 
at Newbury, State of Massachusetts, in the early 


Colonial period, was of English origin, the name 
being conspicuous in England since the period of 
the Baron’s wars. The Plummers of the United 
States, which now include branches of the original 
family in many different parts of the country, are 
all descended from the original immigrant ancestor, 
Francis Plummer, whose descendants removed 
from their original New England home and settled 
in such widely separated communities as the two 
Carolinas, Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Mis- 
sissippi, and also Maine, New Hampshire, and the 
other New England States. The coat of arms of 
the Plummer family is as follows: 

Arms—Azure, on a chevron wavy between three 
lions’ heads erased or, guttee de sang, as many 
mullets of the field. 

Crest—A demi-lion argent, holding in its dexter 
paw a branch of palm proper. 

Motto—Consulto et audacter. 


(1) Francis Plummer, the founder of the Amer- 
ican family, was born in England in the year 1594, 
and came either from Woolwich, in that country, 
or Wales, about 1633, and settled at Newbury in 
1635. The two intervening years were spent by 
him in Boston, where he took the oath of freeman, 
May 14, 1634. He was a descendant of the ancient 
English family, and was a man of some prominence 
in the colony of Newbury. The land upon which 
he settled, and where his death occurred in the 
year 1673, is still in the possession of his descend- 
ants, now of the eighth generation. He married 
(first) Ruth , who died August 18, 1647; 
(second) March 31, 1648-49, Ann Palmer, died 
October 18, 1665; (third) November 29, 1666, 
Beatrice, widow of William Cantlebury, of Salem, 
Massachusetts. Francis Plummer was the father of 
four children, all born to his first wife, as follows: 
Samuel, mentioned below; Joseph, born in 1630, 
married Sarah Cheney; Hannah, born in 1632, mar- 
ried, May 3, 1653, Samuel Moores; Mary, born in 
1634, married, May 20, 1660, John Cheney, and 
settled on the north side of Parker river. 

(11) Samuel Plummer, eldest son of Francis and 
Ruth Plummer, was born in the year 1610, and 
died in 1702. He married, about 1646, Mary Bid- 
field, and they were the parents of the following 
children: 1. Samuel, born April 20, 1647, married 
Joanna ‘Woodbury. 2. Mary, born February 3, 
1650, married, December 6, 1670, John Swett. 
3. John, born May 3, 1652, was killed at Bloody 
Creek while serving against.the Indians with Cap- 
tain Lathrop, September 8, 1675. 4. Ephraim, born 
September 16, 1655, married Hannah Jaques. 5. 
Hannah, born February 16, 1657, married David 
Bacheldor. 6. Sylvanus, mentioned below. 7. Ruth, 
born August 7, 1660, married, January 18, 1682, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 93 


Richard Jaques. 8. Elizabeth, born October Io, 
1662, married, June 26, 1682, Richard Jacqman. 
9. Deborah, born March 16, 1665, married, May 
13, 1684, Stephen Jaques. to. Josiah, born July 2, 
1668, married, November 16,-1699, Elizabeth Dole. 
11. Lydia, a twin of Josiah, married Joseph Mors. 
12. Bathshua, born July 31, 1670, died in early 
youth. 

(III) Sylvanus Plummer, fourth son and sixth 
child of Samuel and Mary (Bidfield) Plummer, 
was born February 22, 1658. He married, January 
18, 1682, Sarah Moody. They were the parents 
of the following children: 1. Mary, born October 
22, 1683. 2. Samuel, born November 12, 1684, died 
August 2, 1685. 3. Samuel, mentioned below. 
4. Lydia, married, May 18, 1717, Timothy Noyes. 
5. Sarah, married Titcomb. 6. Benjamin, 
married, in 1720, Keziah Storer. 

(IV) Samuel (2) Plummer, third child and 
second son of Sylvanus and Sarah (Moody) 
Plummer, was born in the year 1686. He mar- 
ried, August 1, 1717, Hannah Woodman. They 
were the parents of the following children: 1. 
Abigail, born February 7, 1718, married, in 1744, 
James Bailey. 2. Sylvanus, born April 13, 1720, 
married, December 7, 1749, Rebecca Plummer. 3, 
Samuel, born January 14, 1722, married Mary 
Dole. 4. Mary, born November 26, 1723, mar- 
tied Daniel Barbour. 5. Hannah, born October 
25, 1725, married, November 27, 1753, John Chase. 
6. Sarah, born March 30, 1727, married, March 6, 
1746, John Dole. 7. Elizabeth, born May Io, 
1729, married Thomas Merritt. 8. Jonathan, born 
April 9, 1731, married, November 27, 1760, Abigail 
Greenleaf. 9. Anna, born December 6, 1734, 
married Isaac Pearson. 10. Joseph, born De- 
cember 25, 1735, married, in 1776, Mary Foster, 
and died September 30, 1812. 11. Eunice, born 
June 5, 1738, married June 30, 1771, William Alex- 
ander. 12. Moses, mentioned below. 

(V) Moses Plummer, youngest child of Sam- 
uel (2) and Hannah (Woodman) Plummer, was 
born August 6, 1740. As a young man he came 
to Falmouth, the original name of Portland, 
Maine, and purchased the property on the corner 
of King (now India) and Fore streets. This 
was burnt by the British, October 18, 1776, and 
rebuilt in 1784.. Moses Plummer was a dealer in 
shoes and leather. He died October 17, 1824. 
He married, September 9, 1765, at Boston, 
Esther Hersey, of the same place, who died July 
29, 1815, and they were the parents of the fol- 
lowing children: 1. Dorcas, born June 20, 1766, 
married Asa Fickett. 2. Hannah, born Septem- 
ber 29, 1767, married Theophilus Boynton. 3. 


Samuel, born June 28, 1769, died July 23, 1769. 
4. Joseph, born September 10, 1770, died Septem- 
ber 27, 1770. 5. Moses, born January 3, 1772, 
married Abigail Smith. 6. William, mentioned 
below. 7. John, born November 18, 1778, mar- 
ried Eleanor Haskell. 8. Samuel, born March 
2, 1782, died October 13, 1782. 

(VI) William Plummer, sixth child and fourth 
son of Moses and Esther (Hersey) Plummer, 
was born November 17, 1774, at Falmouth, Maine, 
and died February 1, 1808. He was a blacksmith 
in Portland. He married, April 12, 1798, Mar- 
garet Morrill. They were the parents of the fol- 
lowing children: William, mentioned below. 2. 
Esther, married John Thomas. 3. Margaret, 
married William Coffin. 

(VII) William (2) Plummer, son of William 
(1) and Margaret (Morrill) Plummer, was born 
February 5, 1801. He married, April 20, 1824, 
Abigail Tobin, of Gorham, Maine, where she 
was born October 2, 1800. They were the par- 
ents of the following children: 1. Sarah Tobin, 
born November 14, 1824, died March 28, 1827. 
2. Mary Crockett, born June 17, 1826, married 
Thomas Osborn, and died September 3, 1870. 
3. Charles Moulton, mentioned below. 4. Ellen 
Moulton, born January 9, 1837, became the wife 
of Charles H. Fickett. 5. Esther, born February 
23, 1839, died September 11, 1839. - 6. Hiram 
Tobin, mentioned below. 7. Esther Thomas, 
born March 16, 1843, married Joseph H. Steele. 

(VIII) Charles Moulton Plummer, third child 
and oldest son of William (2) and Abigail 
(Tobin) Plummer, was born March 11, 1828, at 
the old family homestead on India street, Port- 
land. His childhood was passed in his native 
place, and his education obtained at the local 
public schools, which he attended until he had 
completed the grammar grades. 
established a plumbing, heating and gas fitting 
business in Portland many years before, and 
when he had completed his studies he entered 
this establishment and there learned the details 
of the work. He was an apt pupil and was soon 
capable of giving the elder man. material aid, 
and with the latter’s gradual withdrawal from ac- 
tive life the management of the concern devolved 
more-and more upon the young man’s shoulders, 
a responsibility that he quickly proved himself 
quite capable of handling. Under the manage- 
ment of Mr. Plummer, the business rapidly grew 
to great proportions and in the course of time 
became one of the largest and most successful 
concerns of its kind in the United States. Mr. 
Plummer during his business career handled - 


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many contracts for the equipment of the largest 
and most important buildings in Portland and 
also did a large business in adjacent regions. 
One of his most successful undertakings was that 
in which he was associated with Mr. George P. 
Wescott, in the installation of the plant of the 
Portland Water Company. A number of cap- 
italists from Haverhill had already attempted to 
accomplish this difficult matter and failed, but 
Mr. Plummer was entirely successful in his ef- 
fort and still further increased his already great 
reputation as a man of high resourcefulness and 
ability. He was also one of the prime movers 
in the building of the Portland and Rochester 
Railroad and was associated with a number of 
other prominent enterprises in this section of 
the country. In the management of the great 
business his brother, Hiram T. Plummer, who is 
mentioned elsewhere in this sketch, was a part- 
ner, and the firm was known as C. M. & H. T. 
Plummer, with Charles Moulton Plummer as 
president. Later he admitted his son, Charles 
Averill Plummer, who is mentioned elsewhere 
in this sketch, into the concern. In politics Mr. 
Plummer was a staunch supporter of the prin- 
ciples and policies of the Republican party, but, 
although he was keenly interested in all public 
issues, whether local or national, he was quite 
without personal ambition in the matter and 
never took an active part in public affairs. 

On June 18, 1848, at Saco, Maine, Charles 
Moulton Plummer was united in marriage with 
Miranda Snow Ridlou, a native of that place, 
and a daughter of Charles and Mehitable (Snow) 


Ridlou. They were the parents of the follow- 
ing children: 1. Mary Isabel, born June 15, 
1849. 2. William, born July 2, 1851, died No- 


vember I, 1851. 3. Charles Averill, mentioned 
below. 4. Minnie Snow, adopted, born December 
19, 1866. 

Charles Moulton Plummer deserves a place 
among the successful business men whose ca- 
reers have contributed to the growth of the ma- 
terial interest of the State of Maine. Of this 
distinguished group he was a prominent figure, 
a man whose achievements were not only the 
instruments of his personal success, but an in- 
tegral part of the life of the community and one 
of the most important factors in the upbuilding 
of the prosperity of this region of the State. 
Mr. Plummer’s death removed from the city of 
Portland one who had reached a place high in 
the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, and 
one who throughout a long life had always at- 
tained the highest standard of ethics in his busi- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


ness as in every other relation with his fellows. 
He had reached the ripe old age of seventy-six 
years when his death occurred, August 16, 1904, 
yet so entirely had he retained his mental powers, 
as well as a certain fresh and youthful out- 
look upon life, that his friends and associates 
found his demise a matter for surprise as well 
as grief, as that of one whose work was yet 
in the being and for whom the future held out 
still other opportunities for achievement. Mr. 
Plummer resided for many years in the family 
homestead where he was born, but later removed 
to the property on which had stood the old 
Swan House, which had been destroyed in the 
great fire of Portland, but which he immediately 
rebuilt. From this property which stood on 
Middle street he finally removed to a house at 
No. 10 Deering street, where he continued to 
make his home until the close of his life. He 
was a man of very strong domestic instincts and 
unusually powerful affections for those with 
whom he was intimately related. There was an 
especially strong affinity between him and his 
brother. Hiram T. Plummer, and it is thought 
that the latter’s death in Arizona, December 25, 
1902, greatly hastened Mr. Plummer’s own end. 
The energy and force of Mr. Plummer’s character 
have already been commented upon, and these 
qualities he truly possessed in a marked degree. 
His business acumen was also of the highest 
type, and there were many other sides to his 
character which, though less conspicuous, were 
equally worthy of praise. He was a man of very 
broad sympathy, to whom the misfortunes of 
others made a strong appeal, and though his 
charities were unostentatious, they were none the 
less large. His many activities, based as they 
were upon the best and most disinterested mo- 
tives, were a valuable factor in the life of Port- 
land, and particularly in the matter of its busi- 
ness development. His sterling good qualities 
were very generally recognized, his honor, can- 
dor, and the democratic attitude which he held 
towards all men won for him an enviable repu- 
tation, and the admiration and affection of a host 
of friends. The uniform happiness of his fam- 
ily relations and his life generally were the 
merited result of his own strong and fine per- 
sonality. 

(VIII) Hiram Tobin Plummer, sixth child and 
second son of William (2) and Abigail (Tobin) 
Plummer, was born July 26, 1840. His child- 
hood was passed in his native city of Portland, 
and upon reaching man’s estate he became asso- 
ciated with his brother, Charles Moulton Plum- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 95 


mer, in the conduct in his large contracting 
business. Mr. Plummer’s health, however, suf- 
fered a serious failure and he went West to 
Arizona, where his death occurred December 25, 
1902. He married, March 6, 1870, Louisa Sturgis 
Drew, who was born November 25, 1837, and they 
were the parents of two children, as follows: 1. 
Edna Mabel, born December 14, 1872. 2. John 
Mussey, born July 3, 1875. 

(1X) Charles Averill Plummer, third child and 
second son of Charles Moulton and Miranda 
Snow (Ridlou) Plummer, was born March 20, 
1856, and died at Portland, Maine, January 14, 
1919, where for a number of years he had been 
in active management and the president of the 
great plumbing and contracting concern of C. M. 
& H. T. Plummer, founded nearly a century ago 
by his grandfather. As a lad he attended the 
local public school and later became a student 
at the Westbrook Seminary. Upon completing 
his studies at the latter institution he entered the 
establishment of his father, and there worked in 
a clerical capacity for a number of years. This 
old firm, which was engaged in the plumbing, 
heating and gas fitting business, was established 
about ninety years ago by William Plummer, 
who began business on a small scale, but through 
patient, industrious work and good business judg- 
ment gradually built up a prosperous concern. 
Under the management of its next head, 
Charles Moulton Plummer, this development was 
carried on with increased rapidity until the com- 
pany had grown to be one of the strongest of 
its kind in the United States. It was during 
the period of rapid growth that Charles Averill 
Plummer was employed as a clerk in its office, 
and there he quickly gained a wide knowledge of 
the particular trade as well as of business meth- 
ods generally. After a few years thus spent he 
was admitted into partnership by his father, and 
from that time on gradually assumed a greater 
and greater share of the responsibility in the con- 
cern’s management. His father and uncle, 
Hiram T. Plummer, who were at the head of the 
business, died, the latter in 1902, and the former 
in 1904, and the management of the entire estab- 
lishment fell upon the young man’s shoulders. 
From that time until the close of his life Mr. 
Plummer was its active head, holding the double 
office of president and treasurer, and showing 
himself the worthy successor to his predecessors. 
Under his leadership the company was reor- 
ganized, a new and larger building erected for its 
accommodation, and it was started upon a new 
Career of growth and expansion. Throughout 


his active career Mr. Plummer mingled with his 
personal success a broad-minded and commend- 
able public spirit that prevented him from ever 
embarking upon an enterprise likely to prove to 
the detriment of the community, and which won 
for him the warm and admiring praise of his 
fellow citizens. He kept the welfare of the com- 
munity continually at heart and one of his great- 
est ambitions was the establishment of a plant 
which would insure the purification of the waters 
of Lake Sebago, from which Portland draws its 
water supply. 

Mr. Plummer was a member of the Portland 
Board of Trade and in that and other capacities 
took an active part in promoting the general 
welfare of the city, particularly in its material” 
aspect. In addition to the conduct of his own 
great business he was a director of the United 
States Trust Company of Portland, and was also 
interested in other business and financial enter- 
prises. He was a Republican in politics, but al- 
though deeply interested in the issues of the day 
was quite without personal ambition, and with 
the exception of his candidacy as trustee of the 
Water District avoided rather than sought polit- 
ical preferment. He was, however, Active in 
local military affairs, was a member of Portland 
Mechanic Blues, and served as quartermaster on 
the staff of Colonel John. Marshall Brown, com- 
manding officer of First Regiment Infantry, 
Maine National Guard. He was also affiliated 
with the Lodge and Encampment of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, the Portland 
Athletic Club, also Portland Yacht Club, and the 
Old Gymnasium. In his religious belief Mr. 
Plummer was a Universalist, and attended the 
Congress Square Church of that denomination. 

Charles Averill Plummer was united in mar- 
riage, October 16, 1878, at Portland, with Mary 
Rosabel Brackett, a native of Portland, and a 
daughter of Seth Higgins Brackett (who is men- 
tioned at length below) and Elizabeth Ann 
(Libby) Brackett, his wife. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Plummer one child was born, Marion Snow, who 
became the wife of Clifford Coburn Emerson, of 
Boston. Three children have been born to Mr. 
and Mrs. Emerson, as follows: Charles, Alden 
Clifford and Mary Rosabel. Mrs. Charles A. 
Plummer is a delightful and entertaining hostess 
and a devoted mother. The married life of her 
husband and herself was an ideal one and their 
home, No. 148 State street, Portland, enjoyed an 
enviable reputation for open-handed hospitality, 
which was typical of the old school New Eng- 
land families. 


96 HISTORY OF MAINE 


Charles Averill Plummer was a typical man of 
business of the kind that has made New England 
famous and has placed this region so high among 
the industrial centers of the world. He should 
not be classed with the type that is becoming 
more and more dominant in contemporary busi- 
ness life, whose interests in their own achieve- 
ments are so strong that they forget the general 
welfare of the community, but with that more 
gracious type that appear unfortunately to be 
growing less, whose operations never dulled their 
public spirit and who aimed at the advancement 
of the entire community quite as much as their 
own. He was the kind of man at whom the 
community can and does point with gratitude and 
admiration for the benefits which his activities 
have conferred on it. Not less conspicuous than 
these semi-public virtues were his private ones, 
which rendered him a beloved husband, father 
and friend, and won him a host of companions 
with whom his relations were of the warmest and 
most cordial. Through the many years which 
he and his wife have been conspicuous figures 
in the social life of the community, they have 
stood as types of cultivation and refinement as 
well as of those more fundamental and homely 
virtues that form the only stable foundation of 
domestic life. 


SETH HIGGINS BRACKETT, for many 
years a successful business man of Portland, 
Maine, and proprietor of the celebrated Peak’s 
Island House on the island of that name, was 
until his death, November Io, 1877, a member of 
one of the oldest families in New England, which 
has been identified with the affairs of this State 
since the early period of its history. The coat- 
of-arms of the Brackett family is as follows: 


Arms—Sable, three garbs or within a bordure argent. 


Crest—A goat’s head erased or. 

(1) The Brackett family was founded in Amer- 
ica by one Anthony Brackett, who according to 
tradition, may have been a Scotchman, but there 
is evidence also that he may have come from 
England, according to early records, as shown 
in the Brackett genealogy. He located at the 
mouth of the Piscataqua river, where it empties 
into the ocean and which now divides New 
Hampshire and Maine. He came in company 
with the Scot, David Thompson, as early as 1623. 
He is supposed to have made his home prior to 
1649 in the vicinity of Little Harbor and the 
“Piscatawa” House on what is known as Odi- 
orne’s Point, and after that date is known to 
have resided about a mile south of the Harbor, 


west of Sandy Beach on Salt Water Brook, on 
Brackett Lane, now Brackett Road. _He was the 
recipient of several grants of land in the com- 
munity, and was the purchaser of other tracts, 
so that he became a-.large land owner and one 
of the wealthy members of the colony. He was 
also active in public affairs, and held a number 
of offices in the gift of his fellow citizens. He 
was an Episcopalian in his religion, and was re- 
markable for his charity and public spirit. He 
married, about 1635, but the name of his wife 
is not known. His children were as follows: 
Anthony, Eleanor, Thomas, mentioned below; 
Jane and John. Anthony Brackett met his 
death at the hands of the Indians. 

(Il) Thomas Brackett, son of Anthony 
Brackett, was born about 1635, near Sandy Beach, 
then a part of Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth, 
New Hampshire, and now a part of the town of 
Rye. He removed from that place to Casco, 
now Portland, Maine, shortly after 1662. He 
became very prominent in the community, served 
in a number of public posts, and was a success- 
ful and active merchant. Like his father he met 
his death at the hands of Indians, August -11, 
1676, who captured his wife and children and car- 
ried them away in captivity. This was, however, 
while his father was still living and the latter 
subsequently ransomed his son’s wife and chil- 
dren. Thomas Brackett married Mary Milton, 
daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Cleeves) 
Milton, and they were the parents of the fol- 
lowing children: Josiah, mentioned below; Sarah; 
(Samuel probably) and Mary. 

(III) Lieutenant Josiah Brackett, eldest child 
of Thomas and Mary (Milton) Brackett, was 
born at Falmouth, now Portland, Maine. He 
was left an orphan at an early age by the slay- 
ing of his father by the Indians and the death 
of his mother, while a captive in their hands. He 
was himself a prisoner of the Indians until re- 
deemed by his grandfather, with whom he made 
his home for some time thereafter. The destruc- 
tion of his father’s property and other damages 
done by the savages left him in a state of pov- 
erty, yet so energetic was he and so excellent 
was his judgment that he eventually became one 
of the wealthiest and most influential citizens of 
the province. When the trouble with the Indians 
began in 1688 he joined his uncle, Anthony 
Brackett, and was with him when he fell in bat- 
tle. He took part in most of the fighting, that 
lasted in all somewhat more than a quarter of 
a century, and was chosen the leader of the mili- 
tary band with the commission of lieutenant. He 


BIOGRAPHICAL 97 


was probably engaged in the coast trade and the 
lumber business, and was the owner of several 
saw mills in various places. He was a large 
land owner, and became the possessor of Peak’s 
Island and other tracts originally forming parts 
of the Milton estate. He was also very promi- 
nent in the public affairs of the colony, and was 
universally regarded with respect and admira- 
tion. From an inscription on his gravestone we 
learn that he died June 19, 1749, at the age of 
seventy-seven years. He married Mary Weeks, 
a daughter of Leonard and Mary (Haines) 
Weeks, and they were the parents of the follow- 
ing children: John, Josiah, Thomas, Samuel, An- 
thony, mentioned below; Mary, who died in in- 
fancy; Abigail, Eleanor, Jane, Mary, Keziah, 
Margaret and Nathaniel. 

(IV) Anthony (2) Brackett, fifth son of Lieu- 
tenant Josiah and Mary (Weeks) Brackett, was 
born January 25, 1708, at Greenland, New Hamp- 
shire. He came to Maine when eleven years of 
age, and made his home at Falmouth. He and 
his brother Josiah took possession of a large 
tract of land claimed by their father on “the 
Neck” and this they divided between them, each 
taking a portioin for his own. Anthony 
Brackett, besides this property, also owned the 
greater and more valuable portion of Peak’s 
Island, and was thus one of the largest landed 
proprietors in the entire region. He was promi- 
nent in the business and social affairs of Fal- 
mouth or Portland, and his house was built at 
the corner of Danforth and Brackett streets 
there. His death occurred September 10, 1784, 
at the age of seventy-seven years. Anthony 
Brackett married (first) February 14, 1734, Sarah 
Knight; (second) in 1756, Karen Happuck Hicks. 
By the first union six children were born, as fol- 
lows: John, Sarah, Thomas, mentioned below; 
James, Elizabeth and Anthony. The following 
children were born of the second union: Meri- 
bah, Josiah, Keziah, Samuel and Nathaniel. 

(V) Thomas (2) Brackett, son of Anthony (2) 
and Sarah (Knight) Brackett, was born in May, 
1744, at Falmouth and died December 13, 1815. 
He inherited from his father much valuable prop- 
erty in and about Portland, including a large 
proportion of the Peak’s Island tract, where he 
made his home, probably from before the Revo- 
lution to the close of his life. When Thomas 
Brackett first went to that place, there were but 
three houses on the entire island, and when, on 
October 16, 1775, Captain Henry Mowatt, with 
the British fleet, anchored in Hog’s Roads, it 
was in sight of Mr. Brackett’s house. Thomas 


ME.—2—7 


Brackett married, December 9, 1762, Jane Hall, 
born in 1740, died May 10, 1810, a daughter of 
Cornelius and Elizabeth (White) Hall, of 
Cherryfield. They were the parents of the fol- 
lowing children: John, mentioned below; Eliza- 
beth, Sally, Patience and Mary. 

(V1) John Brackett, eldest son of Thomas (2) 
and Jane (Hall) Brackett, was born at Falmouth, 
January 12, 1764. His father gave him two hun- 
dred and sixty acres of land on Peak’s Island, 
well stocked with cattle, etc., and there, in 1796 
he erected a large two-story house, now the 
Peak’s Island House. He was interested in a 
number of enterprises and one of his principal 
occupations was the curing of fish for the West 
India market. He married, May 7, 1789, Lucy 
Snow, born in 1767, died June 14, 1842, daughter 
of Major David Snow, of Orleans, Massachu- 
setts, a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 

(VII) John (2) Brackett, son of John (1) and 
Lucy (Snow) Brackett, and father of Seth Hig- 
gins Brackett, was born January 2, 1794, at 
Peak’s Island, and at an early age went to sea. 
He became a master of a vessel engaged in the 
coast trade out of Portland, and for many years 
followed this life. He married, June Io, 1817, 
Mary Andrew Haddlock, born in 1800, died May 
18, 1880, a daughter of Captain Samuel Had- 
dlock, of Cranberry Island, Maine, who died May 
21, 1850. 

(VIII) Seth Higgins Brackett, son of John (2) 
and Mary Andrew (Haddlock) Brackett, was 
born July 31, 1818, on Cranberry Island, Maine, 
and throughout his entire life was associated with 
the interests and affairs of this region. Here 
he secured his education, and upon reaching ma- 
turity engaged in several different lines of busi- 
ness. He developed a large trade in paints and 
oil and similiar material and was one of the suc- 
cessful merchants of Portland. He also foresaw 
the possibilities in the development of Peak’s 
Island, and set himself to the task of using the 
natural advantages and resources of the place. 
In 1853 he built about the old house of his grand- 
father as a nucleus the Peak’s Island House, the 
first hostelry on the island, and this became a 
very popular resort with those seeking the 
beauties of the Maine coast during the summer 
months. He also constructed a fine landing on 
the south side of the island, and gradually or- 
ganized a system of communication between this 
point and Portland, until he had eventually a 
regular line of steamers making the trip. He 
was a very active man, and continually devolved 
new ideas for the carrying out of his activities, 


98 HISTORY OF MAINE 


and showed considerable genius in the overcom- 
ing of obstacles and difficulties. He always 
maintained his keen interest in local affairs and 
political issues, but although consistently per- 
forming his duties as a citizen, he never took a 
more active part, and avoided, rather than sought, 
anything in the nature of political office. He 
was a Democrat in political faith, and for many 
years was a staunch supporter of the principles 
with which the name of that party is associated. 
In his religious belief Mr. Brackett was a Bap- 
tist, and attended for many years service at the 
Fren Street Church of that denomination. 

Seth Higgins Brackett was united in marriage, 
September 7, 1833, at Portland, with Elizabeth 
Ann Libby, born at Portland, a daughter of An- 
drew and Elizabeth (Lakeman) Libby, and a 
granddaughter on the maternal side of Nathaniel 
and Elizabeth (Smith) Lakeman. Three chil- 
dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brackett, as 
follows: Caroline, who became the wife of Cap- 
tain William H. Lang; George Albert, who 
served in Company S, Twelfth Regiment, Maine 
Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War, mar- 
ried Lizzie G. Clark; and Mary Rosabel, who be- 
came the wife of Charles Averill Plummer, men- 
tioned above. 

Undoubtedly one of the strongest impulses 
in the life of Mr. Brackett was his fondness for 
his home and family. For these he had the 
warmest affection and delighted to stay in the 
former during his leisure hours. Not a little of 
such time was spent by him in planning the hap- 
piness and pleasure of the various members of 
his household, and this warmness of hearth ex- 
tended beyond his immediate family to a host 
of good friends, whom his personal attractions 
and virtues had gathered about him, so that there 
were few pleasures he relished so greatly as that 
of receiving a group of these about his hos- 
pitable hearth, and indulge in the informal inter- 
course of intimate friendship. The attractions 
that won so many friends were by no means of 
the surface only, but had their places in the 
strong and sterling virtues of the typical New 
England character, a fact well proven by the 
firmness with which those friendships were re- 
tained through a course of years. Integrity, 
courage, and wisdom were all his, and he may 
well stand as a model for the growing genera- 
tion of the devoted husband and father, the 
worthy citizen, the upright man. 


NORMAN TAPLEY, of Robinson, Maine, was 
born October 16, 1855, in Blaine, the son of Sher- 


man and Esther (Kinny) Tapley, his father having 
been a lumberman for many years and later a 
farmer. 

Yorman Tapley was educated in the common 
schools of his region and after finishing his school 
courses, went into teaching and was occupied in 
this profession for twelve years. He then settled 
on his farm which comprised 200 acres and was oc- 
cupied in improving and working it. A Republican 
in his political affiliations, he served as town select- 
man for 35 years. For three years he was on the 
board of trustees of the Aroostook Central Insti- 
tute. He has always been keenly interested in all 
matters pertaining to education and holds that the 
whole future of the country is involved in its suc- 
cess. Mr. Tapley has had oversight of the school 
work from the time he became of age, acting as 
supervisor for many years until poor health forced 
him to resign all public work in 1917. As time 
passed a village grew up around him, and the 
necessity of a school was felt. The town would 
not vote for this expense as the children could get 
to a school at some distance, but this school was 
in a crowded condition. Mr. Tapley bought a lot 
in the village, erected a suitable building at his 
own expense, then rented it to the town, thus get-. 
ting the much needed school started. The village 
grew as the years passed and the demand for more 
room and grade work was apparent. The town 
was slow to see and act. Mr. Tapley again repeated 
what he had done years before. He bought a lot 
near the other school, put up another building and 
placed the lower grades in this with another teacher. 
These buildings are now a matter of pride to the 
village of Robinson. In after years the town of 
Blaine purchased this property of Mr. Tapley. Mr. 
Tapley is a member of the Masonic Order, and is 
also a member of the Grange. 

He married at Blaine, Maine, February 25, 1884, 
Bethia M. Doherty, daughter of William H. and 
Ann W. (Carvel) Doherty, the former of whom 
served in Company C, First Battalion of Maine Vol- 
unteers in the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Tapley 
are the parents of the following children: 1. Sher- 
man A., born January 10, 1890, and married March 
26, 1913, Georgia A. McClellan, of Bloomfield, New 
Brunswick, and has one child, Glena G. 2. Howard 
S., born July 12, 1898, and married December 7, 
1918, Vivian E. Noble, of Blaine, Maine. 


ALFRED K. AMES, a well known figure in 
the lumbering and political circles of his State, was 
born in Machias, Maine, September 4, 1866, son of 
the Hon. John Keller Ames, State Senator, and of 
Sarah (Albee) Sanborn Ames. The Ames family 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 99 


has been one of note in this country and was of 
gentle origin in England. The escutcheon they bore 
was: argent on a bend sable, three roses in a field. 

(1) Captain Anthony Eames (as the name was 
then spelled) was born in Dorsetshire, England, 
about 1505. He came to America and ‘settled in 
Marshfield, Massachusetts, and there he died in 
1686. 

(II) Lieutenant Mark Eames, son of Captain An- 
thony and Margorie Eames, was born in England 
in 1620, and was brought by his parents while still 
a young child to the colony. He also resided at 
Marshfield, and died there in 1693. 

(III) Jonathan Eames, son of Lieutenant Mark 
and Elizabeth Eames, was born at Marshfield in 
1655, and died there in 1724. He married Hannah 
Trouant, of that town. 

(IV) Jedediah Eames, son of Jonathan and Han- 
nah (Trouant) Eames, was born in Marshfield, in 
1685, and died there in 1738. He married Mary, 
daughter of Tobias Oakman. 


(V) Jedediah (2) Eames, son of Jedediah (1). 


and Mary (Oakman) Eames, was born in Marsh- 
field, and married in 1752, Bertha Tilden. 

(VI) Mark Eames, son of Jedediah (2) and 
Bertha (Tilden) Eames, changed the spelling of 
the name to Ames. He removed to North Haven, 
Knox county, Maine, and took up a large tract of 
land, and died there. He married Priscilla How- 
land, and had eight children. Major-General Adel- 
bert Ames, who was Governor of Mississippi, was 
a great-grandson of Mark Ames, and like another 
“down-east” man, Sergeant S. Prentiss, put New 
England energy and driving power into that land 
of cotton and canebrakes. 

(VII) Isaac Ames, sixth son of Mark and Pris- 
cilla (Howland) Ames, was born in North Haven, 
July 6, 1784, and died March 10, 1854. _He married 
Abigail Clark, and their children were: Captain 
Isaac, Captain Alfred, of further mention; Benja- 
min, Priscilla, Charles, Warren, and Susan. 

(VIII) Captain Alfred Ames, second son of 
Isaac and Abigail (Clark) Ames, was born in North 
Haven, September 7, 1809, and came to Machias 
before 1836. He was one of the original founders 
of the Congregational church, donating twenty-five 
dollars towards the erection of the building known 
as the Union Meeting House. He followed the sea 
and was master of a ship. He married Mary Kel- 
ler, and their children were: John K., of whom 
further; Benjamin Franklin, Napoleon Bonaparte, 
Martin Van Buren, and Maria Louisa. 

(IX) Hon. John K. Ames, oldest child of Cap- 
tain Alfred and Mary (Keller) Ames, was born in 
East Machias, November 2, 1831, and died March 


22, 1901. He was a lumber operator on a large 
scale, and a merchant. He was selectman for 
thirty years, and chairman of the board of select- 
men for half of that time; was a member of the 
Maine Senate 1893 to 1897, and collector of the 
port of Machias at the time of his death. He mar- 
ried Sarah (Albee) Sanborn, and their children 
were: I. Edwin G., who lives in Seattle, and is 
manager of the Puget Lumber Company. 2. Anna 
M., married Fred H. Peavey, and lives in Machias. 
3. Julia P., married R. C. Fuller, of the Fuller Iron 
Works, Providence. 4. Frank Sanborn. 5. Alfred 
Keller, of further mention. 6. Lucy T., died March 
I, 1916. 

(X) Captain Alfred K. Ames, yougest son of 
Hon. John K. and Sarah (Albee-Sanborn) Ames, 
was born at Machias, in 1866. After having passed 
through the Machias High School he went to the, 
English and Classical School of Providence, and 
then entered upon business life. He became a clerk 
in the lumber firm of John K. Ames in 1886, and 
remained with him until the business was taken 
over by the Machias Lumber Company, of which 
corporation he is now the general manager, and 
vice-president, having been from the time of the 
incorporation the secretary. He is a trustee of the 
Machias Savings Bank, and has served his com- 
munity as a member of the Second Regiment of the 
National Guard, in the capacity of captain of Com- 
pany M, his commission having been given by Gov- 
ernor John F. Hill. From this post Captain Ames 
resigned in 1906. Captain Ames has served the 
State, as his father did before him, as a State Sen- 
ator, in 1915-16, 1917-18, and has entered with the 
beginning of I919 upon his third term. He is a 
Republican in political views, and is a Universalist 
in religion. He is a member of the Masonic order, 
being a member of Harwood Lodge, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons, and is also a Knight Templar. 

Mr. Ames married, at Calais, September 4, 1899, 
Nellie E. Hill, daughter of J. Murray and Alma 
(Gordon) Hill, and they have a son, John Keller 
Ames, born May 20, 1907. 


ETHER SHEPLEY—tThere is no name that 
has been more closely identified with the af- 
fairs of the State of Maine during the last two 
generations than that of Shepley, borne as it was 
by father and son, both of whom, as high pub- 
lic officials, rendered incalculable services to their 
State and Nation. Prior to the coming to 


Maine of the Hon. Ether Shepley, the family had 


resided in Massachusetts, where it was founded 
in early Colonial times. 
(1) The Shepleys were undoubtedly of Eng- 


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lish origin and first appear in this country in the 
person of John Shepley, or Shipley, who was 
the recipient of a grant of land at Salem in the 
year 1637. He removed from that place some- 
what later to Chelmsford in company with a Mr. 
Fiske, who is believed to have been his partner. 
He was the father of three children: John, men- 
tioned below; Nathaniel and Lydia. 

(11) John (2) Shepley, son of John (1) Shep- 
ley, was born, apparently at Salem, in 1637, the 
same year in which his father received a grant 
of land there. He removed with his parents to 
Chelmsford, but whether he remained there or 
went on to Groton is not positively known. 

(III) John (3) Shepley, or Sheple, as he 
spelled his name, son of John (2) Shepley, was 
born either at Chelmsford or Groton, Massa- 
chusetts, and was of the latter place at least as 
early as 1700, when a child of his is recorded 
as born there. He is called Captain John Sheple 
in the records and appears to have been repre- 
sentative to the General Court of Massachusetts 
for the six terms between 1716 and 1728, while in 
1718 he was a member of the board of select- 
men of Groton. He married Lydia , and 
among their children was John, mentioned below. 

(IV) John (4) Shepley, son of John (3) and 
Lydia Shepley, or Sheple, was a resident of 
Groton, and there married Abigail Green. 

(V) John (5) Shepley, son of John (4) and 
Abigail (Green) Shepley, and father of the Hon. 
Ether Shepley, was born at Groton. He was 
the orderly sergeant and clerk of a company of 
volunteers in the Revolution, and was a promi- 
nent man in the affairs of Groton, where he held 
several town offices. He was by occupation a 
farmer, and is said of him that he was exceed- 
ingly fond of reading and a “man of general in- 
formation.” He married Mary (Gibson) Therlow, 
the widow of Captain Therlow, of the Revolu- 
tionary army, and a daughter of Deacon Gibson, 
of Stowel. They were the parents of three 
children: John; Ether, with whom we are espe- 
cially concerned; and Stephen. 

(V1) Ether Shepley, second son of John (5) 
and Mary (Gibson-Therlow) Shepley, was born 
November 2, 1789, at Groton, Massachusetts. 
His rather unusual given name was taken from 
the name of one of the villages of the Canaanites 
given to Simeon—Joshua XIX:7, and in Hebrew 
signifies “stone.” The childhood of Ether Shep- 
ley was spent in his native town, where he at- 
tended the Groton Academy and studied under 
Caleb Butler, a well known educator of the day. 
There he was prepared for college and after- 


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wards matriculated at Dartmouth, from which 
he was graduated with the class of 1811. Having 
determined upon the law as a career, he entered 
the office of Dudley Hubbard, a well known at- 
torney of South Berwick, Maine, and there pur- 
sued his studies for a time. Mr. Hubbard found 
his new assistant a valuable one and desired him 
to stay in his office, but young Mr. Shepley felt 
that he should have a varied experience and left 
him to enter in succession the offices of Zabdiel 
B. Adams, of the Worcester county bar, and a 
Solomon Strong at Hampshire. He completed 
his studies and was admitted to the bar in July, 
1814, after which he came immediately to Maine 
and began his practice at Saco. He had greatly 
profited by his experience in the several of- 
ces where he had worked while reading the law, 
and had gained an amount of business experi- 
ence not possessed by the average young man 
beginning his practice, advantages which, coupled 
to his own great ability, soon brought him into 
prominence as one of the rising attorneys at the 
bar of Maine. The first occasion upon which 
Mr. Shepley became identified with public affairs 
to any great extent was that of the proposed 
separation of Maine from Massachusetts in 1810, 
it having been a part of the older State until 
that time. In the discussions which were en- 
tered into he took a very prominent part and his 
great legal knowledge made his counsel of high 
value, to such an extent that he was elected to 
represent Saco in the General Court during that 
year. He was also elected a member of the con- 
vention chosen to draw up the constitution of 
the new State and played a conspicuous part in 
the deliberations of that body. He was ap- 
pointed United States attorney for the District 
of Maine in 1821 as the successor to William P. 
Preble, when that eminent jurist was placed upon 
the Supreme Court of the State. This respon- 
sible post he continued to hold until 1833, when 
he was elected United States Senator from 
Maine as successor to John Holmes. He was 
a strong adherent to the policies of the Demo- 
cratic party of that day and stoutly supported 
President Jackson during his administration. It 
was during the excited controversy concerning 
the removal of deposits from the United States 
Bank, that Mr. Shepley championed the Presi- 
dent in his action and paid a great tribute to 
Amos Kendall, the government’s agent in the 
matter, who happened to be one of his own 
classmates at college. Mr. Shepley would prob- 
ably have remained in the Senate during a long 
period as he was still a comparatively young 


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man and one of great energy, but in September, 
1836, a vacancy occurred in the Supreme Court 
of the State for which his high legal abilities and 
great learning made him the most fitting candi- 
date. He was accordingly appointed an asso- 
ciate justice of that court by Governor Dunlap, 
and in 1848 became chief justice to succeed Chief 
Justice Whitman, an appointment that received 
the universal approval of the bench and bar of 
Maine. He held this high office during the 
seven years of the constitutional term, and then 
retired from the bench, terminating a judicial 
career which had done honor equally to himself 
and the great Commonwealth which he so faith- 
fully served. During that time he refused a 
great number of offices tendered to him in con- 
nection with the national government, for which 
he was eminently qualified, but which would 
have necessitated the giving up of his judicial 
duties to which he was particularly devoted. 
After his retirement from the bench in 1855 it 
was the desire of Justice Shepley to remain in 
private life, but he could not refuse to serve his 
fellow citizens in the capacity to which he was 
appointed by resolve of April 1, 1856. This was 
the special office of sole commissioner to re- 
vise the public laws, an appointment which con- 
tained in itself an expression of the highest con- 
fidence and trust possible. Although there was 
an instruction to complete his task by the fif- 
teenth day of the following November, a condi- 
tion that would have made it appear practically 
impossible to most men, Justice Shepley cheer- 
fully undertook it and actually accomplished it 
in the time set, and accomplished it in a manner 
that has given it a great and lasting value to 
Maine. The results of his labors were published 
in 1857 under the title of “Revised Statutes of 
Maine.” His death occurred at his Portland 
home, January 14, 1877, in the eighty-eighth year 
of his age. 

The devotion of Justice Shepley to the law 
was different in type from that of most men who 
follow that exacting mistress. Doubtless the 
majority of lawyers feel an interest in their great 
profession, but very few there are who will not 
put it aside for the sake of great opportunities 
in the world of politics or business. To many, 
indeed, it serves as but a stepping stone to 
politics, which they take merely because it ap- 
pears to lead there most directly. It was far 
otherwise with Justice Shepley, who consistent- 
ly put behind him any such temptation, if, in- 
deed, it was a temptation to him at all. His 
heart was single in its devotion and he would 


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seem to have cared more to succeed in his chosen 
calling than for any other honor that the world 
might offer. In another sense, too, this devotion 
was of an unusual kind. Justice Shepley was as 
jealous of the fair renown of his mistress as of 
his own, and would never consent to turn her 
powers to any purpose but the noblest. He was 
possessed unquestionably of remarkable qualifica- 
tions for the work he designed for himself, and 
added to a naturally clear and comprehensive 
mind the capacity for taking pains, which we 
have heard on good authority to be synonymous 
with genius. His powers of analysis were not- 
able and he carried them to their limit in work- 
ing out a case in detail. His forensic powers 
were also great, although not showy, his elo- 
quence being of that most effective kind that 
springs from powerful convictions and not from 
art. Personally he was a man of very powerful 
character which was based on the fundamental 
virtues of courage and sincerity. His home life 
was an ideal one, and it may be truly said that 
in all the relations of his life his conduct was 
beyond reproach. In the course of an obituary 
article on Justice Shepley, the late William Gould 
wrote as follows: 


Judge Shepley became a communicant of the Congre- 
gational church at Saco in 1823. He removed from 
Saco to Portland in 1837, and joined the communion 
of the State Street Church, an] was an exemplary 
Christian to the tme of his death. For tifty years 
there were n> doubts in his mind as to his duty to his 
Creaicr and Lis fellowmen. Within a few years of his 
death he wrote: ‘“‘When strongly inclined to cast it 
from me as a painful and loathsome subject, it seemed 
to be mean and unworthy of a thinking man to avoid 
a full and impartial investigation of his relations to 
his Creator and to his fellow creatures and the manner 
in which he fulfilled them. I desire to leave 
my testimony that a life of devotion resting upon 
repentance and faith in Christ is a life of higher en- 
joyment than can be found without it.”” The last time 
Judge Shepley spoke in public it was the privilege of 
the writer to hear him. In February, 1874, the 
Historical Society held a meeting in the city building, 
Portland, at which Judge Shepley was present. Dur- 
ing the forenoon the president alluded to the presence 
of the venerable judge, and invited him to address 
the society, which, after some hesitation, he concluded 
to do. While he was preparing to speak all eyes were 
turned to the patriarchal figure, which was most strik- 
ing. On his commencing to speak, there was a general 
feeling of reverence, and from a common impulse the 
whole audience rose, and remained standing until he 
elosed. He alluded to his associates of half a century 
before, to his long membership, and expressed regret 
that he had given to society so little assistance in their 
researches. He closed with an expression of interest 
in the objects aimed at. This was the last time he 
spoke in public and the scene will long be remembered 
by those present. 


From “A History of the Law, the Courts, and 
the Lawyers of Maine,” published in 1863, the fol- 
lowing extract concerning Justice Shepley is 
taken: 


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Judge Shepley has uniformally through his long life 
been the firm friend and supporter of good order, and 
a just administration of the law. He has given sub- 
stantial aid to the cause of religion, good morals, and 
general education, and has himself practiced upon the 
rules he has prescribed for others. He has been thirty- 
three years a trustee of Bowdoin College, having been 
chosen in 1829, and has been a careful observer of its 
affairs and a faithful counsellor in its emergencies. He 


has filled all the numerous trusts, private and public, © 


entrusted to him, uprightly, diligently, and well, for 
the good of the people and the individuals in whose 
service he has been employed. And after a well-filled 
public life of thirty-six years, and at the age of 
seventy-three years, he may very properly lay aside 
the armor, which he has worn worthily and with honor 
through the conflicts of political contention, the sharp 
strifes of the forum and the calmer struggles with the 
subtleties and nice discriminations of legal investiga- 
tion, where the arms are reason and judgment, against 
the keen masters of rhetoric. He has received from 
Dartmouth College the honorary degree of LL.D. . . 
The Chief Justice, too far advanced to take part in 
active hostilities in support of the government of his 
country, sustains the cause by his words and co-opera- 
tion in his efforts to put down the rebellion. And in 
order to enable his son to fight freely and unincum- 
bered by his numerous engagements at home, he has 
taken his place anew in the courts, and burnished up 
the forensic armor for fresh contests on the field of 
his former stuggles. E’en in his ashes lives his wonted 
fires. 

Ether Shepley was united in marriage in the 
year 1816 with Anna Foster, whom he knew while 
a student at Dartmouth. Her death occurred in 
1867. They were the parents of the following 
children: John R., a student of Bowdoin College, 
from which he received the degree of LL.D. and 
afterwards became one of the most prominent at- 
torneys of St. Louis, Missouri; George Foster, 


whose sketch follows; and Leonard D. 


GEORGE FOSTER SHEPLEY—tThe career 
of George Foster Shepley is one of those of 
which the State of Maine has the greatest reason 
to feel proud and he is deservedly ranked by his 
fellow citizens with such men as James G. Blaine, 
Thomas Reed and others, the greatest of her 
sons. His service at the bar and on the bench, 
a service rendered particularly to his State, and 
that rendered by him during his brilliant career as 
a soldier and military governor during the Civil 
War and the difficult period of reconstruction 
that followed, were such as to awaken the spon- 
taneous admiration of his fellow citizens, while 
his virtue and fidelity as a man and a Christian 
were well attested by his fruitfulness in good. 
His personal traits of character were such as to 
endear him to his great multitude of friends and 
professional associates, and the handsome memo- 
rial tablet erected in his honor in St. Luke’s Ca- 
thedral at Portland, Maine, by a group of men 
who had known and come into constant. rela- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


tions with him is an eloquent if silent tribute to 
this most genuine veneration and affection. 

General Shepley was a son of the Hon. Ether 
and Anna (Foster) Shepley and a member of a 
distinguished New England family, his descent 
being traced in the sketch of his father precedes 
this. That father was for many years one of the 
best known jurists of Maine and a man who stood 
for all that was best and noblest in the traditions 
of the American bar, while his mother was a 
woman of the highest type of New England gen- 
tlewoman, so that the home atmosphere in which 
the lad, and afterwards the youth, was reared, and 
where his impressionable character was formed, 
was well calculated to bring out and foster all 
that was purest and strongest in his nature. 

He was born January 1, 1819, at Saco, Maine, 
and his childhood was spent in his native town 
and in attendance upon the local schools. His 
father had been a student at Dartmouth College, 
and had the strongest kind of associations with 
that great institution, so that when, at an un- 
usually early age, the youth was ready for col- 
lege it was there that he was sent. He was grad- 
uated after the usual academic course with the 
class of 1837, when only eighteen years of age. 
It was quite natural that the young man, brought 
up in the atmosphere of the law and with the 
shining example of his father before him, should 
desire to follow in the elder man’s footsteps and 
adopt the law as his profession. This, indeed, 
was true and after his graduation from Dart- 
mouth he entered the Harvard Law School, 
where he had the privilege of studying under such 
brilliant teachers and complete masters of the law 
as Judge Story and Professor Greenleaf. He com- 
pleted his law studies in two years, and upon 
graduating from Harvard in 1839 he was admit- 
ted to the bar of Maine, though but twenty years 
old at the time. He first made his headquarters 
at Bangor, Maine, where he commenced practice 
in association with Joshua W. Hathaway, after- 
wards associate justice of the Supreme Court of 
Maine. In 1844 Mr. Shepley came to Portland 
and there became a partner of the Hon. Joseph 
Howard, a distinguished member of the Portland 
bar. Judge Howard had already developed a 
large legal business which attained even greater 
proportions during the existence of the firm of 
Howard & Shepley. In the year 1848 Chief Jus- 
tice Whitman died and Justice Ether Shepley, al- 
ready an associate of the Supreme Court, was 
appointed to fill the highest judicial office within 
the gift of the State. This left a vacancy in the 
court and Mr. Howard was chosen to fill it. It 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


thus happened that the whole weight and respon- 
sibility of the large practice of the firm fell upon 
the shoulders of young Mr. Shepley, who proved 
himself quite capable of managing it. Not long 
afterwards he associated with him John W. 
Dana, now deceased, and the firm of Shepley & 
Dana rapidly assumed a place in the front rank 
of the profession. The bar of Maine at that time 
numbered among its members such men as Gen- 
eral Samuel Fessenden, William Pitt Fessenden, 
Edward Fox, Thomas Amory Deblois, R..H. L. 
Codman and others of like standing, yet among 
these brilliant attorneys young Mr. Shepley took 
his place as an equal, proving himself a worthy 
successor to his father. In 1853.he was appointed 
by President Pierce United States district attor- 
ney for Maine, and in 1857 was reappointed by 
President Buchanan. Until 1861 he continued in 
this office, trying many difficult cases for the gov- 
ernment and acquitting himself with the utmost 
ability. At the same time he was engaged in his 
private practice, which increased from year to 
year until it was one of the largest in Maine. 

The story of Mr. Shepley’s participation in the 
political upheaval of the time is an interesting 
one. His father, Justice Ether Shepley, had al- 
ways been a staunch Democrat in his affiliations, 
and the younger man had grown up with the 
same strong sympathies, founded on a very clear 
understanding of the great principles involved. In 
spite of his firm convictions, however, he was re- 
luctant to take part in the political activities, pre- 
ferring to devote his attention to his chosen mis- 
tress, the law, for which he had much the same 
pure devotion as his father. It was impossible 
for a man of his prominence and reputation to re- 
main entirely aloof, however, for he was con- 
stantly being invited to support this or that can- 
didate or policy, and he naturally felt a certain 
obligation to defend and urge his principles and 
beliefs. In 1850 he was the successful candidate 
of his party for the State Senate, and in his ca- 
pacity as legislator he was irresistably drawn into 
the conflicts then raging. In each case where he 
appeared as an advocate for some purpose or aim 
of his party, he won further laurels as a sincere 
and eloquent speaker, and in the ranks of his 
opponents became an adversary to be feared. In 
the year 1860 he was a. delegate-at-large for 
Maine at the Democratic National Convention at 
Charlestown, South Carolina, and afterwards at 
the postponed sessions of that body at Baltimore. 
He was a prominent figure there and his speech 
in reply to the call for the State of Maine won 
him national fame. The principal candidates at 


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the convention were Judge Douglas and Mr. 
Guthrie, and it was for the latter that Mr. Shep- 
ley cast his vote, his being one of the three out 
of eight Maine delegates so cast. With the nomi- 
nation of Judge Douglas he put aside his own 
preferences and lent his powerful aid in the cam- 
paign that followed, yet it was known that he was 
not in entire accord with a large faction of Doug- 
las supporters. The Democratic party was very 


.much split up into factions at the time, and many 


of its members were uniting with the new Re- 
publican party, organized on the issues of aboli- 
tion anti-slavery and the preservation of the 
Union. While Mr. Shepley did not then leave the 
ranks of the Democratic party, he was wholly in 
accord with the Republicans upon both of these 
then paramount questions, and when Abraham 
Lincoln was elected was among the first of the 
leaders of his party to uphold the President’s 
hands. 

His support was of the practical kind of ac- 
cepting a commission as colonel of the Twelfth 
Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, September 
27, 1861. His appointment to this responsible 
post was largely due to the representations of 
General B. F. Butler in command of the New 
England Division raised in this region and of 
which the Twelfth Regiment was designed to 
form a part. After spending a few months at 
Camp Chase, near Lowell, Massachusetts, he em- 
barkd from Boston on the steamer Constitution 
in command of a detachment of General Butler’s 
division consisting of his own regiment, the Thir- 
tieth Massachusetts Regiment, two companies of 
mounted rifles and one section of a battery. 
After other delays he finally arived at Ship Is- 
land, near New Orleans, having, in the meantime, 
joined his commanding officer, General Butler, 
with the rest of the division. So efficient had 
Colonel Shepley proved himself in the difficult 
matters of transporting and caring for the larg» 
body of troops so entrusted to him that on March 
22, 1863, by general order No. 2, Department of 
the Gulf, he was placed in command of the Third 
Brigade, which consisted of the Twelfth, Thir- 
teenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Maine Regiments, 
the Thirtieth Massachusetts, the First Maine Bat- 
tery and Magee’s cavalry. This was a prelimin- 
ary step to an office which he was later to fill 
and in which he was destined to do a very great 
service to his country. Not long after his in- 
creased responsibilties, General Butler occupied 
New Orleans, and Colonel Shepley was made 
military commander of the city in charge of the 
troops there and at Algiers. The difficulties and 


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responsibilities of this post were soon after ma- 
terially increased, for, the confederate mayor be- 
ing arrested by General Butler for disloyalty, he 
was ordered to assume the civic duties of ad- 
ministration. In this most delicate position, Col- 
onel Shepley displayed the most praiseworthy 
combination of respect for the lives and rights of 
the civil population with the sternest determin- 
ation to suppress any attempt at disorder or in- 
fraction of the military rule. He at once issued a 
proclamation assuring the people of protection, 
but warning against any interference with the sol- 
diers in the discharge of their duty. He retained 
in force all the city ordinances that it was pos- 
sible to do under the changed circumstances and 
endeavored to make the burden of military occu- 
pation as light as was consistent with security. 
He rightly believed that this policy was best cal- 
culated to serve the ends of his government and 
allay the bitter feeling entertained against it by 
those who had felt its force. The condition of the 
city was not only maintained at an equality with 
what it had previously been, but actually im- 
proved so that what had gained the name for a 
somewhat unhealthy community became under 
his rule, highly sanitary and clean. So great was 
his success that on June 3, 1862, upon the recom- 
mendation of the Secretary of War, President 
Lincoln appointed him military governor of the 
State of Louisiana with almost absolute powers, 
and on July 26 of the same year he was appointed 
brigadier-general. General Shepley at once put 
into force the same splendid regulations obtaining 
in New Orleans throughout the entire State, ap- 
pointed acting mayors to administer the affairs of 
cities, reopened the courts under loyal judges 
appointed by himself, and in general brought or- 
der out of confusion and restored the normal ac- 
tivities of the community in as great a degree as 
was possible in war time. He continued to ad- 
minister the affairs of the State for nearly two 
years and then, upon the election of a civil gover- 
nor elected by the people, he was, at his own 
request, relieved by the President and ordered to 
report to the adjutant-general for service in the 
field. How far General Shepley had overcome 
the prejudices of the people over whom he had 
been set to rule and how much he had done to 
restore confidence and trust in the purposes of the 
United States Government on the part of many 
of the Confederates, may be seen in the address 
signed by many of the leading men of New Or- 
leans at the time of his retirement from office 
over them. It began in the following words and 
was an eloquent tribute to his firmness, his mercy 
and justice: 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


We, citizens of New Orleans, avail ourselves of the 
opportunity afforded us by the close of your official 
career among us, to give expression to the sentiments 
of regard and esteem with which your character and 
conduct have inspired us. For nearly two years you 
have performed the delicate and arduous duties of 
Military Governor of Louisiana in a manner beyond 
all praise, winning in your official capacity the respect 
of the whole community, and by your social virtues 
converting all who have enjoyed the pleasure of your 
acquaintance into warm personal friends. 


General Shepley was next ordered to report for 
duty in the Department of Virginia and North 
Carolina, at the personal request of the general 
commanding, and was placed by him in command 
of the military district of Eastern Virginia in 
which were included the important posts of Fort- 
ress Monroe, Newport News, Yorktown, Wil- 
liamsburg, Norfolk and Portsmouth, with the line 
of defences known as Getty’s Line, the eastern 
shore of Virginia and that portion of North Caro- 
lina north of Albemarle Sound. Later he once 
more engaged in field operation as chief of staff 
to Major-General Weitzel, and for a time during 
the absence of that officer commanded the Twen- 
ty-fifth Army Corps. He continued with the 
Army of the James during the remainder of the 
war and was with General Weitzel’s troops when 
they were the first to enter Richmond upon the 
fall of that city. He was then appointed the first 
military governor of Richmond, but upon the 
peace agreement becoming effective, he resigned 
his commission and returned to civil life. Gen- 
eral Shepley, convinced by the facts of the situ- 
ation as he had observed them throughout the 
desperate struggle from which the Nation had 
just emerged, had changed his political affili- 
ations and was now staunchly Republican. In 
1865 he was offered an appointment to the Su- 
preme Court of Maine as associate justice, but de- 
clined, although in the year following he ac- 
cepted the Republican nomination to the State 
Legislature. At the close of the session he once 
more took up the practice of his profession, in 
association with A. A. Strout, under the firm 
name of Shepley & Strout, but this association 
did not last long, for in 1869, when the judicial 
system of the United States was amended by an 
act providing for the appointment of -circuit 
judges, he was honored by being selected for the 
first judge of the First Circuit. His commission 
was dated December 22, 1869, and from that time 
until his death, July 20, 1878, he continued to dis- 
charge the duties of that high office with a pains- 
taking zeal and a brilliant comprehension of his 
function that made his interpretations of the law 
memorable to his associates. The contemporary 
estimate of him and his powers is to be found in’ 
the tributes paid him at the time of his death by 


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friends and professional colleagues with which 
this sketch closes. 

While General Shepley was a man of strong 
religious beliefs and feelings, he did not join with 
any religious body or church until a short time 
before his death. In the spring of 1877, however, 
he became a member of the Episcopal church and 
from that time until his death, about fifteen 
months later, attended divine services at St. 
Luke’s Church at Portland. A few weeks before 
his death he received from Dartmouth College 
the honorary degree of LL.D. 

General Shepley married (first) Lucy Hayes 
while residing at Bangor, and they were the par- 
ents of four children. One of the daughters be- 
came the wife of Commander T. O. Selfridge, 
United States Navy, and another married a Mr. 
Tiffany, one of the leaders of the bar of St. Louis, 
Missouri. Mrs. Shepley died in the year 1869, 
and in 1872 Judge Shepley married (second) 
Helen Merrill, a native of Portland, and a daugh- 
ter of Eliphalet Merrill. Mrs. Shepley survives 
her husband. 

The character and achievement of George Fos- 
ter Shepley might well form the subject of a 
long and eulogistic article, for they were of so 
noteworthy a kind that he must indubitably be 
classed among the greatest of Maine’s citizens, 
but the most convincing praise is that which 
springs from the men who are personally ac- 
quainted with the subject of it and who conse- 
quently speak with the authority of actual knowl- 
edge. It will, therefore, be appropriate to con- 
clude this brief sketch with the words of some of 
Judge Shepley’s associates of the bench and bar 
of Maine, who, at a meeting called to honor his 
memory at the time of his death, had an oppor- 
tunity to express themselves concerning him. 
The lawyers of the Circuit Court of the United 
States over which Judge Shepley had presided 
for so many years passed the following resolu- 
tions: 

Resolved, That the public and private character of the 
late George F. Shepley commands the highest esteem 
and admiration. Endowed with the inspiration of genius 
for the law, the came early to the Bar, and acquired 
rare excellence aS a counsellor, advocate and jurist. 
As a counsellor, he was judicious and wise; as an advo- 
eate, logical and eloquent; as a jurist, learned in the 
various branches of the law, and in some pre-eminent; 
as a judge, dignified, courteous, impartial and incor- 
ruptable. When his country was in peril he left the 
forum for the field, and as military governor of Louisi- 
jana displayed marked executive ability in the per- 
formance of his difficult duties, and by firmness 
mingled with kindness secured the confidence and high 
regard of the people of the State. Peace restored, he 


resumed the duties of his profession, and soon after 
was appointed to the high judicial position that he 


filled at the time of his decease. His domestic and 
social virtues are embalmed in the hearts of his family 
and friends. 

Resolved, That the attorney of the United States be 
requested to present these resolutions to the Court, 
seks ask to have them entered on the records of the 

ourt: 


In seconding these resolutions the late Judge 
Nathan Webb said: 


The resolutions which have been read convey the 
sentiments of this Bar at his departure, and their high 
appreciation of his personal and judicial worth. 

Fully impressed with the many relations in which 
he was conspicuous, and held in high esteem, this place 
and occasion admonish us that it is with his profes- 
sional and judicial life and characteristics that our 
thoughts and words will most appropriately be occu- 
pied. 2 

When he came to the Bar, at a very early age, 
he found the front ranks crowded with giants in the 
legal profession. In Penobscot county, where he first 
appeared, were Rogers, McCrillis, Kent and Cutting, 
Hathaway and Appleton, four of whom have since 
illustrated the judiciary of Maine. In Cumberland, 
whither in a few years he moved, were the Fessendens, 
and Preble, and Davies, Deblois and Codman; in the 
central part of the State, Boutelle and Williams, and 
Paine and Evans. The profession in York was learned 
and well disciplined, counting among its members many 
a distinguished lawyer, with the foremost of whom 
stood one whose long continued labors on the bench 
of the highest national Court almost make us forget 
the power he wielded at the Bar. 

Turn which way he would, enter any Court in 
Maine, State or National, he was sure to encounter 
formidable adversaries, whose fame alone would dis- 
courage feeble spirits. 

But this youthful counsellor knew his own strength, 
and was confident that he was well prepared for the 
struggle before him, and that he was able to make 
good his claim against any opposition. But few essays 
of his power were required before his position and 
success were assured. While in years hardly more 
than a boy, he was the admitted peer of the most 
mature and wisest of the profession. From the begin- 
ning he was entrusted with business of difficulty, mag- 
nitude and responsibility. This manifestation of belief 
in him called upon him for his best effort, and he 
performed an amount of labor that few young men are 
willing to attempt and fewer still can sustain. 


A description of Judge Shepley’s methods and 
manner in court and in professional relations with 
his clients and opponents is furnished in the 
speech of Mr. A. A. Strout, on the same occa- 
sion. He said: 


Possessed of physical endurance, which enabled him 
to withstand severe and protracted labor and anxiety 
in the trial of causes, he was able to give to his client 
and his case the benefit of his great learning and 
splendid abilities in unstinted measure. He possessed 
a memory so tenacious and ready, that he rarely lost 
sight of any material part of the evidence in the case 
on trial, however complicated and protracted it might 
be. His great powers of analysis and exact compari- 
son enabled him to determine, with a rapidity and 
certainty which seemed like intuition, the controlling 
acts developed by the testimony, and the rules to be 
applied in their just decision. Although he availed 
himself of all his learning, whether acquired from 
books or observation, he did not trust to this alone, 
but before he entered upon a trial in matters of dif- 
ficulty or novel impression, he carefully examined each 
proposition of law and fact, and fortified his positions 


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with the authority of decided cases. And while he 
recognized and availed himself of the reported decisions, 
he knew that their conclusions were frequently depen- 
‘dent upon the provisions of local law and the fact 
peculiar to the causes in which the opinions were 
rendered, and he was accustomed to invoke those rules 
of human conduct which, founded in justice, and recog- 
nized as the common law of society, were adapted to 
its varying wants and conditions. 

To the discussion of these fundamental principles 
he brought a clearness of statement, a cogency of 
argument, a breadth and wealth of thought and sug- 
gestion, and an earnestness born of conviction, which 
at times rose to the loftiest heights of the purest elo- 
quence, and which, while he was at the Bar, always 
delighted and instructed those who gathered to hear 
him speak. In the general conduct of a trial he ob- 
served the unvarying fairness and kindness which 
eharcterized all his relations with the Bar and Court. 

He was particularly successful in the examination of 
witnesses, and with skillful hand stripped falsehood 
of its disguises, and exposed fraud and wrong doing. 
He was at times impetuous, and his spirit kindled with 
aggressive energy at the discovery of attempted fraud, 
or deceitful practice, or in the vindication of the rights 
of those whom it was his duty to defend. But never— 
even in the sharpest rigor of forensic conflict—did he 
forget the duty of respect which he owed to the Court, 
or the courtesy which he felt to be due to his 
opponent. 


It was left to the Hon. Nathan Clifford, asso- 
ciate justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
States ,to speak wtih most authority and elo- 
quence concerning Judge Shepley’s qualifications 
in the high office that he held at the time of his 
death. Mr. Justice Clifford remarked: 


3 Delicate and responsible duties were devolved 
upon him in all these situations, and it is only simple 
justice to say that in every position he occupied he 
performed his duty with integrity and ability, and met 
the highest expectations of his most ardent friends. 
Admit all that, and still the position in which Judge 
Shepley’s faculties were called into their exercise, was 
in the judicial position which he filled at the time of 
his lamented death. Soon after the close of the war 
the business in some of the circuits had so immensely 
increased, that it became no longer possible that the 
duties should be performed by a single Judge, who 
was also charged with the performance of the duties 
devolved upon a Justice of the Supreme Court. Con- 
gress interposed and provided for the appointment of 
one Circuit Judge for each of the nine circuits, and 
Judge Shepley, with the full concurrence of the Bar, 
was accordingly appointed to fill that important posi- 
tion in the First Circuit. Even judicial appointments 
are frequently the subject of contests, but it is not 
going too far to say that the appointment of the late 
incumbent was considered by all who knew him, as 
it was in fact, only a just and proper recognition of 
his abilities and acauirements as a lawyer. Since his 
first entrance into the laborious and complicated duties 
of the responsible office to the day of his sudden and 
lamented death, we all know how faithfully, impartially 
and ably he met all the requirements of duty, and how 
satisfactorily he presided over the administration of 
Justice in the several Districts of the Circuit. None 
who ever saw him presiding in the Court will deny 
that the clear nd penetrating qualities of his mind, and 
his quick and powerful comprehension, fitted him in a 
remarkable degree for promptly approaching and grasp- 
ing the vital and esential points of a case when pre- 
sented for his adjudication, and for formulating the 
inquiry upon which the decision would depend in cases 
where the issue was to be submitted to the jury. . 5 

In speaking of Judge Shepley, my mind is, by force 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


of association, irresistably borne back to a far earlier 
period than that of his active life, and memory recalls 
the form of his venerable father, for many years the 
Chief Justice of our highest Court, whom I knew from 
my first arrival here from my native State. When I 
first came to Maine, young and without acquaintance, 
I received words of counsel and advice from the elder 
Judge Shepley, the following of which exercised a most 
important and favorable influence upon all the subse- 
quent years of my life. Neither these nor the author 
will ever be forgotten. Called upon, therefore, today, 
to speak of the life and character of the son, the image 
of the father rises also in the mind. Thus father and 
son have passed through the period of their temporal 
labors, duties and trials, and together, as we trust 
and believe, look out upon that new and nobler life 
which all humanity has ever, in some form, regarded as 
one of freedom from trouble, sorrow and pain. Let 
us cherish their memories and profit by their eminent 
examples. 


CLINTON LEWIS BAXTER, the third child 
of James Phinney and Sarah K. (Lewis) Baxter, 
whose biography appears on other pages in these 
volumes, was born in Portland, Maine, June 209, 
189. His early education was received in the local 
schools of his native city. From there he went to 
the high school, and was graduated with honor 
with the class of 1877. He then attended Bowdoin 
College and graduated from that institution in 188z. 
The faculty conferred upon him both the degrees 
Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts. Immedi- © 
ately after graduation he entered the business wozr!d 
by associating himself with the Portland Packing 
Company, which had been established by his father 
in 1861, and under his able management the busi- 
ness has continued to grow until it is now one of 
the most important enterprises in the New England 
states. Mr. Baxter is a director of the Canal Na- 
tional Bank. In proof of the confidence imposed 
in him, and recognizing his mastery of business 
principles, in 1917 he was elected overseer of Bow- 
doin College. 

In local affairs of import he votes for the men 
and measures he thinks is to the best interest of 
all the people. But in national elections he siup- 
ports the principles of the Republican party. How- 
ever, he has never sought or desired public office, 
preferring to devote his time to the extensive busi- 
ness interests. His life is guided by the tenants 
of the Masonic fraternity, of which he’has attained 
to the thirty-second degree. He is a member of 
the Portland, Cumberland and Country clubs, Phi 
Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon societies, and 
a consistant member of the State Street Congrega- 
tional Church. ; 

Mr. Baxter married (first) Cora Paulina Dana, 
born September 1, 1858. Her death occurred April 
21, 1888, and on October 14, 1801, he married (sec- 
ond) Ethel Fox. One child was born of the first 
union: Cora Dana, born April 21, 1888; and there 


CLINTON L. BAXTER 


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are two children of the second union: Anna Fox, 
born November 8, 1892, died August 12, 1894, and 
Ellen Fessenden, born May 7, 1894. 

As a man and citizen Mr. Baxter is of large and 
liberal views in all matters of business, full of en- 
terprise, and lends his influence to all that he thinks 
will advance the interests of his city, State and 
nation. 


MORSE FAMILY—Among the great New 
England families which have been asosciated with 
this region since the very earliest Colonial period, 
one of the most prominent is unquestionably that 
of Morse, which for many years resided at New- 
bury, Massachusetts, and later in Maine. The 
men of this family have all displayed a marked 
talent for practical affairs, a talent which found 
its culmination in the persons of Wyman Morse, 
Benjamin Wyman Morse, his son, and Charles 
Wyman Morse, his grandson. Even in that early 
day, when it first came to the New World to seek 
opportunities which were denied it in the home 
country, the Morse family was an old one and its 
representatives in England during the Middle 
Ages were scarcely, if any, less notable than these 
capable men who have borne its name here. The 
origin of the name was a very early one, being 
derived, according to genealogists, from the ear- 
lief form of De Mors, the prefix “De” being grad- 
ually dropped by English usage and the final “E” 
added. It was known as early as 1200 A. D., in 
England, and we have a record of one Hugo de 
Mors in 1358, during the reign of Edward III, 
while the early New England records gives us 


the names of Anthony, William, Joseph and Sam- 


uel Morse as settlers in this country. The home 
branch of the family with which we are con- 
cerned is not surely known, but we do know from 
the records that Anthony Morse sailed from 
England with his brother William, on the good 
ship James, from Southampton, in 1635. They ar- 
rived at Boston, June 3, of that year, and An- 
thony Morse was made freeman of the Colony 
of Massachusetts Bay, May 25, 1636. It was he 
who founded the family in Newbury, where his 
death occurred October 12, 1686. He is spoken of 
as of Marlborough, England, and it is probable 
that he resided there, but there is no record as to 
the place of his birth. 

(II) Joseph Morse, third son of Anthony 
Morse, also resided in Newbury, although the 
place of his birth is not known. He died there 
January 15, 1686, some months before his father. 
He married Mary , and they were the parents 
of the following children: Benjamin, Joseph, Jr., 
mentioned below; Joshua, Sarah and Mary. 


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(III) Joseph (2) Morse, son of Joseph (1) 
and Mary Morse, was born about 1673, at New- 
bury, and resided in that place during his entire 
life. He was one of the constituent memDers of 
the Third Church of Newbury, in 1726, and was 
chosen a member of the “Monthly Meeting” of 
that church, December 7, 1727. He married 
Elizabeth Poor, a daughter of Henry and Mary 
(Tipcomb) Poor, and they were the parents of 
the following children: Joseph, Daniel, mentioned 
below; John, Mary, Elizabeth, Judith, Edmund, 
Jonathan, Enoch and Sarah. 

(IV) Daniel Morse, second son of Joseph (2) 
and Elizabeth (Poor) Morse, was born March 
8, 1695, at Newbury, where he always resided. He 
married, in 1727, Sarah Swain, of Reading, and 
they were the parents of the following children: 
Joshua, Sarah, Daniel, mentioned below; and 
Elizabeth. 

(V) Daniel (2) Morse, second son of Daniel (1) 
and Sarah (Swain) Morse, was born at Newbury, 
and baptized in the Third Church of what is 
now Newburyport, February 25, 1723. It was he 
that founded the Morse family of Maine, remov- 
ing to Georgetown in that State, probably be- 
fore 1750. He was a carpenter by trade and built 
the first frame house at Bath. He afterwards 
made his home at Phippsburg, Maine, where his 
death occurred about 1790. He married Mrs. 
Margaret Crane, whose first husband was killed 
by Indians at Topsham, Maine, and who was the 
daughter of McNeill. They were the par- 
ents of the following children: Daniel, David, 
Jonathan, mentioned below; and Margaret. 

(V1) Jonathan Morse, third son of Daniel (2) 
and Margaret (McNeill-Crane) Morse, was born 
July 7, 1755 ,at Phippsburg, Maine, and died July, 
1836. He made his home at Phippsburg and there 
married, about 1778, Sarah Wyman, a member of 
an old Maine family and daughter of Francis 
and Sarah (Bliphen or Blethen) Wyman, and 
they were the parents of: William, Frances, 
Richard, Jonathan, Esedas, Frank, David and 
Wyman, mentioned below. 

(VII) Wyman Morse, youngest child of Jona- 
than and Sarah (Wyman) Morse, was born June 
8, 1801, at Phippsburg, Maine, and died at Bath, 
Maine, August 6, 1844. He was a man of unusual 
ability, and early in manhood removed from his 
native Phippsburg to Bath, where he became in- 
terested in the great shipping industry of that 
city. It was he who founded the first towboat 
line on the Kennebec river, which afterwards 
reached such large proportions under the man- 
agement of his son, and which already in his own 
life had become an important enterprise. The 


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first boat operated in this manner was the 
steamer Bellingham, which for many years he op- 
erated most successfully. He was a man of 
prominence in the community and was well 
known and highly respected by his fellow citi- 
zens. At that time the great shipping industry of 
the State was centered at Bath, as was also that 
of the building of ships, the city having great ship 
yards and ways extending for a mile on either 
side on the banks of the Kennebec. With this 
early prosperity, which would undoubtedly have 
grown to still greater proportions had not the 
tide set in against the American merchant marine 
in a manner which practically destroyed that ac- 
tivity in the United States, Mr. Morse was asso- 
ciated. 

Wyman Morse was united in marriage, Novem- 
ber 18, 1824, with Eliza Anna Donnell, a daugh- 
ter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Todd-Woodwell) 
Donnell, old and highly respected residents of 
this place, where her birth occurred November 4, 
1805. They were the parents of the following chil- 
dren: 1. Benjamin Wyman, whose sketch follows. 
2. Samuel Thomas, born March 4, 1828, at 
Bath, Maine, and died in Charlestown, Massachu- 
setts, March 18, 1831. 3. Charles Henry, born 
June 17, 1830, at Charlestown, Masaschusetts, and 
later became captain of a river steamboat and was 
associated with his brother, Benjamin Wyman, 
in the great business at Bath; he was a member 
of the Universalist church; married (first) Febru- 
ary 5, 1862, Emily A. Boner, of Somerville, 
Massachusetts, the ceremony being performed by 
the Rev. Mr. Clark; the first Mrs. Morse’s death 
occurred July 28, 1862, and he married (second) 
June 27, 1875, Jennie R. Larrabee, of Bath, the 
ceremony being performed by the Rev. Mr. 
Dyke. 4. Eliza Ann, born at Charlestown, Massa- 
chusetts, August 26, 1832; married, October 31, 
1876, at Bath, Maine, B. W. Hawthorne, of Wool- 
wich, Maine, the Rev. Mr. Nutting officiating; 
she now resides at Bath. 5. Frances May, born 
December 21, 1834, at Charlestown, Massachu- 
setts, and died in Bath, December 21, 1866. 6. 
Samuel Ralph, born May 16, 1837, at Charlestown, 
Massachusetts, died July 10, 1845. 7. George Wil- 
liam, born April 4, 1839, at Bath, Maine, and died 
October 16, 1881, at sea in the Indian ocean; he 
was a master mariner, married, December 1g, 
1874, Jane Parker, his second cousin and daugh- 
ter of Alden Parker and Louise (Lee) Morse, of 
Winnegance, Maine, the ceremony performed by 
the Rev. Mr. Houghton; they were the parents of 
one child, Louise E. Morse, who married, Sep- 
tember 25, 1907, Maurice M. Miller. ‘8. James 


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Thomas, born April 25, 1841, at Bath, Maine, and 
now a member of Morse & Company, shipping 
merchants of Boston. 9. John Gilman, born 
March 19, 1843, at Bath, Maine, and died there 
May II, 1849. 


BENJAMIN WYMAN MORSE—The name of 
Captain Benjamin Wyman Morse, whose death 
occurred May 30, 1887, at his home in Bath, Maine, 
is undoubtedly one of the best known in this city 
as well as along the Kennebec river and the 
costal region hereabouts as being one of those 
who did most to build up and develop the present 
great prosperity of this region. Captain Morse 
was the eldest child of Wyman and Eliza Anna 
(Donnell) Morse, and a member of the old and 
distinguished Morse family, of which there is ex- 
tended mention above. 

He was born September 1, 1825, at Bath, and 
there gained his education at the local public 
schools. While yet little more than a lad, he 
was employed by his father on the old side wheel 
steamer Bellingham, of which the latter was in 
command, and very soon became familiar with all 
the details of that work. When the elder Mr. 
Morse died, he was himeslf placed in command 
of the Bellingham which, however, was very soon 
displaced by larger and more powerful side wheel 
steamers, one of which was the Ellen Morse, the 
first steam engine side wheeler built on the 
river. For a number of years he continued to use 
these vessels, which were then the only type of 
steamer in use, but he was quick to perceive the 
advantages of the screw propeller type when that 
epoch making discovery first came into use and it 
was not long before he had replaced his old type 
steamboats with the new. With his usual enter- 
prise, Captain Morse owned the first one of these 
that appeared on the Kennebec, and it was not 
long before he possessed a fleet of them. In the 
meantime, his business had been growing by leaps 
and bounds, and in association with his brother 
he organized the Knickerbocker Steam Towage 
Company, which was incorporated by act of the 
Maine Legislature, and which soon became the 
most important business of its kind in the re- 
gion. At first Captain Morse took the position 
of treasurer of this great concern, but afterwards 
was elected president and held that office until 
the time of his death. In addition to the tow boat 
business which he built up he extended his en- 
terprise into other fields of activity, and was soon 
engaged in general coastwise navigation and also 
in the building of ships. He was the owner of 
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many of his own in his shipyards after 1879, 
among which were seventeen of the largest class 
of coastwise vessels. He also purchased a num- 
ber of schooners from other builders in the neigh- 
borhood, so that he soon became the owner of 
the largest coastwise fleet operating from any 
one port. Yet another venture of Mr. Morse was 
in connection with the ice business and it was in 
the winter of 1876 that he first began the process 
of cutting and storing ice on the upper Kenne- 
bec, he being the pioneer in this line. This ice 
was shipped by him to southern cities and proved 
so successful that he soon extended his busi- 
ness to Boothbay and later to the Hudson river. 
His own vessels were largely employed in the 
transportation of this ice and returned from their 
destination with cargoes of coal for the northern 
ports. This introduced him into a new line and 
he gradually developed the coal business to very 
large proportions, using barges as colliers, with 
which he transported this essential commodity. 
It was his custom to purchase small ships which 
he would convert into barges and which answered 
his purpose admirably. Since the death of Mr. 
Morse, this business has been continued by his 
successors, the Morse Company. Mr. Morse was 
a director of the Lincoln Bank of Bath, and also 
a member of the Board of Trade. 
ious belief he was a Universalist and attended 
the church of that denomination at this place. 

Captain Benjamin Wyman Morse was united in 
marriage, July 19, 1853, at New York City, with 
Anna E. J. Rodbird, who was born April 1o, 
1830, a daughter of William and Jane A. 
(Pritchard) Rodbird. William Rodbird was born 
in Alna, Maine, April 11, 1799, and died in Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, March 11, 1854. Jane A. 
Pritchard was born in Warwick, Virginia, July 
13, 1802, and died in Bath, December 11, 1840. 
They had been married in Richmond, Virginia, 
September 25, 1834. The ceremony of Captain 
Morse and Miss Rodbird was performed by the 
Rey. Mr. E. H. Chapin, and two children were 
born to them, as follows: Jennie Rodbird, and 
Charles Wyman, whose sketch follows. Mrs. 
Morse’s death occurred December 4, 1898, at 
Bath. Jennie Rodbird Morse is a lady of great 
cultivation and talent and has much ability in 
both music and art. She is now the owner of 
the beautiful old mansion of General McClellan, 
in Bath, and there makes her home. 

Mr. Morse was a man of unusually strong and 
virtuous character, but for all that a gentle and 
willing personality. He was exceedingly domes- 
tic in his tastes and his greatest happiness was 


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to remain in his own home where he had a 
charming library of rare books, of which he was 
a consistent reader. He is buried in Oak Grove 
Cemetery, with his wife, and there has been 
erected a magnificent granite monument to his 
memory, representing an oak tree, broken off 
twenty feet from the ground. 


CHARLES WYMAN MORSE, son of Captain 
Benjamin Wyman and Anna E. J. (Rodbird) 
Morse, was born in Bath, Maine, October 21, 
1856. After preparatory education he entered 
Bowdoin College, whence he was graduated A.B. 
in the class of 1877. He had secured a book- 
keeping position paying fifteen hundred dollars, 
and subletting the work for a third of this sum 
defrayed his expenses with the remainder, also 
beginning dealings in ice while a student at Bow- 
doin. Upon his graduation from college he was 
possessed of a considerable sum earned during 
his college years, and at once engaged in the ice 
business with his father and cousin. Until mov- 
ing to Brooklyn in 1880 he was absorbed in the 
organization of the production end of the busi- 
ness, obtaining long term options on the ice 
crops ofthe Maine district and gaining control 
of several Maine companies, and in New York, 
acquiring controlling interests along the Hudson 
river, began the major development of this en- 
terprise. Until the manufacture of artificial ice 
won the southern field, Mr. Morse’s companies 
were the principal factor in ice cutting and dis- 
tribution along the Atlantic coast, an operation 
of great magnitude that resulted in the incorpora- 
tion, March 11, 1899, of the American Ice Com- 
pany, under the laws of the State of New Jersey. 

During this period Mr. Morse had entered the 
banking field with the energetic zeal that had 
already made him a leader in large affairs in 
New York City and a figure of national promi- 
nence, and rapidly ascended to a commanding 
position in the financial world. He was the 
dominating force in many institutions of im- 
portance and magnitude, including the National 
Bank of North America, the New Amsterdam 
National Bank, and the Title Insurance Company, 
of New York, his control extending to about six- 
teen banks. Mr. Morse, in a remarkably short 
time, conducted financial opertions of such stu- 
pendous scale that he became known as one of 
the greatest financial geniuses of his time. 

Ships and shipping were a natural interest of 
his family and he had steadily increased his in- 
terests in this line from his first cargo carrying 
ships used in ice transportation to the organiza- 


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tion, in 1905, of the Consolidated Steamship 
Company, capitalized at sixty millions. His was 
the outstanding figure in maritime affairs in the 
United States, among his interests the Clyde 
Steamship Company, the Eastern Steamship 
Company, the Hudson Navigation Company, the 
Mallory Steamship Company, the Metropolitan 
Steamship Company, and the New York and Cuba 
Mail Steamship Company. As in the ice busi- 
ness and in banking, so in steamship operating, 
he became the conspicuous leader, planning and 
consummating operations that staggered imag- 
ination and set new limits to the achievements 
of modern business. 

This was his position when the panic of 1907 
broke upon the country. In his rise to power 
he had scorned the traditions of the financial 
circles, for his aspirations and accomplishments 
had far transcended the beaten path, and, as his 
was the vision of the pioneer, his was the 
course of path-maker. He had offended and 
embittered many interests and, along with 
staunch friends, had many enemies whose en- 
mity in Wall street was stronger than persona! 
feeling could ever become. Finding him at this 
strategic time with plans of expansion in ful! 
swing and his resources taxed to the utmost, a 
concerted attack was made upon his varied in- 
terests, which fell helpless before the force of 
the onslaught. The panic of 1907, the collapse 
of vast combinations of capital, and the gov- 
ernmental inquiry which followed is written into 
history. Mr. Morse bore his losses with the 
fortitude and lack of complaint that is a distin- 
guishing mark of the real fighter and at once 
applied himself to the repayment of his debts, 
which he accomplished in sums totalling many 
millions. 

Since the panic of 1907, Mr. Morse has not only 
paid off every cent of his many millions of indebt- 
edness, but has recouped his affairs and fortune 
to such an extent that he is president and chair- 
man of the board of directors of the United States 
Steamship Company, a $25,000,000 corporation. 
This company owns outright the Groton Iron 
Works with its ten million dollar steel plant and 
two and one-half million dollar wooden shipbuild- 
ing plant, both located near New. London, Con- 
necticut, and the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora- 
tion, a ten million dollar shipbuilding plant at 
Alexandria, Virginia. The company also owns 
the controlling interest in the Hudson Naviga- 
tion Company, which operates the largest river 
steamers in the world, between New York and 
Albany, and several ocean going freight steamers. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Mr. Morse is chairman of the board of directors 
and the moving spirit in each of these companies. 
Mr. Morse has constantly retained his interest in 
his native city, and Bath received as a token of 
his public spirited attachment a handsome high 
school building which was named in his honor. 
His clubs are the Union League, University, Met- 
ropolitan, Lawyers and Riding, all of New York, 
and he also belongs to the New England So- 
ciety and the New York Historical Society. 

Charles W. Morse married (first) April 14, 1884, 
Hattie Bishop Hussey, born in Brooklyn, New 
York, November 4, 1862, died July 30, 1897, 
daughter of Erwin A. and Harriet (Southard) 
Hussey. He married (second) June 18, 1go1, Mrs. 
Clemence Cowles Dodge. There were four chil- 
dren of his first. marriage, three sons, Benjamin 
Wyman, Erwin Albert, and Harry Franklin, all of 
whom are mentioned more extensively, and Ann 
Elsie, born February 28, 1897. 


BENJAMIN WYMAN MORSE—The business 
career of Mr. Morse has been in connection with 
the important shipping and navigating inter- 
ests of the eastern coast, interrupted by a short. 
period in ice manufacturing, and now continued 
as an official of the Hudson Navigation Com- 
pany and executive officer of the Virginia Ship- 
building Corporation. He is a son of Charles” 
Wyman Morse, the noted steamship operator, and 
Hattie Bishop (Hussey) Morse. 

Benjamin Wyman Morse was born in Brook- 
lyn, New York, December 17, 1886, and after 
attending the Brooklyn and New York public 
schools was for a time a student in the gram- 
mar schools of Bath, Maine, He graduated from 
the Morse High School, of Bath, a member of the 
first class to graduate from that institution, which 


-was a gift to the city of Bath from his father, 


and after a year at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 
Maine, he entered Harvard University. He com- 
pleted his college course at Harvard, graduating 
in the class of 1908, and at once began business 
life. 

During two summers, while a student in high 
school, he served as reporter for the Bath Duily 
Times, and for three summers thereafter was 
agent in Bath of the Kennebec Division of the 
Eastern Steamship Corporation, plying between 
Boston and the Kennebec river. Upon graduat- 
ing from college he entered the employ of the 
Citizens’ Line of the Hudson Navigation Com- 
pany in New York, whose boats ran between New 
York City and Troy, New York, and after a 
year with this line purchased an interest in the 


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Knickerbocker Ice Company, of Baltimore, Mary- 
land. He became secretary of this concern, which 
he held for three years, then for two years was 
secretary and treasurer of the company, and in 
April, 1914, sold his interest in the Knicker- 
bocker Ice Company and changed his residence 
from Baltimore to New York City. 

In partnership: with Captain Mark L. Gilbert 
he established in the ship brokerage and shipping 
business under the style of the Continental Trad- 
ing Company, which successfully operated for a 
period of two or three years, during the latter 
part of which Mr. Morse purchased his partner's 
interest and conducted the business independ- 
ently. Soon after the organization of the United 
States Steamship Company he sold this business 
and became vice-president and general manager 
of the United States Steamship Company, own- 
ing and operating a flect of twelve ocean steam- 
ships. This company, shortly prior to the en- 
trance of the United States into the European 
War, sold most of its steamers and invested in 
shipyard properties, first purchasing a wooden 
shipyard at Noank, Connecticut, and later con- 
structing a large steel shipyard at Groton, Con- 


necticut, then, late in 1917 and early in 1918, — 


building another large steel shipyard at Aicxan- 
dria, Virginia. In addition to these interests, the 
United States Steamship Company, from its in- 
ception, held a controlling interest in the Hudson 
Navigation Company, operating the well-known 
night lines between New York and Albany and 
Troy. 

Mr. Morse was the first secretary, then the vice- 
president of the Hudson Navigation Company, 
then secretary of the Groton Iron Works, con- 
trolling the shipyards at Noank and Groton, Con- 
necticut. Subsequently he became vice-president 
and general manager of the Virginia Shipbuild- 
ing Company, which constructed the steel ship- 
yard at Alexandria, Virginia, of which he was 
in full charge from its establishment. THis interests 
and connections are large and influential and he 
is numbered among the leaders in his line of 
endeavor. He is a member of the Alpha Delta 
Phi fraternity, to which he was elected while a 
student at Bowdoin College, and is a communi- 
cant of the Universalist Church. 

Mr. Morse married, at Cambridge, Massachu- 
setts, June 24, 1908, Elva May, daughter of Gil- 
bert A. A. and Mary E. Pevey, and they are the 
parents of Elva Wyman, born September 2, 1910. 


ERWIN ALBERT MORSE, prominent in 
shipbuilding and steamship circles in the East, 
came to his present responsible place from ex- 


peo 
— 
bet 


ecutive position in a widely separated line, mana- 
ger of a western ranch. Since 1913 he has been 
identified with the steamship business and since 
1915 with shipbuilding, his activities wide and im- 
portant. 

Erwin Albert }forse is a son of Charles Wy 
man and Hattie Kishop (Hussey) Morse, grand- 
son of Benjamin Wyman Morse, of Bath, Maine. 
Mr. Morse was born on St. John’s Place, Brook- 
lyn, New York, January 28, 1888, and was edu- 
cated in New England institutions, including the 
public schools of Bath, Maine, where he was 
graduated from the Morse High School, his fath- 
er’s gift to the city, in the class of 1905. In 
1905-06 he attended the Andover Preparatory 
School, then entered Yale University, whence he 
was graduated in 1910. In July following his 
graduation he went to California, and until 1913 
was manager of a forty thousand acre ranch 
owned by the Miller & Lux Company. In the 
latter year he left the West, entering the steam- 
ship business in New York City. He became 
general superintendent of the Hudson Navigation 
Company, operating between New York City 
and Albany and Troy, and in I915 assumed the 
direction of the Robert Palmer Shipbuilding & 
Marine Railway Company for the United States 
Steamship Company. In the same year he was 
elected president of the Groton Iron Works, 
which absorbed the Palmer plant, building a new 
ten million dollar steel shipbuilding yard at 
Groton, Connecticut. This office Mr. Morse suc- 
cessfully fills to the present time (1919), hav- 
ing directed its vast operations throughout the 
war period, which was so severe a test of the 
efficiency of the nation’s shipyards. He is vice- 
president of the Hudson Navigation Company 
and serves the Virginia Shipbuilding Company 
as director. 

From his school and college days Mr. Morse 
retains membership in the Phi Rho Society, of 
the Morse High School, of Bath, and the Alpha 
Delta Phi fraternity, of Yale. His social affili- 
ations are with the Thames Club, of New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, the Yale Club, of New York, 
the Shenecossett Country Club, of Eastern Point, 
Connecticut, the Knickerbocker Country Club 
of Englewood, New Jersey, and the Kennebec 
Yacht Club, of Bath, Maine. He is a supporter 
of Republican principles of government, but in 
each campaign gave his aid and ballot to Presi- 
dent Wilson. 


HARRY FRANKLIN MORSE—The Hudson 
Navigation Company, of which he is president, is 
the major interest of Harry F. Morse in the 


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steamship business, while he is associated with 
his brothers in large shipbuilding affairs on the 
Atlantic seaboard. He is a son of Charles Wy- 
man and Hattie Bishop (Hussey) Morse, his 
father the noted steamship operator. 

Harry Franklin Morse was born in Brooklyn, 
New York, December 15, 1890, and after attend- 
ance in the public schools of Bath, Maine, where 
he was graduated from the Morse High School, 
named in honor of his father, who donated it to 
the city, in the class of 1907, he matriculated at 
Princeton University. He was graduated from 
Princeton in the class of I91I, and in that year 
and the following was engaged as manufacturer’s 
agent in Baltimore, Maryland. Following this 
period and until 1914 he dealt in securities in 
New York City, then became an executive of the 
Hudson Navigation Company, of which he is 
now president and director. There is probably no 
more popular avenue of water travel in the coun- 
try than this line, which has consulted so thor- 
oughly the comfort and convenience of its pat- 
rons, and its large affairs are ably administered 
by Mr. Morse. He is vice-president, treasurer, 
and director of the Groton Iron Works, and is 
a director of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corpora- 
tion. Mr. Morse is a communicant of the Uni- 
versalist church. His social organizations are the 
Princeton Club, of New York, the Railroad Club, 
of New York, the Greenwich Country Club, of 
Greenwich, Connecticut, the University Club, of 
Albany, New York, and the Albany Country Club, 
the Princeton Charter Club, the Union Club, of 
Troy, New York, the Thames Club, of New Lon- 
don, Connecticut, the Economic Club, of New 
York, and the Kennebec Yacht Club, of Bath, 
Maine. He has been a constant adherent to Re- 
publican principles, but in each candidacy of 
President Wilson has yielded him hearty sup- 
port. 

Mr. Morse married, at St, Thomas’ Church, 
New York City, Marion Wyckoff Vanderhoef, 
daughter of N. W. Vanderhoef, April 6, 1918. 


EBEN SHAW KILBORN, one of the most 
successful business men of Bethel, Maine, where 
he now lives practically retired, is a member of a 
very old and distinguished family which-for many 
years has been identified with the life of this State, 
its members having served with distinction in many 
different occupations and callings. The early rec- 
ords contain many spellings of the name, such as 
Kilbon, Kilburn, Kilbourn, and Kilbourne, as well 
as Kilborn. Several of these modifications have 
been preserved to the present time in other branches 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


of the family. The founder of the Kilborn family 
in this country was Thomas Kilbourn, of Cam- 
bridgeshire, England, where he was baptized, May 
8. 1578, at Wood Ditton. He was a warden of the 
church there in 1632. He and his wife, Frances, 
were the parents of a large family of children. They 
were probably preceded to America by their second 
son, George, who was baptized at Wiood Ditton, 
February 12, 1612. George Kilbourn came to the 
New England colonies prior to 1638, and settled 
at Roxbury, and in 1640 was admitted as a freeman 
to the town of Rowley, where he was then residing. 
His parents followed him in 1638 and made their 
home with the rest of the family at Wethersfield, 
Connecticut. Thomas Kilbourn died there before 
1639. George Kilbourn’s wife was named Elizabeth, 
and it was through Samuel, one of the sons of their 
large family, that the branch of the family with 
which we are concerned is descended. The great- 
grandson was Captain John Kilborn of Revolution- 
ary fame. Captain Kilborn was born June 28, 1750, 
at Rowley, and he was only twenty years old when 
the Lexington Alarm was sounded and the pa- 
triots of Middlesex and Essex counties rushed to 
obey the summons. According to tradition, he was 
one of those who marched on Concord and Lex- 
ington on that historic occasion. He saw very much 
active service in the war that followed, and was 
a member of several military organizations during 
the course of the war. He was present at a num- 
ber of the more important engagements of the 
Revolution, including the storming of Stony Point 
on the Hudson. Captain Kilborn worked up from 
the ranks and received his rank as captain in 1780. 
At the close of his military career he moved to 
Bridgeton, Maine, and made his home there until 
his death, September 8, 1842. Captain Kilborn was 
the great-grandfather of Eben Shaw Kilborn of 
this sketch. 

Eben Shaw Kilborn was born July 1, 1846, at Har- 
rison, Maine, a son of Enos W. and Rhoda (Shaw) 
Kilborn. His father also was a native of Harrison, 
and for many years was a farmer there. He was 
a Democrat, but never sought office of any kind in 
politics. His wife was born at Standish, Maine, 
and was a staunch Methodist. The childhood of 
Eben Shaw Kilborn was spent in his native Harri- 
son, and later at Gilead and Bethel, where he at- 
tended the public schools. He did not have the 
advantage of a college education, for his father 
died when he was six months old, and at the early 
age of eighteen years he began to earn his own 
livelihood. He filled positions on neighboring farms 
for six years. He went to work at that time in 
a saw mill, but before many years had elapsed he 


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purchased a grist and grain mill in Bethel, which 
he operated for several years. He then built a 
saw mill and added that to his former business. 
Gradually increasing prosperity extended the in- 
terests of Mr. Kilborn, until he was regarded as 
one of the most substantial business men in Bethel. 
Aside from his private business, and his extensive 
real estate dealings prior to 1909, Mr. Kilborn was 
for some years president of the Bethel Water Com- 
pany, a trustee of the Bethel Savings Bank, a trus- 
tee of Gould’s Academy, and the first president 
of the Bethel National Bank. Mr. Kilborn is a 
Republican, and for many years has been a leader 
in that party. He has held the principal offices 
in the government of the town, and was chief en- 
gineer of the Bethel Fire Department for a number 
of years. In 1899 he represented his district in 
the State Legislature. He is a prominent member 
of the Masonic order, and is afhliated with Bethel 
Lodge, No. 97, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, 
being master of that lodge for five years. He is 
a member of Oxford Chapter, No. 290, Royal Arch 
Masons, and Oxford Council, No. 14, Royal and 
Select Masters, of Norway, Maine. He was high 
priest of the chapter, besides filling most of the 
other offices. Mr. Kilborn is a member of the Port- 
land Club. He attends the Congregational church 
in Bethel. 

At South Paris, Maine, February 10, 1904, Eben 
Shaw Kilborn married Joan Stearns, a native of 
Paris, and the daughter of S. Porter and Isabel 
(Partridge) Stearns. Both Mr. Stearns and his 
wife were born in Paris, Maine, and were descend- 
ents of the earliest settlers of the town. Mr. 
Stearns, who died in January, 1916, was one of 
the most successful farmers of Paris, and owner 
of extensive real estate in Paris and neighboring 
towns. He was a man of considerable prominence 
in the public affairs of his town, and for a time 
he served on the local board of selectmen. He 
was a staunch Republican, and one of the leading 
members of the Grange. He was a trustee of the 
South Paris Savings. Bank, and for many years he 
attended the Universalist church. Mr. Stearns is 
survived by his wife, who now resides at Bethel. 


ARCHIBALD MacNICHOL —Of ancient 
Scotch ancestry, tracing to the clans of Bruce and 
Campbell, Archibald MacNichol, son of John and 
grandson of John MacNichol, held closely to the 
traditions of his race, and in his life and deeds 
worthily upheld the honored name he bore. His 
wife, Delia Helen (Burrall) MacNichol, traces to 
four Mayflower passengers, Howland, Tilley, 
Chipman and Smith, through maternal lines, and 


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on the paternal side to the Burrall, Ord, and 
other families, several of her ancestors holding 
important rank and office during the Revolution. 
John MacNichol,’ grandfather of Archibald, was 
born near Edinburgh, Scotland. An ancestor 
organized the Black Watch, that famous High- 
land regiment, and John MacNichol, like many of 
his kin, served with that organization. He mar- 
ried and had children: John (2), Colin and Susan. 

John (2) MacNichol was born in Scotland, and 
settled in New Brunswick, Canada. He married 
Janet Campbell MacDermott, a descendant of Sir 
Colin Campbell of the famed Campbell clan. 
They were the parents of three sons: Colin Camp- 
bell, who died in 1908; John (3), a physician; 
and Archibald, to whom this review is dedicated. 
These sons were of noble ancestry, the Bruce 
and Campbell clans being of Scotland’s choicest 
blood. Colin C. MacNichol was a successful law- 
yer, and in politics a Democrat. 

Archibald MacNichol was born in New Bruns- 
wick, Canada, died in Calais, Maine, December 9, 
1875, aged fifty-five years. He was a man of edu- 
cation, learned in the law, and one of the strong 
men of the Washington county (Maine) bar. He 
continued in the practice of his profession for 
many years, and passed away deeply regretted. 
In politics he was a Democrat, in religious faith 
a Congregationalist. He married, in East Mach- 
ias, Maine, Delia Helen Burrall, daughter of Ovid 
and Rebecca (Turner) Burrall, her father a 
banker and extensive owner of valuable timber 
lands. Children of Archibald and Delia Helen 
(Burrall) MacNichol: Doctor George Pope, edu- 
cated in Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard Col- 
lege and Harvard Medical School, now an eminent 
physician and surgeon; Elizabeth, married W. Forbes 
Conant; Frederick Pike, of further mention; 
Helen Burrall, died March 7, 1916; Church Gates, 
died in January, 1896. 


FREDERICK PIKE MacNICHOL—Like his 
father, a man of genial nature and many excellent 
traits of character, Frederick P. MacNichol was 
well known and highly esteemed in the commu- 
nity in which his life was spent. He was born in 
Calais, Maine, but his home in his last years was 
on Union street, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, 
Canada, just across the river from Calais. After 
a life of sucessful activity Mr. MacNichol re- 
tired from all business participation, and gave 
himself up to a life of contented ease. The 
twin cities, Calais, Maine, and St. Stephen, 
connected by several bridges crossing the St. 
Croix river, are both prosperous shipbuilding, 


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lumbering, manufacturing and shipping centers, 
and ali during his active years Mr. MacNichol 
was closely connected with the commercial life 
of both towns. ; 

Frederick Pike MacNichol, second son of Archi- 
bald and Delia H. MacNichol, was born in Calais, 
Maine, in 1871, and died in St. Stephen, New 
Brunswick, Canada, December 16, 1918. He has 
always been a man of robust health, seldom ill, 
and on the Sunday preceding his death, which oc- 
occurred Monday afternoon, he attended serv- 
ices at his accustomed church. He was edu- 
cated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard 
Law School, and upon arriving at a suitable age 
embarked upon his profession, which only termin- 
ated with his retirement. He was a member of 
Sussex Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and 
in religious affiliations was connected with the 
Episcopal church of St. Stephen, New Bruns- 
wick. He was a man of strong character and 
marked abiltiy, distinguished for his manly, up- 
right life and general usefulness: 

Mr. MacNichol married, in January, 1896, Mar- 
garet Todd, daughter of Henry F. and Mary 
Todd, of St. Stephen. They were the parents of 
three daughters, Helen, Mary and Margaret, all 
of St. Stephen, and a son, Frank Todd. Mr. Mac- 
Nichol is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Delia 
H. MacNichol, of Boston, and a sister, Mrs. W. 
Forbes Conant, of Boston, Massachusetts. He is 
buried in Rural Cemetery. 


JUSTIN E. GOVE is descended from the old 
Colonial Gove family which has been for many 
generations identified with the development of New 
Hampshire and Maine. The progenitor of the fam- 
ily was a John Gove, who came to this country from 
England in 1647, accompanied by his two sons, John 
aud Edward, and it was from these two that the 
two branches of the family are descended, those 
of the name in the northern States of New Eng- 
land tracing their descent from Edward, and the 
Massachusetts branch from John. 

Justin Edward Gove, at present the agent of the 
Passamaquoddy tribe of Indians in Maine, was 
born in Perry, Maine, August 21, 1865.. He went 
to the public schools of Perry, and later completed 
the course at the high school of Pembroke, Maine. 
He was only seventeen when he left school and en- 
tered upon the world of work, obtaining a position 
to teach in an ungraded school at Lubec, Maine. 
He taught in Lubec for a year and at Perry for 
two years, and then went to Boston, where he 
ebtained a position as a traveling salesman for 
Marr Brothers. Until 1892 he sold goods on the 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


road as a commercial traveler, and then received 
the appointment as a sub-agent for the Passama- 
quoddy tribe of Indians with headquarters at Perry, 
Maine. Here Mr. Gove has continued in business 
ever since, opening in 1906 a branch store at East- 
port, and 1907 one in Calais, and 1908 one in Lubec. 
When Mr. Gove was taken ill three years ago 
(1916), he was operating seven cash stores and 
employing a force of thirty-five men, and doing 
$250,000 worth of business a year. Mr. Gove has 
continued as sub-agent, or agent, for the Passama- 
quoddy tribe of Indians since 1892, excepting two 
years when Frederic Plaisted, the Democratic goy- 
ernor, removed him, and also for two years when 
the Democratic governor, Mr. Curtis, removed him. 
But when the Republicans came into office again at 
the election of Governor Milliken, at the request 
of nearly all the members of the Passamaquoddy 
tribe, Governor Milliken reappointed him as agent 
for four years. Mr. Gove is also a member of the 
Legal Advisory Board of Washington county, and 
was chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee, be- 
sides having held other offices. He has been clerk 
and treasurer of the town of Perry. He is a Re- 
publican in his political preferences. 

He is a member of the Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons; Benevolent and Protective ‘Order of Elks; the 
Improved Order of Red Men; the Independent 
Order of Foresters; the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows; the Order of the Eastern Star; the Quar- 
ter of a Century Traveling Men’s Association; and 
the Patrons of Husbandry. 

Mr. Gove married, at Eastport, Maine, June 2, 
1897, Annie Margaret Gray, daughter of George and 
Margaret Gray, of Robbinston, Maine. They are 
the parents of three children: Doris Christine, born 
March 7, 1808; Helen Louise, born December 12, 
1890; Frances Rolfe, born March 4, 1904. 

Mr. Gove’s parents were Jacob Foster and Olivia 
Jane Gove, Jacob F. Gove having been a sea cap- 
tain until his health failed, after which he served 
as a selectman, collector of taxes, postmaster, and 
had a general store. 


ERNEST ROLISTON WOODBURY—Head 
of the Thornton Academy since 1905, and identi- 
fied with educational work in New England dur- 
ing all of his active life, Professor Woodbury 
holds worthy place among the educators of the 
State of Maine. He is a native of Maine, a gradu- 
ate of her public schools and Bowdoin College, 
and with the exception of a five year period spent 
in New Hampshire, his native State has been the 
scene of his professional labors. The fifteen years 
of his association with Thornton Academy have 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


been busy and fruitful years, filled with much 
of improvement and benefit for the academy, which 
ranks among the leading preparatory schools of 
Maine. 

Professor Woodbury is the second of his name 
to attain prominence in educational circles in his 
State, his father, Roliston Woodbury, having 
for a number of years been principal of the Cas- 
tine Normal School. Roliston Woodbury was a 
veteran of the Civil War, serving through that 
conflict as a member of the Fifth Maine Battery. 
He married Maria Billings. 

Ernest Roliston Woodbury, son of Roliston 
and Maria (Billings) Woodbury, was born in 
Farmington, Maine, July 3, 1871. He obtained 
his education in the schools of his native State, 
being graduated from the Castine Normal School, 
at Castine, in 1889, and the Deering High School 
at Deering, in 1891. Entering Bowdoin College, 
he was graduated A.B. in 1895, subsequently, in 
1909, receiving the Masters’ degree from the same 
institution. Immediately upon graduation from 
college he began his life work along educationai 
lines, and from 1895 to 1900 was principal of 
Fryeburg Academy, at Fryeburg, Maine, a period 
of service followed by a like term of five years, 
from 1900 to 1905, as principal of the Kimball 
Union Academy, at Meriden, New Hempshire. 
In the latter year he became head of the Thorn- 
ton Academy, at Saco, and has since that time di- 
rected the work of that institution, which has 
grown and enlarged its quarters until it has as- 
sumed position among the best known college 
preparatory schools of Maine. Professor Wood- 
bury’s work has been along broad, progressive 
lines, whose effectiveness is testified by the de- 
velopment and prosperity of the academy. He 
has kept constantly abreast of the best thought 
along educational lines, adopting such modern 
methods as apply to his particular problem and in- 
stitution, and has spent the summers from Ig9I2 
to 1915 in European travel, visiting the centers of 
art and education in the leading European coun- 
tries. 

Professor Woodbury’s work with boys and 
young men has given him a keen appreciation of 
the merit and value of the Boy Scout System, 
and he does everything within his power as 
president of the Saco Council of Boy Scouts to 
further its interests. He is a firm friend of chari- 
table and social service activities and serves as 
clerk of the York County Children’s Aid So- 
ciety. He is an ex-president of the York County 
Teachers’ Association, and a trustee of the Dyer 
Library Association. In political faith he is a 


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Republican, and his fraternal affiliations are with 
the Masonic order, his membership in Saco 
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he 
is past master; York Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons, of which he is past high priest; Maine Coun- 
cil, Royal and Select Masters, and Bradford Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar. His college frater- 
nity is the Eta Chapter of the Theta Delta Chi. 
Professor Woodbury is a deacon of the Congre- 
gational church. 

Professor Woodbury married Fannie Louise, 
daughter of James L. and Addie (Dow) Gib- 
son, of North Conway, New Hampshire, and they 
are the parents of: Roliston Gibson, a graduate 
of Thornton Academy, class of 1917, a student of 
Bowdoin College, where he was a member of the 
naval unit during the great war; Wendell De 
Witt, a student of Thornton Academy; Darthea, a 
student of Thornton Academy. 


CHARLES FREMONT ADAMS—A §land- 
owner and resident of Easton, Maine, Mr. Adams 
has long been engaged in farming in that neigh- 
borhood, having in later years curtailed his opera- 
tions in that line to some extent. Mr. Adams is a 
grandson of Captain Solomon Adams, a farmer and 
sailor of Maine, born June 15, 1796, died February 
12, 1856. Captain Adams married Sarah Butter- 
field, born March 16, 1798, died May 8, 1883, and 
they were parents of: Solomon, Jr., of whom 
further; Jonas B., born in January, 1821, died Oc- 
tober 19, 1859; Sarah, born February 4, 1823, died 
September 6, 1905. 

Solomon Adams, Jr., son of Captain Solomon and 
Sarah (Butterfield) Adams, was born at Anson, 
Maine, July 30, 1819, and died October 30, 1859. He 
was a farmer all his life, prospered in his calling, 
and married, in 1856, Harriet, daughter of Emmons 
and Lydia (Smith) Whitcomb, who was born in 
Norridgewock, Maine, June 25, 1831. Solomon and 
Harriet (Whitcomb) Adams were the parents of: 
Charles Fremont, of whom further, and Ella F., 
born July 24, 1859, married Martin Towle. 

Charles Fremont Adams, son of Solomon, Jr., 
and Harriet (Whitcomb) Adams, was born at Pres- 
que Isle, Maine, February 22, 1857, and as a youth 
attended the public schools of Easton. Early in 
life he engaged in farming and has followed that 
occupation all his life, becoming owner of eleven 
hundred acres and subsequently disposing of a 
large part thereof until at the present time (1919) 
he has three hundred acres under profitable cultiva- 
tion. Mr. Adams is a well known member of the 
community in which he has spent his entire life, 
and is a member of the local Grange and the Farm- 


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ers’ Union. He is a Republican in politics, and 
with his wife a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
church. 

Mr. Adams married, at Easton, Maine, Decem- 
ber 19, 1880, Frances H. Davis, born at Exeter, 
Maine, September 2, 1854, daughter of Thomas 
Granville and Eliza Ann (Hubbard) Davis, her 
father a farmer and prominent citizen of Easton, 
postmaster for ten years, first selectman, treasurer, 
and tax collector of the town. Mr. and Mrs. Adams 
are the parents of eight children: 1. Clarence L., 
born August 21, 1882; a graduate of high school; 
engages in farming; married Etta Lamoreau, and 
has one child. 2. Harry L., born December 8, 1883: 
a farmer; married Gertrude Cass, and has three 
children. 3. Lura N., born May 11, 1886; a grad- 
uate of business college; married James Foren, and 
has two children. 4. Nina F., born January 109, 1888; 
a graduate of high school; now a dressmaker. 5 
Granville A., born February 15, 1890: a graduate 
of business college; served in France with the 
American Expeditionary Force; married Edith 
Myers. 6. Lorin G, born November 28, 1891; a 
graduate of high school; an electrician in calling: 
served in France with the American Expeditionary 
Force. 7. Charles H., born October 17, 1803; a 
graduate of high school; served in France with 
the American Expeditionary Force. 8. Glenn D., 
born May 23, 1808; a graduate of high school; now 
a farmer. 


RUE T. SNOW was born at Bridgewater, 
Maine, July 11, 1879, a son of Cyrus and Lydia 
(Elliott) Snow, both of them now deceased. The 
family is of old New England stock, the name being 
found almost from the time of the landing of the 
“Mayflower” Pilgrims. 

Mr. Snow went to the common schools for a 
year, and then attended Ricker Classical Institute 
at Houlton, Maine. He then taught school 
about six years, and afterwards worked in a mill, 
Seven years ago he established at \Vestfield his 
present mercantile business. In July, 1018, he of- 
fered himself to the service of the Young Men’s 
Christian Association and having been accepted was 
sent to France, where he is at present. Mr. Snow 
is a Republican in his political views, and up to 
the time of his leaving for France he served as 
town clerk and on the school committee. He was 
1 member of the company raised in Houlton to 
serve in the Spanish War, and served in Cuha. He 
is a member of Aroostook Lodge, of Blaine, Free 
and Accepted Masons; of the Knights of the Mac- 
cabees, and of the Foresters. of Bridgewater, Maine. 
He is a charter member of the Grange, and at- 
tends the Baptist church. 


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Mr. Snow married, at Blaine, January 11, 1902, 
Lou M. Pierce, daughter of Benjamin F. and Nellie 
E. (Jewell) Pierce, the former the postmaster at 
Mars Hill and formerly a merchant. They have had 
three children: Paul E., born June 4, 1903; Ralph 
A., born August 20, 1905; and Winston Rue, born 
October 2, 1912, deceased. 


GEORGE RICHARD HUNNEWELL, promi- 
nent head of the G. R. Hunnewell Fur Company, 
of Lewiston, Maine, and owner of the family farm 
and homestead which is a source of pride to all 
who live in the country nearby, as well as 
throughout the State, is not only abundantly en- 
dowed with material wealth, but rich in character, 
resoluteness of purpose, sagacity, enterprise, con- 
structive executive ability, and bigness of heart 
and mind. He is widely known in his State, and. 
very keenly appreciated by those who are familiar 
with his contribution to the personality, charm, 
and distinctive beauty of Maine as a place in 
which to live. 

(1) Benjamin Hunnewell, the first of the family 
to settle in Maine, and the original owner of the 
farm in the suburbs of Auburn, seven and a hali 
miles south of Auburn City, of which his grand- 
son, George R. Hunnewell, is the present owner 
and occupant, was a remarkable and unusual ex- 
ample of human strength and physical endurance. 
He was about six feet, eight inches in height, 
a giant of energy, and lived to the extraordin- 
ary age of one hundred and three years, the most 
of which were spent on his farm. 

(II) George W. Hunnewell, son of Benjamin 
Hunnewell, was born on the farm of his father, 
where he spent his entire life as a successful 
and prosperous agriculturist. He married Rachel 
Sawyer, born in Pownal, Maine, who died in her 
fifty-fourth year. They were the parents of four 
children, as follows: Winfield Scott, who was a 
farmer by occupation, and died in 1915 at the age 
of sixty-four years; William Rinaldo, who died in 
1914, aged fifty-eight years, at Pittsfield, Maine, 
where he had been an extensive real estate owner; 
George Richard, of whom further; and Edna 
Florence, now the wife of Samuel J. Foster, 
of Gray, Maine, and the mother of one child, 
Rachel Foster. The father of this family lived to 
the age of eighty-seven years. 

(III) George Richard Hunnewell, third son of 
George W. and Rachel (Sawyer) Hunnewell, was 
born on the family farm near Auburn, Maine, 
March 27, 1856. There he was brought up, and 
during the school months acquired his education 
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which he eventually became heir and owner has 
been one of the essential pleasures of his entire 
life. Since coming into the possession of this 
home and its surroundings, seven hundred acres 
of land, he has made a study of the most effec- 
tive improvements which he has actually car- 
ried out. In 1907 he erected a house and added to 
the general melioration of the farm at a cost of 
sixty thousand dollars. The resources of the land 
have been so developed and cared for, and such a 
scientific management has there been carried on 
that nowhere in the State of Maine may be found a 
more productive, and at the same time, a more 
beautiful estate than that of Mr. Hunnewell’s. 
Not only has he distinguished himself as a sutc- 
cess in the field of agriculture, but in that of busi- 
ness as well, in conducting the affairs of the G. 
R. Hunnewell Fur Company. He has placed buy- 
ers throughout the Dominion of Canada and in 
New Brunswick, who travel in certain sections 
purchasing furs. The amount spent last year in 
this field of the business alone amounted to over 
$350,000. The company also handles a complete 
line of sporting goods, buying directly from all 
of the large manufacturers of this line of mer- 
chandise. 5 

Mr. Hunnewell, true to the generations of the 
family which have preceded him, as a citizen of 
loyalty, with the best interests of the community, 
State and country at heart. He has a large cir- 
cle of friends, and a vast number of admiring and 
respecting acquaintances, though none have ever 
succeeded in persuading him to run for any poli- 
tical office. He belongs to the Fraternal Order 
of Eagles, and is a member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal church. 


MELVILLE P. MILLIKEN was born at Gard- 
ner, Maine, October 21, 1848, son of_Peletiah and 
Elizabeth (Clay) Milliken. His educational oppor- 
tunities were limited, but being ambitious he se- 
cured himself a practical education through his ex- 
perience with business and affairs. Mr. Milliken 
does not, however underrate the help of an acad- 
emical training even for a business career, and kas 
always taken a keen interest in popular education 
and has done all he could to foster the cause and 
bring it to a still greater efficiency. 

He began his business life by buying an interest 
in a store in the town of Burnham, Waldo county, 
Maine, he being twenty-two years old at the time, 
and the funds for this venture having represented 
several years of hard work. After a time he sold 
his interest to his partner and went to Portland, 
and there obtained a position as a traveling sales- 


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man for a boot and shoe firm, and this work oc- 
cupied his time for about fifteen years. A favorable 
opportunity then offered for him to go into the 
boot and shoe business on his own account, and he 
established himself in association with a friend at 
Skowhegan, Maine. After two years, in 1885, he 
sold out his interest to his partner and took up the 
lumber business at Richmond, Maine, and remained 
in the manufacture of lumber until 1902. In that 
year he entered the employ of the Stockholm Lum- 
ber Company at Stockholm, Maine, and continued 
for about seven years in this work. About 1909 he 
became identified in the business as a director, as- 
sistant treasurer and resident manager. In his 
political faith Mr. Milliken is a Democrat, and he 
has served the state in the Lower House of the 
Legislature, and as an alternate delegate was sent 
to the Democratic National Convention, at Balti- 
more, and while there was made full delegate. He 
is a member of Richmond Lodge, No. 200, Free 
and Accepted Masons, and he is also a member of 
the Elks of Houlton, Maine. Mr. Milliken attends 
the Universalist church, although he is not himself 
a member. 

Mr. Milliken married (first) at Burnham, Sarah 
K. Cook, daughter of Rev. John and Mary (Adams) 
Cook, June, 1869; she died in 1879. He married 
(second) H. Jennie Fowler, daughter of Jedediah 
P. and Nuribah Hall (Scribner) Fowler. Mr. Mil- 
liken had only one child, a son, Frank C., who was 
a child of the first marriage and died when he was 
an infant. 


CHARLES EDWARD JONES, the popular 
and capable director of Fort Kent, Maine, and for 


many years a successful merchant in this region, 


and the owner of a large mill, is a native of St. 
John Plantation, born April 3, 1855, and a son of 
John J. and Eunice (West) Jones, old and highly 
respected residents of that place, who both now 
are deceased. The elder Mr. Jones was for many 
years engaged in the occupation of farming and 
lumbering at St. John, New Brunswick, where he 
was a well known figure in the general life. 

The childhood and early life of Charles Edward 
Jones was passed in his father’s home near St. 
John, New Brunswick, and it was there that he 
obtained his education, attending for this purpose 
the public schools of that region. Upon completing 
his studies Mr. Jones came to the United States, 
where he engaged in business as a lumberer, and 
opened a large mill which he operates at the present 
time. In the year 1889 he also founded a general 
mercantile establishment and has been engaged in 
this line for upwards of forty years and has met 


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with a marked success. He is well known through- 
out this region, at the present time one of the most 
successful and active business men hereabouts, and 
is connected with a number of important interests, 
financial and otherwise, being a director of the 
Fort Kent Trust Company. In politics Mr. Jones 
is a Republican, and was elected director of Fort- 
Kent in the year 1903. This post he has held ever 
since and has attended to its responsible duties with 
a high degree of efficiency. He also served as 
postmaster of St. Francis for some seventeen years, 
and has held the office of selectman as well as sev- 
eral other positions of trust. Mr. Jones is a mem- 
ber of Fort Kent Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons, and is a well known figure in the general 
social life of the community. In his religious be- 
lief Mr. Jones is a Presbyterian, and attends the 
church of that denomination at St. Francis. 

Charles Edward Jones was united in marriage, 
September 24, 1882, at Fort Kent, with Mary Con- 
nors, a daughter of John and Helen (Henderson) 
Connors, the former a prominent lumberman of 
this region. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones the following 
children have been born: George Medly, born July 
20, 1883, married ——, by whom he has had three 
children; Bertha Helen, born February 27, 1886, 
and died December 31, 1889; Robert Holmes, born 
May 2, 18090, married , and has had two chil- 
dren; Frances Myrtle, April 13, 1892, became the 
wife of Harold P. Bailey; Charles Elmer, born May 
13, 1804, a sergeant in Company F, Fifty-sixth Regi- 
ment, Pioneer Infantry, and served in the Machine 
Gun Battalion with the American Expeditionary 
Forces in France. 


WILLIAM MOULTON INGRAHAM—The 
record of the five generations of the family of 
Ingraham in this country is one of service of un- 
usual merit and distinction, the members of the 
family resident in Maine since its founding by 
Edward Ingraham. (I) Edward Ingraham was 
born in England about 1721, and when a young 
man made his home in York, Maine, dying at 
Kittery, March 6, 1807. He married Lydia, daugh- 
ter of Joseph Holt, of York. The records of 
York of that time show that he was the proprie- 
tor of the village inn, was a highly respected citi- 
zen, and took an interest in all that pertained to 
the welfare of the town, being prominent in the 
affairs of the local church. Edward and Lydia 
(Holt) Ingraham were the parents of seven chil- 
dren. 

(11) Joseph Holt Ingraham, son of Edward and 
Lydia (Holt) Ingraham, was born in York, Feb- 
ruary 10. 1752, died October 30, 1841. His early 


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HISTORY OF MAINE 


youth was spent in his native town, and when 
only sixteen years of age he moved to Portland, 
establishing in the silversmith’s trade. In 1775 
the comfortable home he had erected was laid in 
ashes during the bombardment of the town by 
Captain Mowatt. He was a large landholder and 
made numerous gifts of land for various civic 
purposes. For eleven years he served as one of 
the selectmen, and for ten years represented 
Portland in the General Court of Massachusetts 
when Maine was a part of that Commonwealth. 
He was three times married, first to Abigail, 
daughter of James Milk, second to Lydia Stone, 
and third to Ann Tate. 

(III) Samuel Parkham Ingraham, son of Joseph 
Holt and Ann (Tate) Ingraham, was born No- 
vember 22, 1796, died June 26, 1863. He was a 
successful merchant, operating in Hallowell and 
Camden. He married, June 15, 1825, Mary Adams, 
born in Thomaston, October 15, 1798, died in 
Portland, February 4, 1876, and they were the 
parents of three children. 

(IV) Darius Holbrook Ingraham, third child 
and second son of Samuel Parkham and Mary 
(Adams) Ingraham, was born in Camden, Maine, 
October 14, 1837. He was educated at Bridgeton: 
Academy, and in 1853 received an appointment 
to the United States Naval Academy at Annapo- 
lis, ill health compelling him to resign in the mid- 
dle of his second year. After regaining his health 
he studied law for one year in the office of John 
Neal and completed his legal preparation in the 
office of Deblois & Jackson, being admitted to 
the Cumberland bar at Portland during the April 
term, 1859. His public career began early in his 
professional life. In 1860 he was elected clerk of 
the Common Council, and a member of the 
School Committee, a position he held for three 
years. In 1876 he was secretary of the Demo- 
cratic State Committee, later serving on the 
Congressional Committee, and in 1879 he was one 
of Portland’s representatives in the State Legis- 
In July, 1885, he was appointed by Presi- 
dent Cleveland consul at Cadiz, Spain, a position 
he held until September, 1889. He was commis- 
sioned by the State Department to investigate 
the affairs of the American Cousulate at Tangier, 
and received the thanks of the department upon 
the submission of his report. During 1892 and 
1893 Mr. Ingraham filled the office of mayor of 
Portland, during which time he was the nomi- 
nee of his party for Congress, and in June, 1893, 
he was appointed by President Cleveland con- 
sul-general to Halifax, Nova Scotia, serving until 
August, 1897. In 1899 and 1903 he was the Demo- 


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cratic nominee for mayor of his city, and in 1908 
was one of the nominees for presidential elector. 
He is a member and ex-president of the Cum- 
berland Club, of Portland, and also belongs to 
the Maine Historical Society. His professional 
and public career has been long, useful and hon- 
orable, and he is held in high and affectionate re- 
gard in Portland, the scene of his activities. 

Darius Holbrook Ingraham married, June 25, 
1868, Ella Moulton, born January 27,: 1842, died 
March 18, i919, daughter of William and Nancy 
(Cumston) Moulton, descendant in the seventh 
generation of William Moulton, of Ormsby, Eng- 
land, founder in New England of his line in 1637, 
Darius Holbrook and Ella (Moulton) Ingra- 
ham were the parents of one son and one daugh- 
ter. 

(V) William’ Moulton Ingraham, son of Darius 
Holbrook and Ella (Moulton) Ingraham, was 
born in Portland, November 2, 1870. He attended 
the public schools and prepared for college in the 
Portland High School, then entered Bowdoin 
College, whence he was graduated A.B. in the 
class of 1895, fifteen years afterward having the 
Master’s degree in Arts conferred upon him by 
the same institution. Upon the completion of his 
scholastic studies he attended the Harvard Law 
School for one year, finishing his legal work in 
the office of the Hon. Augustus F. Moulton, of 
Portland, and was admitted to the bar, October 
19, 1897. His legal practice has been large and 
he has been conspicuously successful in his pro- 
fession, which he has pursued closely with the 
exception of time given to the public service. On 
September 10, 1906, he was elected judge of the 
Probate Court of Cumberland county, and held 
his seat upon the bench-from January 1, 1907, to 
January 1, 1915. He was mayor of Portland in 
1915, an office his honored father held before him, 
and during 1916 and 1917 he filled the important 
post of assistant secretary of war. Upon his re- 
tirement from the War Department he became 
surveyor of customs at Portland, assuming the 
duties of the office December 1, 1917, and at this 
time (1919) administering its important func- 
tions. Mr. Ingraham is a member of the Cum- 
berland Club, the Portland Country, Yacht and 
Athletic clubs, and in addition to his member- 
ships in the various professional associations be- 
longs to the Maine Historical Society, the Society 
of Colonial Wars, and the Sons of the Revolu- 
tion. He is a member of the High Street Con- 
gregational Parish. 

Mr. Ingraham married, in Evanston, Illinois, 
June 1, 1901, Jessamine Phipps Damsel, born in 


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Mansfield, Ohio, April 1, 1877, daughter of William 
Hudson and Susan Rose (Nace) Damsel, her 
father a veteran of President Lincoln’s first call 
for volunteers in 1861, retired vice-president and 
general manager of the Adams Express Company. 


LESTER F. BRADBURY, late of Fort Kent, 
Maine, where he lived until his death occurred 
May 5, 1913, and where for may years he was en- 
gaged in business as a dealer in lumber and as a 
general merchant, was a native of New Limerick, 
Maine, his birth having occurred there October 20, 
1862. Mr. Bradbury was a son of Samuel and 
Julia (True) Bradbury, the former for many years 
a farmer at New Limerick. 

The childhood and early youth of Mr. Bradbury 
was passed at his native town of New Limerick 
and. he there attended the local public schools for 
a number of years. After five years as school 
teacher, clerk and bookkeeper in Houlton and New 
Limerick, he became interested in the great lumber 
industry of Northern Maine and eventually de- 
veloped a large business in this line. He, with 
his brothers and John Mullen, opened a mercantile 
establishment at Fort Kent, which under his skill- 
ful management became one of the most important 
of its kind in this region. Mr. Bradbury was in- 
deed exceedingly successful in both of his enter- 
prises and conducted them for a period of a quarter 
of a century, remaining active until the time of his 


_ death. Both of his establishments are now carried 


on by a corporation known as the Fort Kent Mill 
Company (the name of the old firm). At one time 
Mr. Bradbury was a director of the Fort Kent 
Trust Company, and was a prominent figure in the 
financial life of this region. He was a man of 
great enterprise and organizing ability, and among 
his many ventures was the founding and develop- 
ment of the Fort Kent Telephone Company, of 
which he held the office of president until his death. 
In politics Mr. Bradbury was an ardent Republican. 
but although he took a keen interest in local and 
national issues and the great questions of the day, 
he never engaged actively in political life and 
avoided rather than sought public office of any 
kind. He-was however a prominent figure in the 
social and fraternal circles of this region and was 
particularly interested in Free Masonry, being 
affliated with Fort Kent Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons; Aroostook Chapter, No. 20, Royal 
Arch Masons; Presque Isle Council, Royal and 
Select Masters; —— Commandery, Houlton, Knights 
Templar; and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order 
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; he had taken his 
thirty-second degree in Free Masonry and was one 


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of the best known members of the order in this 
region. Mr. Bradbury was also affiliated with the 
local lodges of the Benevolent and Protective Order 
cf Elks; and. the Order of Woodmen, and held 
various chairs in these two fraternal bodies. In 
religious belief Mr. Bradbury was a non-sectarian, 
but attended the Presbyterian church at Fort Kent. 

Lester F. Bradbury was united in marriage, June 
1, 1887, at Houlton, Maine, with Dora A. Small, a 
native of that place, born September 17, 1866, and 
a daughter of David W: and Martha (Bradbury) 
Small. To Mr. and Mrs. Bradbury the following 
children were born: Dora, September 27, 1801, who 
became the wife of Niles Pinkham, of Fort Kent; 
Winifred, born May 10, 1896; Lester True, born 
September 25, 1906; and David S., born October 
31, I9TC. 


JAMES J. McCURDY—Lubec, a village and 
summer resort of Washington county, Maine, is 
situated on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, four 
miles south of Eastport, with which it is con- 
nected by. steamer. A strait about half a mile 
wide separates Lubec Village from the island of 
Canpsbello, and it is this fortunate proximity to 
ocean and fishing grounds that Lubec gains its 
importance as a sardine packing center and can- 
ning point. It is with these, the principal busi- 
ness enterprises of his native village, that James 
J. McCurdy is connected as president and treas- 
urer. He is a native son of Lubec, son of John 
and Mary (Morrison) McCurdy, his father a far- 
mer, dying in 1868. 

James J. McCurdy was born in Lubec, Maine, 
October’ 20, 1856. He spent the fiirst thirfy-six 
years of his life at the homestead. He attended 
the public schools of Lubec, but losing his father 
when a lad of twelve he was obliged to forego a 
part of his natural school opportunities and aid 


in the cultivation of the home farm. As he grew 


in years he adopted farming as his business, and 
until 1892 continued in the management of the 
home farm. He then retired from agriculture and 
entered commercial life. His first entrance into 
business life was aS one of the organizers of the 
Columbia Packing Company of Lubec, a company 
of which he has long been president and director. 
From the successful management of that com- 
pany he turned to the packing of sardines 
through the medium of the Columbia Canning 
Company of Lubec. After that company was in 
successful operation, Mr. McCurdy organized the 
Union Sardine Company, of Lubec, a successful 
corporation of which he is president and direc- 
tor, his brother, John P. McCurdy, its treasurer. 


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That he has made these three corporations 
of business management and’ operation 
is but to say that he gives them his personal at- 
tention, and that there is no detail too trivial 
to command his attention, if it is a part of his 
duty. The industries named are prosperous and 
employ about 250 hands, this contributing largely 
to Lubec’s prosperity. Mr. McCurdy is a Demo- 
crat in politics, and in 1915-16 represented his 
district in the Maine Legislature. He is a mem- 
ber of the Roman Catholic church, the Knights of 
Columbus, and the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks. He takes a deep interest in all 
that pertains to the welfare of Lubec, which vil- 
lage has long been his home. He still owns the 
old farm, and is a man universally respected. 

Mr. McCurdy married, in 1900, at Lubec, Eliza- 
beth S. Murry, daughter of James Murry. 


JOSEPH NADEAU, late of Fort Kent, Maine, 
where he was engaged in the successful mercantile 
business for many years and where his death oc- 
curred in November, 1885, was a native of Acadia, 
Nova Scotia, Canada, his birth occurring there in 
1805. 

As a lad he worked on his father’s’ farm and 
never had the advantages of schooling of any kind. 
He was, however, gifted with an unusually bright 
and alert intelligence, and was one of those who 
learn most readily in the school of experience, so 
that as a man he was possessed of an excellent 
general education which he had gained from inter- 
course with other men and from independent read- 
ing. He continued.to work as a farmer for some 
years after he had grown to manhood, and also 


- did considerable boating on the St. John river. 


While still a young man, however, he came to the 
United States and was the first settler at Fort Kent, 
being at that place seven years before the soldiers 
came. Here also he farmed for a time but later, 
as the settlement began to grow, opened a small 
store which kept pace with the development of the 
community so that eventually it became an important 
mercantile establishment. Mr. Nadeau also inter- 
ested himself greatly in the general life of the 
community, and was an active participant in the 
political affairs thereof. He was a staufich sup- 
porter of the Democratic party, being one of its 
leaders in that time, and held a number of important 
offices in the gift of the community. He served as 
the representative of Fort Kent in the State Legisla- 
ure for one term, and it was during that time that 
the first bridge was constructed across Fish River 
at Fort Kent, he being one of the chief promoters . 
of the scheme, In his religious belief Mr. Nadeau 


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was a Roman Catholic, and attended the church of 
this denomination at Fort Kent from the time of 
its foundation until his death. 

Joseph Nadeau married (first) in 1831, at St. 
Bazile, Canada, Flavie Martin, a daughter of 
Thomas and Mary L. Martin, by whom he was 
the father of six children, all of them daughters. 
After the death of his first wife Mr. Nadeau mar- 
ried (second) Alice E. White, a daughter of John 
White, of Ireland, and they were the parents of 
six children, as follows: Joseph, Richard, John A., 
Henry W., Alice E., and Cynthia M. Henry W. is 
the only one who survives, all the others being de- 
ceased, as are also the six children by the former 
marriage. 


HENRY W. NADEAU, the well known and 
popular postmaster of Fort Kent, Maine, and the 
owner of the general store and a blacksmith’s shop 
at this place, is a son of Joseph and Alice E. 
(White) Nadeau, the former a native of Canada. 

Henry W. Nadeau was born February 2, 1856, at 
Fort Kent, Maine, where his father was in business 
as a merchant at the time, and attended the local 
public school of this place. Upon completing his 
studies Mr. Nadeau entered his father’s mercan- 
tile establishment, and remained as his father’s as- 
sistant until the death of the elder man. He then 
assumed the management of the concern and has 
operated it with a notable degree of success for the 
past twenty-four years. He was also interested in 
farming in this region and has carried on success- 
ful agricultural operations here for a long period. 
Mr. Nadeau opened a blacksmith’s shop at Fort 
Kent, and added this to his other activities, meet- 
ing with success in this enterprise as in the others. 
Mr. Nadeau is a man of wide interests and enter- 
prising nature and has become prominent in almost 
every aspect of the business life of this community. 
In addition to his private ventures, he is also a 
stockholder in the Fort Kent Trust Company, and 
is justly regarded as one of the most substantial 
citizens of the town. In politics Mr. Nadeau, like 
his father, is a Democrat and has taken a leading 
part in politics hereabouts for many years. For 
twelve years he has served as postmaster at Fort 
Kent, and has also held the offices of assessor of 
the village, and selectman of the township, the 
latter office being filled by him for nearly a quarter 
of a century. In religious belief Mr. Nadeau is a 
Roman Catholic and attends St. Louis Church of 
this denomination here. 

Henry W. Nadeau was united in marriage, Jan- 
uary 7, 1882, at Fort Kent, Maine, with Zeline 
Audibert, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Mar- 


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tin) Audibert, old and highly respected residents 
of that place. To Mr. and Mrs. Nadeau the follow- 
ing children have been born: Alice May, November 
8, 1882; Mattie Edna, November 14, 1883; May 
Jane, December 11, 1884; Gertrude T., March 14, 
1886; Joseph Henry, June 6, 1890; Eveline R., Jan- 
uary 7, 1892; and Alma Rose, October 10, 1894. 


JOHN CLAIR MINOT was born at Bel- 
grade, Maine, November 30, 1872, the son of 
George Evans and Effie (Parcher) Minot. He 
is of the tenth generation from George Minot, 
who came from Saffron Walden, County of Es- 
sex, England, and admitted 1634 a freeman at 
Dorchester, Masaschusetts. 

Mr. Minot received his primary education at 
the public schools, and graduated in 1896 from 
Bowdoin College with the degree of A.B. He 
early turned his attention to a journalistic career, 
and from 1907 to 1909 was associate editor of the 
Kennebec Journal, published at Augusta, Maine. 
In the latter year he came to Boston, Massachu- 
setts, and became associated with the Youth’s 
Companion. In the literary world Mr. Minot is 
well known for his historical work, his poems, 
stories, articles and lectutes. He is the author 
of the “History of Belgrade,” “Centennial His- 
tory of Augusta,’ “History of the Theta and 
Delta Kappa Epsilon,” 1844-1894, “The Stag of 
Bowdoin,” 1896; “Tales of Bowdoin,” 1901; “Bow- 
doin Verse,” 1907; “Under the Bowdoin Pines,” 
1907. He is a treasurer of the Theta Chapter 
House Association; a member of the fraternity 
Delta Kappa Epsilon, the Maine Historical So- 
ciety, the Press Association, and the Dorchester 
Historical Society. In fraternal circles he has 
been the presiding officer of his Masonic lodge, 
chapter and commandery. He is also a member 
of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
He has served his alma mater in its board of 
overseers. His political affiliations are with the 
Republican party, and he is a member of the 
Congregational church. 

Mr. Minot married (first) July 23, 1903, Sophia 
A. Howe, of Dixfield, Maine. His second niarriage 
took place February 20, I912, to Marion Bow- 
man. 


ERNEST ARTHUR RANDALL—The name 
Randall appears early and often in the records of 
New England towns. Phillip Randall was a pio- 
neer settler of Dorchester, Massachusetts, before 
May 14, 1634, for he was made a freeman on that 
day. Richard Randall was in Saco, Maine, as 
early as 1659. The names of a score of other 


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Randalls are recorded in the annals of New Eng- 
land, who were heads of families before 1700. The 
Randalls of this article may be descended from 
Richard Randall, of Saco. 

(1) Isaac Randall resided in Freeport, in which 
city his death occurred. He married Elizabeth 
Cummings, who died in Portland, daughter of 
Daniel and Elizabeth Cummings, of Freeport, the 
former of whom was born May 15, 1774. Chil- 
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Randall: Amanda, Ascen- 
ath, Malleville, Mary, Clara E., Joseph Perley, 
John Freeman and Albert Isaac. 

(11) John Freeman Randall, seventh child and 
second son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Cummings) 
Randall, was born in Freeport, May 20, 1839, and 
died in Portland, Maine, November 7, 1894. He 
attended the public schools of Freeport, and 
after completing his studies went to Portland 
to learn the trade of ship-carpenter with his uncle, 
John Cummings. After completing his appren- 
ticeship he shipped on board a vessel and made 
a voyage to Mobile, Alabama, and was there em- 
ployed on the city water works, of which he had 
charge during the winter of 1859-60. Returning 
to Portland he worked at his trade until the out- 
break of the slave-holders rebellion. He was 
then about twenty-two years old, strong, brave 
and patriotic, and offered his services for the de- 
fence of the Union. He became a private in the 
Portland Rifle Guards, which organization be- 
came Company E of the First Maine Volunteer 
Infantry, which was mustered into the service for 
a period of three months, May 3, 1861, and was 
stationed at Meriden Hill; he was mustered out 
the same year. He soon formed a partnership 
with Henry McAllister, under the firm name, 
Randall & McAllister, and was engaged in the 
coal trade. Subsequently Edward H. Sargent 
took an interest for a short time, but in 1884 Mr. 
Randall became sole proprietor of the business 
which has always been conducted under the old 
name of Randall & McAllister. The management 
and development of what was probably and is 
the largest business of the kind in New England 
illustrated the splendid ability of Mr. Randall as 
.a merchant. Beginning with a very limited capi- 
tal, he built up a business that gave employment 
to a number of vessels, varying from eight hun- 
dred to one thousand, requiring from eight thou- 
sand to ten thousand men to navigate them, and 
gave him the well-merited title of the “coal king 
of New England.” When he began business the 
coal trade was in its infancy—a small and insig- 
nificant trade—which he fostered and developed 
until it became one of the leading industries of 


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the New England country. The coal he dealt in 
embraced both anthracite and bituminous, and 
was shipped from Norfolk, Baltimore, Phialdel- 
phia and New York to Portland and other parts 
of Maine, and to a limited extent to St. John, 
New Brunswick. The cargoes received at Port- 
land were deposited in two great pockets, one 
on his own wharf, the other, built and owned by 
him, on the wharf of the New York and Boston 
steamers. From these pockets he not only sup- 
plied the local trade, but sent large quantities 
by rail into the interior towns of Maine, New 
Hampshire and Vermont. About one-half of Mr. 
Randall’s shipments were bituminous coal, and 
among his largest customers in that line was the 
Maine Central and Grand Trunk railways and the 
various steamer lines sailing from Portland. 

The building up of this great business in 
thirty-three years proved conclusively that Mr. 
Randall, though not born to riches nor trained 
in mercantile pursuits, was a person of self-con- 
fidence, resolution, energy, tenacity of purpose, 
tact, sagacity, unsullied integrity and superior 
business ability, which secured and retained the 
entire confidence of the business world. Be- 
sides his private business, he was associated with . 
some other enterprises. He was a director in 
the Casco National Bank, the Eastern Forge and 
the Portland Company, a corporation engaged in 
the manufacture of machinery, and was a trus- 
tee of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary. In the 
last named institution he was much interested, 
and to it he left a legacy at his death, which 
he intended to be of lasting benefit. He was a 
Republican in political sentiment, but confined 
himself chiefly to his special field of activity, 
though he did fill a place in the City Council in 
1872 and 1873. He took more interest in the fra- 
ternal orders, and was a member of Portland 
Lodge, No. 1, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons; Mt. Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Portland Commandery, Knights Templar; Beacon 
Lodge, No. 67, Independent Order of Odd Fel- 
lows; Michigonne Encampment. 

Mr. Randall married, January 1, 1862, Elvira 
Small, born in Portland, February 19, 1839, daugh- 
ter of Eli and Elmira K. (Hood) Sargent, of 
Anisquam, formerly Cape Ann, Massachusetts 
(see Sargent). Children: Mabel Ascenath, born 
May 9, 1863, married Henry F. Merrill; Clifford 
Stowers, mentioned below; John Howard, men- 
tioned below; Maude Havens, born March 1, 1870, 
married William L. Taylor; Grace Ethel, born 
January 3, 1874, unmarried; Ernest Arthur, men- 
tioned below; Marion Stanwood, born October 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


3, 1870, married John D. Baile, of Montreal, Can- 
ada, two children, Marion and Elizabeth; Claire 
Elizabeth, born November 24, 1881, married 
Harry W. Lothrop. 

(III) Clifford Stowers Randall, second child 
and eldest son of John Freeman and Elvira Small 
(Sargent) Randall, was born in Portland, May 
8, 1865. He obtained his primary education in 
the public schools of Portland, and at an early 
age went West on account of ill health, spending 
some years there and continuing his studies in 
private schools. On his return to his native city 
‘to took a position in his father’s business which 
he filled until the incorporation of the business, 
Randall & McAllister. He was then elected vice- 
president of the Randall & McAllister Coal Com- 
pany, and has since performed the duties of that 
position. He is a Republican, but has no politi- 
cal ambition. In religious belief he is a Congre- 
gationalist. He takes an active interest in ath- 
letic sports and outdoor events, and is a member 
of the Country, Portland Athletic, and the Port- 
land Yacht clubs, and the Portland Power Boat 
and the Great Pond associations. He married 
Rena Foster Merrill, daughter of Clinton Merrill. 
They have one child, John Freeman, born March 
25, 1905. 

(111) John Howard Randall, second son and 
third child of John Freeman and Elvira Small 
(Sargent) Randall, was born in Portland, June 
12, 1867. He attended the schools of Portland, 
and is living on a farm at Harrison, Maine, of five 
hundred acres of land, and gives his time to its 
management. He has an interest in the Randall- 
McAllister Coal Company of Portland. He mar- 
ried Lida A. Trafton, in 1897. 

(III) Ernest Arthur Randall, sixth child and 
third son of John Freeman and Elvira Small (Sar- 
gent) Randall, was born in Portland, January 3, 
1876. He attended the Portland public schools 
and later the Phillips Exeter Academy, gradu- 
ating from the latter institution in 1896. He en- 
tered the services of his father in the coal busi- 
ness, in which he has ever since been employed. 
When the firm was incorporated, Ernest A. Ran- 
dall became president of the concern. He shares 
the religious and political predelections of the 
family, votes the Republican ticket, and worships 
with the Congregationalists. He has no affili- 
ation with secret societies, but is a member of the 
following named clubs: Country, Portland Ath- 
letic, Portland Gun, Portland Canoe, Portland 
Power Boat, Portland Yacht, and the Boston Ath- 
letic Association of Boston. He married Edna 
M. Mills, born in 1878, daughter of William G. 


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and Georgiana Mills. 
born November 7, 
November 17, 1906. 


Children: Elizabeth Mills, 
1903; and Eleanor M., born 


PERCY ELMER HIGGINS was born Decem- 
ber 28, 1885, the son of Andrew J. and Addie C. 
Higgins. He was educated at the district schools 
and then went to the Ellsworth High School, and 
later to the University of Maine Law School. Since 
he was admitted to the bar he has practiced law at 
Limestone, Maine. Since 1913 he has been the 
tax collector for the town of Limestone, Maine. 
He is a member of the firm of Blair & Higgins, 
and is connected with the Limestone Trust Com- 
pany. He is a member of the Masonic order and 
of the Odd Fellows. He holds membership in Diego 
Club, Ellsworth, Maine. He is a member of the 
Protestant Episcopal church. 

Mr. Higgins married at Caribou, Maine, in 1913, 
Hattie O. Boulter, and they have had three chil- 
dren: Ralph P., born December, 1914; Charles 
Jackson, born in June, 1916; and Ella May, born 
in December, 1917. 


CARL FOLSOM GETCHELL—In that sec- 
tion of the State of Maine in which Monmouth is 
situated, the name Getchell stands for success, 
because all of the family have made a great suc- 
cess of their life work. One of them, Carl Folsom 
Getchell, is one of the rising men of the com- 
munity, though still in his thirties, having been 
born at Monmouth, May 17, 1883. His father 
was Mark L. Getchell, the founder and sole 
owner of the large moccasin manufacturing plant 
of that name. The product of the M. L. Getchell 
Manufacturing Company is known all over the 
State of Maine as the “Monmouth Moccasin,” a 
high grade foot covering. 

Though the son, Carl F. Getchell, grew up in 
a business atmosphere, his inclinations did not 
lead him toward following in his father’s foot- 
steps, he preferring a college training and profes- 
sional life. He attended the local schools, but 
soon grew beyond them; so after the usual pre- 
paratory measures he entered Dartmouth Col- 
lege, from which he graduated when only twenty- 
two years old with a degree of A.B. in the class 
of 1905. Choosing the legal profession as the 
goal to which he aspired, Carl Folsom Getchell 
became a student in the School of Law, Univer- 
sity of Maine. Here was bestowed upon him the 
degree of Bachelor of Laws in the class of 
1910; from this time to the present he has led 
what might be termed in the language of the day 
a “hustling” life. He is the senior member of the 


124 HISTORY 
firm of Getchell & Hosmer, attorneys at law, with 
offices at No. 64 Lisbon street, Lewiston, his 
partner being Charles B. Hosmer, now holding 
the office of vice-consul of the United States to 
Havana, Cuba. Mr. Getchell is at the present 
time, and has been for the past four years, soli- 
citor for the city of Auburn, the county seat of 
Androscoggin county. With his usual progres- 
sive ideas, Mr. Getchell points with civic pride 
to the fact that in 1918 Auburn, with its popula- 
tion of 17,000, was the first city in Maine to adopt 


the city manager form of municipal government, . 


the new idea of applying business methods to the 
running of a city. In addition to these occupa- 
tions Mr. Getchell is attorney for and a direc- 
tor of the Central Maine Loan and Building As- 
sociation of Lewiston-Auburn, in the organization 
of which he was instrumental. Its directorate in- 
cludes many of the leading men of both cities, 
and it is regarded as a foremost enterprise of the 
“Twin Cities’ as they are so often called, the 
Androscoggin river only marking the dividing 
line. 

In politics Mr. Getchell is a Republican, having 
represented that party in the City Council in 
1906 and 1907; he is also a member of the Re- 
publican City Committee, of which he has been 
chairman for many years., While at Dartmouth 
College and during his career at the University 
of Maine, Mr. Getchell joined several Greek let- 
ter societies, and still retains an interest in his 
fraternities. He is also a member of the Benevo- 
lent and Protective Order of Elks, being con- 
nected with Augusta Lodge, and of the Rotary 
Club of Lewiston-Auburn. He is an ex-president 
of the last mentioned body. With the same 
thoroughness which he has given to other 
things, Mr. Getchell has gone through the various 
degrees of Free Masonry from the Blue Lodge 
up to the thirty-second degree, and is now a 
member of the Shrine. Lastly, he and his fam- 
ily are members of the Elm Street Universalist 
Church of Auburn. 

In the city of Auburn, October 6, I909, Carl 
Folsom Getchell was married to Lillian Bearce, 
by whom he has one child, Elizabeth. Mrs. Get- 
chell is the daughter of W. Chandler Bearce, for 
many years a leading manufacturer of shoes, op- 
erating two large plants, one in Lewiston and the 
other across the river in Auburn, he being a di- 
rector and secretary of the National Shoemakers’ 
Association. The mother of Mrs. Getchell was 
Julia (Wood) Bearce, whose father owned the 
site of Mr. Bearce’s present home. Mrs. Bearce 
died in IgI4. 


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The mother of Carl Folsom Getchell was Au- 
gusta (Woodbury) Getchell, daughter of Hugh 
Woodbury, of Litchfield, Maine.. The family to 
which she belonged was unusually large, being 
comprised of twelve children, each one holding a 
high place in their day and generation. The 
elder Mrs. Getchell had two children: Mary M., 
wife of Harrie E. Merrill, of Monmouth, born 
June 15, 1875; and Carl Folsom Getchell. The 
son paid a high tribute to his mothers’ character 
when he said “she was much beloved by all 
who knew her, and she was always happiest when > 
doing something for others.” Mrs. Getchell was 
actively engaged in church work as well as in 
the social life of the community where she re- 
sided. She died at her home in Auburn, Sep- 
tember I5, 1915. 

The dominant characteristics of Carl Folsom 
Getchell are energy and devotion to business; 
these he inherits largely from his father, Mark L. 
Getchell, whose business career was successful 
beyond the average. Though the son is a Uni- 
versalist, his father was a Congregationalist in 
religious faith, and his grandfather, Elder Mark 
Getchell, was a Baptist clergyman. Elder Get- 
chell’s wife, Sara, survived him by several years, 
her death not taking place until the latter part 
of the last century. Elder Getchell and his wife 
had four children: Mark L., Amiziah, George H., 
and Sarah Jacques. The Getchell family is re- 
puted to be of Scotch-Irish descent, with an ad- 
ded strain of English blood. The first known 
of them is the arrival in America of two broth- 
ers, one locating in New England and the other 
in Chicago, where he became a beef packer in the 
early days of that city. The mother of these two 
brothers was supposed to be of English descent, 
according to early data in the possession of the 
family. 


FRED HERBERT CARR—One of the most 
conspicuous figures in the industrial life of Sanger- 
ville, Maine, was the late Fred Herbert Carr, whose 
death on June 7, 1918, at his home in Sangerville, 
left a gap in the life of this community which it 
will be difficult to fill. Mr. Carr was a native of 
Abbot, Maine, born March 27, 1857, and he was a 
member of an old and highly respected family 
which had made its home in Maine for a number 
of generations. He was a grandson of Moses Carr, 
who was born at Mt. Vernon in this State, in the 
year 1810, and who was for many years a prom- 
inent lumberman and woolen manufacturer and the 
president of the Sangerville Woolen Company. 
Moses Carr was one of the pioneers of Sangerville, 


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MOSES CARR, 100 yrs. FRANK S. CARR, 76 yrs. 
FRED H. CARR, 53 yrs. OMAR F. CARR, 25 yrs. 
OGDEN MOSES CARR, 2 yrs. 8 mos. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 125 


and his career was an important factor in the de- 
velopment of this town. He was a strong Demo- 
crat in politics and took an active part in public 
life. His death occurred in 1911, at the venerable 
age of one hundred and one years. One of his 
children was Frank S. Carr, who was born at 
Sangerville in 1834, and was educated at this place. 
He succeeded to the various business enterprises of 
his father and was a merchant, lumberman and 
wool manufacturer for many years. He was a 
stockholder in the Kineo Trust Company of Dover, 
Maine, and the Guilford Trust Company of Guil- 
ford, and a prominent man in the community. He 
married Sarah Mudgett, and one of their children 
was Fred Herbert Carr, of this sketch. 


Fred Herbert Carr, like his father and grand- 


father, began the serious business of life at a very 
youthful age, his educational advantages in child- 
hood being very meagre. For a time, as a youth, 
he worked on a farm, and assisted his father with 
his lumbering activities, working in the woods of 
Maine, cutting down and shaving the rough tim- 
bers for transportation He later hecame interested, 
in association with his father, in a general store in 
the village of Sangerville. till later, he became 
connected with the Sangerville Woolen Company, 
of which his grandfather and father were respec- 
tively the president and vice-president, and soon 
rose to the position of secretary and treasurer of 
that concern. It was mainly through his efforts 
that the company purchased the old mill which 
stands on the site of the present Glencoe Mill No. 
I at Sangerville from Mr. D. R. Campbell, this mill 
being for many years the plant in which the Sanger- 
ville Woolen Company manufactured its product. 
In 1890 the mill was burned, but Mr. Carr would 
not be discouraged, and at once set to work to 
erect another structure, which is now owned and 
operated by the Old Colony Woolen Mills Com- 
pany. Mr. Carr was one of the chief organizers 
of this concern, held the office of assistant treasurer, 
and was a member of its board of directors until 
the close of his life. Circumstances beyond the 
control of any individual brought ill fortune to this 
concern, and some years ago, on account of tariff 
changes, and an alteration in the methods of the 
commission merchants of New York, the Sanger- 
ville Woolen Company was obliged to close its 
doors, and it was decided by Mr. Carr and his as- 
sociates to re-organize on a new and solid financial 
foundation. Mr. Carr was untiring in his efforts 
and worked for several years, until in April, 1916, 
he had gathered about him a number of capitalists 
and industrial leaders who formed a new company. 
Conditions at that time were very difficult, but Mr. 


Carr devoted himself to overcoming all obstacles 
and lived to see the mills for which he had given 
so much of his time and energy an assured success. 
The new company also owned a mill at Rochester, 
New Hampshire, which it is also successfully oper- 
ating. In addition to his private business interests, 
Mr. Carr always took a public-spirited part in the 
affairs of the community of which he was a mem- 
ber, and it is perhaps due to him, more than to 
any other individual, that Sangerville now possesses 
a modern and first class lighting and power system, 
and one of the best water systems in the State. 
Other improvements in which he was largely in- 
strumental was the building of the Universalist 
church, a large portion of which was paid for by 
him, although this was not commonly known until 
after his death. All the Carr ancestors have been 
Universalists in religious belief and in this matter 
Fred Herbert Carr followed their lead and was 
one of the most prominent workers in the Universal- 
ist church of this place. He was also a trustee of 
the Kineo Trust Company of Dover, Maine, as his 
father and grandfather had been before him. A 
staunch Republican in politics, Mr. Carr was well 
known in party circles, and was for many years a 
member of the Republican town committee. He was 
also a member of Abner \Wade Lodge, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons; Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias; the Ancient Independent Order of United 
Workmen; and the Order of Foresters. 

Fred Herbert Carr was united in marriage at 
Sangerville, Maine, in August, 1877, with Susie 
Maria Oakes, a daughter of Abel and Mary ‘Oakes, 
old and highly respected residents of this place. 
Mr. and Mrs. Carr were the parents of three chil- 
dren, as follows: 1. Harold Malcolm, born May 22, 
1879; was educated at the Sangerville High School, 
Foxcroft Academy, Foxcroft, Maine, and the Un- 
iversity of Maine, Orono, Maine, from which he 
graduated with the class of 1902; he became asso- 
ciated with his father in the Sangerville Woolen 
Company, of which concern he was superintendent 
for a number of years, and when the company re- 
organized and purchased a mill at Rochester, New 
Hampshire, he was elected superintendent, agent and 
assistant treasurer of the Rochester Mill of the 
Old Colony Woolen Mill Company, which positions 
ke still holds; he ranks with the best in the woolen 
industry in New England: he married, March 30, 
1910, Maude Isabelle, daughter of William and Isa- 
belle (Bentley) Dexter; they are the parents of 
three children: Malcolm Frederick, born February 
21, 1911; Kenneth William, born November 27, 1914: 
Douglass Harold, born April 1, 1916. 2. Ethel Mae, 
born January 4, 1882; educated at Sangerville High 


128 HISTORY 
School, Shaw Business College, Portland, Maine, 
and a graduate of a Domestic Science School in 
Massachusetts; she is now teaching Domestic 
Science in a city school in Quincy, Massachusetts. 
3 Omar Frank, born October 8, 1884; educated at 
the Higgins Classical Institute of Charleston, Maine, 
from which he graduated with the class of 1904, 
and became assistant superintendent of the Sanger- 
ville Woolen Company; he is now superintendent 
of the Old Colony Woolen Mills Company of San- 
gerville, and one of the most active of the younger 
business men of this place; he married, August 1, 
1906, Josephine Emma, daughter of Sylvester and 
Josephine (Coombs) Phinney; they are the parents 
of one child, Ogden M., born September 10, 1907, 
and now a student at the public schools of Sanger- 
ville. 

CLAPP FAMILY—The records of those who 
have worthily served and represented their day 
and generation in the State of Maine contain no 
chapter that chronicles more consecrated devo- 
tion to the public weal or greater achievement in 
private enterprise than that which sets forth the 
lives and works of the Clapps, father and son, 
Asa and Asa William Henry Clapp. Descendants 
in the fifth and sixth generations of Thomas 
Clapp, American founder of an ancient English 
line, their lives and activities extended well over 
the first century of the history of the United 
States, the city of Portland their home. They 
were men of distinguished accomplishment and 
position, citizens who led in those projects which 
make for a city’s permanence and greatness, men 
to whom their fellows looked for leadership and 
guidance in times of stress. Never seeking per- 
sonal preference, never evading responsibility 
that came as duty, never deviating from lofty 
principles, they lived to serve, and though years 
have passed since they were called from labor to 
reward their influence is seen and felt in many 
institutions they helped to found. 

Asa Clapp, son of Abiel Clapp, grandson of 
Samuel Clapp, great-grandson of Thomas Clapp, 
who was a son of Thomas Clapp, the founder of 
the family in America in 1633, was born in Mans- 
field, Bristol county, Massachusetts, March 15, 
1762. The death of his parents when he was but a 
boy threw him upon his own resources. He se- 
cured a public school education, and at the age 
of sixteen years volunteered to substitute for a 
young man who had been drafted to serve in the 
Colonial forces under General Sullivan for the 
expulsion of the British from Rhode Island in 
1778. Later he entered the naval service, his 


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fidelity and intrepidity in action gaining him a 
promotion to a first lieutenancy, and on one oc- 
casion he effected the capture of a British 
vessel mounting eight guns, with a crew three 
times as large as that of his vessel. With Joseph 
Peabody, of Salem, he was at Port au Prince, 
Santo Domingo, during the negro uprising, and 
they were able to render valuable and timely aid 
to the white population. During the French 
blockade in 1793 by England and her allies, when 
neutral ships were brought into English ports 
whenever they were suspected of being engaged 
in French trade, his vessel was captured by Sir 
Sydney Smith and was carried to England. After 
a six months’ delay his ship was released by a 
decree of the courts of admiralty and the cargo 
paid for by the British government, Mr. Clapp 
managing the entire affair so ably and tactfully 
that the complete value of the cargo was real- 
ized by the owners. 

He left the sea in 1796, although his business 
interests until his death were mainly in ships and 
shipping, his vessels sailing to the ports of 
Europe, the East and West Indies, and South 
America. His home and offices were in Portland, 
and he gained wide reputation as a reliable and 
highly successful merchant, known for exactness 
and fairness in all of his dealings wherever his 
ships carried the flag of his country. 

With his permanent establishment in Portland 
he grew into the life and activity of the commu- 
nity rapidly, his talents and abilities finding abun- 
dant opportunity for expression in civic enter- 
prises, in public office, and in whole-hearted, ear- 
nest support of the national government during 
the Second War with Great Britain. His per- 
sonal fortunes suffered heavily when American 
shipping was practically driven from the seas, 
yet he subscribed one-half of his entire resources 
when the national finances were straitened and 
used his strong influence in persuading his ac- 
quaintances to similar sacrifice. He was a sol- 
dier in the Portland corps organized to protect 
the city from the fleets which were committing 
destructive depredations between the Penobscott 
river and Eastport. His home was open to the 
officers of the army and navy, who made it a 
place of general resort, and there enjoyed the 
most generous of bountiful New England hospi- 
tality. He was appointed one of the commis- 
sioners to obtain subscriptions to the United 
States Bank, to which corporation he was the 
largest subscriber in Maine. Prior to the separa- 
tion of Maine and Massachusetts, he was a mem- 
ber of the Governor’s Council of Massachusetts, 


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and in 1819 he was one of the delegates to the 
convention for framing the State Constitution, 
then for several years representing Portland in 
the State Legislature. 

The Clapp mansion, which has been occupied 
by the family for three generations, was one of 
the most imposing and splendidly appointed of 
the homes of early Portland, and there many of 
the leading national figures of the day were enter- 
tained. The following is a news paper record of 
a reception tendered President Monroe: 


The President honored by his presence in the eve- 
ning a large and elegant party given by the Honorable 
A. Clapp. About three hundred persons were present. 
The house was handsomely illuminated in honor of 
his venerable guest. We feel ourselves incompetent to 
do justice to the brilliant assemblage of beauty that 
filled the elegant apartments of our hospitable fellow- 
townsman. It was a source of regret that Mrs. Clapp 
was absent on a visit to distant friends, but our regret 
would have been much enhanced had not her accom- 
plished daughters compelled us to forget that anything 
could be wanting which good taste, ease and graceful- 
ness of manners could supply. A band of music play- 
ing through the evening gave a zest to the festivity. 
At the time the President retired, the younger part of 
the company had formed a party and were enjoying a 
dance under the piazza. When it was announced thai 
the President was retiring, the dancers immediately 
withdrew from the piazza and formed a double line 
from the door to the gate, through which he passed, 
and when he reached the gate he was received with 
three hearty cheers from the large concourse of citizens. 

Mr. Clapp was a warm supporter of the Demo- 
cratic party and received many of its prominent 
members at his home, President Polk and James 
Buchanan being there entertained when he was 
eighty-five years of age. 

Mr. Clapp’s death occurred in April, 1848, when 
he was eighty-six years of age. He retained all 
of his mental alertness and brilliance until the 
very end of his life and administered his large 
affairs with vigor and precision, arranging them 
with such minute care that there were no de- 
mands outstanding against his estate with the 
exception of the bill for the daily paper, the sub- 
scription for which had not yet expired. The 
flags of all the vessels in the harbor and on the 
signal staffs of the observatory were appropri- 
ately placed at half-mast. 

Mr. Clapp married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. 
Jacob Quincy, and a descendant of Edmund 
Quincy, deputy to the first General Court of Mas- 
sachusetts, in May, 1634; of Colonel Edmund 
Quincy, deputy for six years to the Massachu- 
setts General Court, and member of the Council 
for Safety of the People in 1689; of Judge Ed- 
mund Quincy, of the Superior Court of Massachu- 
setts, who was agent to the Court of St. James 
in 1737. Numbered among her other distin- 


guished ancestors were: Rev. Henry Flynt, min- 


ister at Braintree from 1640 to 1668; Major- 
General Daniel Gookin, speaker of the Massa- 
chusetts General Court in 1651; Thomas Willet, 
first mayor of New York, 1665-67, who was an as- 
sistant of Plymouth Colony from 1651 to 1654; 
Evert Jansen Wendell, magistrate of Fort Or-. 
ange in 1660; John Wendell, commissioner of In- 
dian affairs in New York, 1690; and Johannes Pie- 
terse Van Brugh, burgomeister of New Amsterdam, 
1673-74. Mrs. Asa Clapp was a niece of Dorothy 
Quincy, who married John Hancock, and a grand- 
niece of the earlier “Dorothy Q.,” immortalized by 
Oliver Wendell Holmes, her great-great-grand- 
son. Treasured in the Clapp family for years 
have been John Hancock’s chariot, silver, and 
other objects of antiquarian and historic inter- 
est and value. Asa and Elizabeth (Quincy) 
Clapp were the parents of: Charles and Eliza W., 
died in childhood; Elizabeth, Francis Billings, 
Charles Quincy, Mary Jane Gray, and Asa Wil- 
liam Henry. 

Asa William Henry Clapp, son of Asa and 
Elizabeth (Quincy) Clapp, was born in Portland, 
March 6, 1805, and died March 22, 1891. Follow- 
ing his graduation from Norwich Academy, in 
Vermont, an institution founded by Captain Al- 
den Partridge, he journeyed through the South 
and West, combining education with pleasure, 
and during this trip kept a careful diary, which in- 
cluded an account of a visit to the Hermitage, 
General Jackson’s home in Tennessee. Upon his 
return he entered his father’s establishment, 
where he received strict instruction in business 
principles and dealings. Until 1848 he was ex- 
tensively engaged in foreign commerce indepen- 
dently, then becoming his father’s assistant in the 
latter’s varied interests. He was associated with 
his brother, Charles Q. Clapp, in many Portland 
enterprises, the honor and name of the family 
safe in their zealous keeping. 

In the avenues of business he attained to the 
respected place of his revered father, and in his 
public service and his support of civic and phil- 
anthropic movements he was a successor whose 
works added fresh lustre to a worthy reputa- 
tion. The Maine General Hospital, relief funds, 
charitable and educational institutions all bene- 
ted by his generous donations which were made 
almost in absolute secrecy, so little did he care 
for popular acclaim. Nor did he act only through 
organized agents. Frequently his was the aid 
that saved the day for a young business man, or 
gave another the opportunity to prepare for or to 
establish himself in a life work. His sympathy 
was boundless and his friendly impulses rarely 


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led him astray.. Until his death he served as a 
director of the Maine General Hospital, the last 
meetings of the board which he attended being 
held in his library when he became too feeble to 
leave his home. He was also a director of the 
public library. 

A lifelong Democrat and intensely interested in 
public and political affairs, he became one of 
the leaders of his party in the State. He partici- 
pated in State and National campaigns with 
voice and pen, fearlessly and fairly fighting for 
the candidate supporting the cause he believed 
right. He attended the National Democratic Con- 
vention in 1848 at Baltimore, and in 1852 was a 
delegate-at-large to the convention in that city 
which nominated Franklin Pierce for president. 
He preferred that his influence be confined to 
the support of candidates of merit, but in 1847 it 
became imperative that he accept personal pref- 
erence, and he yielded to the persuasion of his 
friends, becoming the Congressional candidate 
and filling a seat in the Thirtieth Congress. It is 
a remarkable tribute to his place in the regard of 
his fellows that his political opponents went on 
record in the following resolution: 


Resolved: That Asa W. H. Clapp, by his integrity, 
ability, and. undeviating devotion to the cause of 
Democracy merits the confidence of the Republicans of 
this Congressional district. The unanimous nomination 
by him received this day in convention is a sufficient 
guarantee that he will receive at the polls the undivid- 
ed support of our constituents for the dignified and 
responsible station, which as their candidate he is ex- 
pected to fill, September 138, 1817. 

His promotion of the interests of his district 
particularly in the securing of an appropriation 
for the purchase of the Exchange building for a 
customs house and post office, won him the 
gratitude and commendation of his friends in both 
parties, the City Council passing resolutions of 
thanks for his valuable services. The pressure 
of private affairs forbade his continuance in of- 
fice, but throughout his entire life he remained in 
intimate touch with the issues of the day and with 
the leaders of political thought and action. At 
the age of eighty-three he journeyed from Craw- 
ford’s, New Hampshire, to cast his ballot for 
Judge Putnam, gubernatorial nominee. 

When death called him from a life of weil 
doing his loss called forth a chorus of regret 
from the many circles in which he moved and to 
which gentle, uplifting influence extended. 
From business associates, from political collea- 
gues, from the directorates of institutions he had 
befriended, and from individuals who valued 
their friendship and relation with this man of 
came testimonials of love and 


his 


noble character, 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


respect, addressed. to his daughter, Mary J. E. 
Clapp, who survives him. The following is an 
extract from the record of a meeting of the direc- 


tors of the Maine General Hospital, April 4, 1891: 


MEMORIAL 


On the 22nd day of March, A. D. 1891, the Honorable 
A. W. H. Clapp ended a long and useful life, From iis 
organization until his death he was an active, judicious 
and generous director and friend of the Maine General 
Hospital, taking deep interest in its prosperity and 
contributing to its success by wise counsel, by fre- 
quent and liberal aid to his resourses, and by an 
almost lavish use of his time and influence in its 
behalf. His associates in the direction haye been 
cheered by his unstinted sympathy and strengthened 
by his hearty co-operation. They, better than all others, 
can appreciate the value of his service to the Hoas- 
pital. They feel profoundly their own loss and that 
of the Hospital in his decease. It is appropriate for 
this Board, speaking officially, to regard him as was 
related to the great charity which he so early took 
into his affection, and so long aided to administer. But 
they would wrong their own feelings if they passed 
over in silence the many and striking graces of his 
character. They hold in reverent remembrance his 
unfailing kindness, his uniform courtesy, his spotless 
integrity, and his sense of honor, his sound judgment, 
his devotion to what he esteemed true and right, his 
charitable spirit, and his abstinence from censorious 
speech and unkindly criticism in respect to his fellow- 
men. Living long in all serenity and dignity, eysen 
after he had passed within the limits of old age, he 
seemed in the later years like a tradition of what was 
noble and fine in private, social, and public life at an 
earlier period of the State. The directors rejoice that 
so large a measure of life was granted to him, and, 
while they lamented his decease, are comforted by the 
recollection of his virtues and by the thought that the 
example of his life will continue to work for good 
long after his disappearance from their sight. To all 
most nearly and keenly touched by this dispensation 
of Providence the tender sympathy of this Board is 
afforded. f r 

True Extract 


(Signed) 

Mr. Clapp married, June 23, 1834, Julia Mar- 
garetta, only daughter of General Henry Alex- 
ander Scammell Dearborn, of Roxbury, Massa- 
chusetts. They were the parents of one daugh- 


Attest: F. R. Barrett, 
Secretary. 


ter, Mary J. E., to whom has fallen the privilege — 


of cherishing and perpetuating the memory of an 
illustrious ancestry. 


JAMES EDWARD DRAKE, the 
mayor of Bath, Maine, was born December 9, 1871, 
in Bath, the son of James Brainerd and Georgiana 
(Lincoln) Drake. The other members 
father’s family are Georgie L., now the wife of 
Dr. James O’Lincoln, of Bath, and Frederick Ellis 
Drake, also of Bath. 

James E. Drake obtained his education from 
the grade and high schools of Bath, and having 
graduated from the latter in 1880, entered Yale 
University. Serious illness prevented his com- 
pleting his college work, and he entered into 
business life, becoming engaged in lumber and 


of his 


present — 


——S 


ay 


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insurance work. He became assistant treasurer 


of the Kennebec Steamboat Company, and treas- 


urer of the Eastern Steamboat Company. He 
is now the president of the James B. Drake & 
Sons’ Lumber and Insurance Company, Inc. 

Mr. Drake is a member of the Masonic order, 
and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks. In politics he is a Republican, and in his 
religious affiliation is a Congregationalist. He 
is a member of the Sagadahoc and Colonial clubs, 
and of the Sagadahoc Board of Fire Underwrit- 
ers, being president of the latter organization. 
He is also a director of the First National Bank 
of Bath. He was elected to the office of mayor 
of Bath, March, 1918, having been a member of 
the city government in 1895-97, being at that time 
the youngest official of the municipality. 

Mr. Drake married, July 23, 1913, Eleanor Jane 
Dickson, of Bath, daughter of Captain George 
and Mercy (Hodgdon) Dickson, and they have a 
son, James Edward, Jr., born October 18, 1914. 


JOHN ANDREW PETERS—Representative 
of the Third Maine District in the National House 
of Representatives, John Andrew Peters entered 
upon his career as a legislator after an extended 
period upon the bench of the Municipal Court 
of Ellsworth, Maine, where he bears worthy 
reputation in legal and business circles, the scene 
of his life activity. Mr. Peters is a son of Wil- 
liam B. and Martha Elizabeth (Chute) Peters, 
and was born in Ellsworth, Maine, August 13, 
1864. 

After preparatory education he entered Bow- 
doin College, and was graduated A.B., with hon- 
ors, in the class of 1885, winning election to 
the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. At the comple- 
tion of a law course he was admitted to the Maine 
bar in 1887 and in the following year was awarded 
the Master’s degree in Arts by Bowdoin College. 
He located in legal practice in Ellsworth, becom- 
ing a member of the law firm of Peters & Crab- 
tree. From 1896 to 1908 Mr. Peters served as 
judge of the Municipal Court of Ellsworth, de- 
clining reappointment to this office, and from 
1909 to 1913 he was a member of the Maine 
House of Representatives, filling the Speaker’s 
chair in the last year of his service. He was 
elected in September, 1913, to fill a vacancy in 
the National House of Representatives from the 
Third Maine District, and as the Republican can- 
didate was re-elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty- 
fifth and Sixty-sixth congresses. Mr. Peters is 
president of the Union Trust Company, of Ells- 
worth, the Ellsworth Foundry and Machine 


ME.W—2—9 


Works, and the Ellsworth Hardwood Company, 
also serving the Merrill Trust Company, of Ban- 
gor, as director. He is a member of the Maine 
Historical Society, and retains an active interest 
in his alma mater as a member of the board of 
overees of Bowdoin College. His club is the 
Tarratine, of Bangor, Maine. 

John Andrew Peters 
1889, Mary Frances 
Maine. 


married, November 20, 
Cushman, of Ellsworth, 


ASA FAUNCE—The active life of Asa Faunce, 
which covered a period of three-quarters of a 
century, was mainly spent in Belfast, Maine, 
where he was for thirty years a well known and 
highly respected merchant and for many years 
an officer of two of the leading financial institu- 
tions of the city. Mr. Faunce was a descendant 
of John Faunce, who came to Plymouth, Massa- 
chusetts, in the ship Ann in 1633, the line tracing 
through his marriage with Patience Morton to 
Thomas Faunce, the elder, who married Jean 
Nelson; to Thomas Faunce, the younger, who 
married Lydia Barnaby; to James Faunce, who 
married Thankful. Tobey; to Asa (1) Faunce, 
father of Asa Faunce, of this record. Asa (1) 
Faunce was born in Sandwich, Massachusetts, 
September 11, 1776, and died in Waterville, 
Maine, December 10, 1824. He was a cabinet- 
maker in calling. He married Miriam Burrill, 
born May 30, 1787, died October 16, 1828, daugh- 
ter of Ziba and Polly (Chase) Burrill, of Canaan, 
Massachusetts. They were the parents of: 
Jane, born August 11, 1807; Angelina, born Jan- 
uary 17, 1809; Emily, born March 31, 1811; Asa, 
of whom further; Daniel, born in 1815; and 
George Burrill, born August 22, 1822. 

Asa (2) Faunce, son of Asa (1) and Miriam 
(Burrill) Faunce, was born in Waterville, Maine, 
March 12, 1814, and died in Belfast, Maine, 
August 2, 1889, after a business career long and 
honorable, spent in busy endeavor, profitable to 
himself and to his community. After attending 
the public schools of Belfast he became a clerk 
in the employ of James P. White, a merchant of 
that place, in 1835 establishing in independent 
dealing as a general grocer and continuing in 
that line with successful result for about thirty 
years. He was active in the direction of the 
Bank of Commerce as trustee from 1854 to 1868, 
filling the position of president from 1857, and 
in 1869 he was one of the leading factors in the 
organization of the Belfast Savings Bank, of 
which he was the first president, serving as such 
until two years prior to his death, resigning his 


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office in 1887. The qualities that had won him 
prosperity in private enterprise ably safeguarded 
and advanced the interests of these institutions 
of which he was so long the head, and he en- 
joyed the trust and confidence of his fellows to 
an unusual degree. He was a banker of wise 
caution and yet so faithfully did he judge human 
nature that never was a worthy man or firm re- 
fused the aid of these institutions, which be- 
came instruments of wide usefulness in the lo- 
cality. He was a member of the Club of Thirty 
and a member of the Unitarian church. 

Asa Faunce married, October 8, 1838, Sarah A. 
Haraden, born in Belfast, Maine, March 18, 1814, 
died October 11, 1900, daughter of John and Han- 
nah (Brown) Haraden, and they were the par- 
ents of: Abbie Haraden, born in 1840, married 
William Batchelder Swan (see on another page) ; 
William Asa, born 1843, engaged in real estate deal- 
ing; Mary Estelle, born 1858, a musician. 


HARRISON OTIS HUSSEY—The Husseys of 
Mars Hill, Aroostook county, Maine, descend 
from the ancient English family which traces to 
Hugh Hoese, who came from Normandy with 
the Conqueror, the name in French being De 
Hosey, after anglicized to Hussey. The family in 
New England trace to Christopher Hussey, of 
Hampton, New Hampshire, who dates from 1530. 


The. family appeared in Maine with Stephen 
Hussey, of the fourth American generation, who 
died in Berwick, Maine, May 8, 1770. Harrison 


O. Hussey, of Mars Hill, is a son of Sylvanus 
Harlow and Mary (Burbush) Hussey, his father 
a merchant of Mars Hill, Maine, for many years, 
member of the firm, S. H. Hussey & Sons. 
Harrison O. Hussey was born in Houlton, 
Maine, April 17, 1864. He completed his educa- 
tion with graduation from Houlton Academy, 
and then became interested in mercantile life, and 
in 1881 became associated with his father and 
brother in the firm, S. H. Houlton & Sons, of 
Blaine, Maine, and continues a successful, highly 
esteemed. man of business. In 1914 the business 
was transferred to Mars Hill, its present location. 
He is a director of the Houlton Trust Company, 
a Republican in politics, and prior to coming to 
Mars Hill had been a selectman of the town of 
Blaine for sixteen years. He is a member of the 
Unitarian church and helpful in all good causes. 
Mr. Hussey married, in Blaine, a village of 
Aroostook county, Maine, twenty-six miles from 
Houlton, Lucy W. Lowell, daughter of Ruel W. 
and Sarah (Jones) Lowell. Mr. and Mrs. Hussey 
are the parents of Stutson Harlow, born June 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


10, 1887; May C., born August 13, 1892; and Max: 
ris L., born September 20, Igor. : : 


ERASTUS EUGENE HOLT—There are few 
subjects more interesting than that of the origin ~ 
of the family names which have grown so famil- — 
iar to us that we think of them more as perma- 
nent things than as the results of a growth, 
which, so far as the northern nations of Europe 
are concerned, are scarcely older than the second 
half of the Christian era. Their roots, of course, 
extend back into an immemorial past, and we find 
in such primitive forms as the affix “son” or its 
equivalent in the different languages, attached 
to the first or Christian name, the origin of one 
of the largest groups among modern surnames. 
In the case of the Holt family, which is repre- 
sented in Maine today by the distinguished gen- 
tleman whose name heads this sketch, we find — 
what is probably a very ancient derivation in the 
old meaning of the word “holt,” which signified 
in early English a wood or grove. Doubtiess 
it was from the proximity of his dwelling to ~ 
some such wood that the early progentor of this | 
family received his original designation which — 
has descended during those many years to these, ~ 
his modern progeny. Both in England and in ~ 
America, the Holt family has spread itself pretty — 
universally so that we find today a great many 4 
branches bearing the old name, and aithough in 3 
many cases there is no direct connection to be — 
traced between them, this in no way militates 
against the reasonableness of presuming them 
to have had a common origin, a presumption 
which rests upon the opinions of antiquarians — 
and historians and of students of philology and 
the derivation of names. 

One of the most distinguished members of 
this family in England was Lord Chief Justice 
Holt, of whom the historian, MacIntosh, ‘said: 
“His name can never be pronounced without 
veneration as long as wisdom and integrity are 
revered among men.” i 

The probable founder of the family in this” 
country and certainly of many of its branches, 
was Nicholas Holt, who sailed in the ship James 
of London, William Corper, Master, from Sout- 
hampton, England, about April 16, 1635, and 
arrived at Boston on June 3rd following. He was. 
one of the early settlers of Newbury, and later 
made his home at Andover, where his death © 
occurred January 30, 1685, at the age of one hun- 
dred and four years, according to the record, 
although we have the authority of the historian 
Coffin that he was no more than eighty-three 


ji 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


years of age. Many of his descendants remained 
in Andover, but one of them, named Amos, 
according to Durrie’s “Genealogical History of 
the Holt Family in the United States,” moved to 
Wilton, New Hampshire, and his son Abel moved 
from Wilton, New Hampshire, to Weld, Maine. 
By the same authority it will be found that Abel 
Holt was of the sixth generation from Nicholas 
Holt, hence his son, Erastus, was of the seventh, 
and Erastus Eugene Holt is of the eighth gen- 
eration. Abel Holt was a farmer. He took a 
very active interest in public affairs in the town 
of Weld, Maine, holding during his life a num- 
ber of town offices. His death occurred there. 
It was at Weld that he was twice married, and 
his first wife was Lydia Pratt, by whom he had 
seven children: Hubbard; Erastus, who is men- 
tioned below; Abiah, a son who was lost at sea; 
Otis, Grace, and Isabel. By his second wife he 
had two children: Whitman, and a daughter, 
Lois. His son, Erastus Holt, the father of Dr. 
Erastus Eugene Holt of Portland, was born in 
the month of September, 1818, at Weld, Maine. 
Like his father, he was a farmer, but he added 
to this occupation that of the carpenter, and 
lived for a number of years in the city of Port- 
land, where he worked at this trade. His death 
occurred on January 28, 1897, at the age of 
seventy-nine years. He was married to Miss 
Lucinda Packard, a daughter of Ephraim and 
Lydia (Stiles) Packard, and they were the parents 
of the following children: Artemas C., who met 
his death in a railroad accident in 1905; Nellie 
A., who is now Mrs. Franklin Sanborn, and 
makes her home in Franklin, Massachusetts; 
Charles Otis, who married Miss Bicknell, of Can- 
ton, Maine, and who resides in Lewiston; Hen- 
rietta L., now Mrs. Charles Glover, of Canton, 
Maine; Emma L., deceased, who married M. T. 
Hatch, of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, and Eras- 
tus Eugene Holt. 

Dr. Erastus Eugene Holt was born in Peru, 
Oxford county, Maine, June 1, 1849. We find 
that his childhood was spent among rural scenes. 
When he was four years old his parents moved 
to East Stoughton, Massachusetts, where his 
father had charge of the town farm and house 
of correction for four years, when they moved 
back to Peru. When his father went to Cali- 
fornia in 1859, he and his oldest brother Artemas 
carried on the farming, while his brother Otis 
worked out. On the breaking out of the Civil 
War in 1861, both of his brothers went into the 
army, and he with his mother moved to Canton, 
—a village town adjoining Peru. His mother, 


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while nursing typhoid fever patients, contracted 
the disease and died this year, just after his 
father’s return from California. 

It will be seen that Dr. Holt lost his mother 
just at the close of his childhood and at the 
beginning of the important period of youth. They 
had never been separated. His precocity had 
enabled him to be much of a companion to her 
in the absence of his father in California and 
in the stress incident to the brothers going to 
the war. She was an ideal Christian mother, 
well versed in the literature at her disposal, and 
knew how to do all kinds of work incident to 
pioneer life, such as weaving cloth from the raw 
materials and making garments of all kinds, thus 
practically supplying all the necessities of her 
household. The precepts inculcated during the 
important developments of childhood should have 
a far-reaching importance in the subsequent 
career of any person. With Dr. Holt they did 
have this effect for he kept constantly before 
him the teachings of his mother as a most prec- 
ious heritage to guide him through all the vicis- 
situdes of his life. 

During youth, Dr. Holt was active in doing 
a variety of work on the farm, in the mill, and 
in the store,—all the time devoting his spare 
time to studying and going to school when he 
could. He taught his first district school in the 
Canton Mountain District when he was eighteen 
years of age. It was in this district that the 
winter before, the older boys made a brutal 
assault upon the teacher, injurying him so se- 
verely that he was taken to the village, where 
the doctor attended him. Notwithstanding, Dr. 
Holt knew all about this and knew that the 
teacher never fully recovered but died later, it 
did not deter him in the least from taking this 
school, and he taught it through the winter 
successfully. 

It was during this period that he organized 
an amateur minstrel show, using the school house 
for a place for giving the exhibitions. There 
was seldom any local play staged without his 
active codperation and participation in it. He 
secured the services of Dr. Major, a lecturer of 
repute, to give a course of lectures on psychol- 
ogy, illustrating all the features of what is now 
known as hypnotism. He served as secretary 
to many organizations, and his efficiency and 
adaptability to these duties were such that he 
was impressed into that service in a Grant Club 
in 1868, which caused his name to be put on 
the voting list two years before he was twenty- 
one. He served as local correspondent to the 


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Oxford Democrat, a Republican paper published 
at Paris, giving the happenings in the eastern 
part of Oxford county, many of which he was 
the means of bringing about, such as ball games, 
wrestling matches, and horse races, of which he 
wrote up before and after they came off. By 
his diligence he had mastered the Spencerian 
system of penmanship, and in actual practice 
had become proficient in bookkeeping, so that 
he taught these subjects to private classes while 
teaching district schools and when attending 
school at Hebron Academy, Westbrook Seminary 
and Gorham Seminary. Thus in all his activities 
he was acquiring one of the greatest lessons of 
life, of knowing the value of money and to be 
self-dependent in all his plans, so that when 
he actually began his manhood career he had 
saved money to carry him through a college 
course. He, however, decided to begin the study 
of medicine, and devoted much more time to it 
than was required at that time. 

Dr. Holt attended his first course of lectures 
in medicine at the Medical School of Maine, 
at Brunswick, going directly from there to Deer 
Island, Boston, as teacher in the City Reform 
School of Boston, composed of about three hun- 
dred boys and eleven officers and teachers. It 
was here that he had typhoid fever which caused 
him to be delirious for an unusually long time, 
so that when he came to write out all the details 
of the aberrations of his mind during this period, 
he found it took more than twenty thousand 
words to record them. Upon his recovery, his 
management of the boys in the school was so 
efficient that he was appointed principal of the 
school, the duties of which he performed to the 
satisfaction of the superintendent of Deer Isl- 
and and the school authorities of the city of 
Boston. He continued the study of medicine 
while at Deer Island, and took a short course of 
instruction at Dartmouth Medical College, Han- 
over, New Hampshire, before taking a second course 
of lectures at the Medical School of Maine, where, 
he graduated in June, 1874. The class consisted 
of twenty-eight members, but only twenty-one 
were able to pass the examination. After grad- 
uating, Dr. Holt continued the study of medicine 
in the Portland School for Medical Instruction 
until he left for New York City, where he entered 
the Medical School of the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons, now the Medical Department of 
Columbia University. Upon the completion of 
this course he received his ad eundem degree of 
M. D. in June, 1875. 

His mother having died of typhoid fever, and 


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he having had it, naturally he had studied this 
disease more extensively, and he chose it for 
the subject of a thesis which was required by all 
candidates for the degree of doctor of medicine. 
By special permission of the faculty of the Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Dr. Holt was 
allowed to attend to his duties as Demonstrator 
of Anatomy at the Medical School of Maine, to - 
which position he was elected upon his gradua- 
tion. Continuing the study of medicine, he at- 
tended clinics at the Massachusetts Charitable 
Eye and Ear Infirmary and studied the diseases 
of the ear under Dr. Clarence J. Blake, and then 
entered the Maine General Hospital as its first 
regularly appointed interne and served one year, 
making quarterly reports of medical and surgical 
cases treated there, which were published in the 
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal. He also 
wrote a history of the Hospital which was pub- 
lished in the Portland Transcript, a paper which 
held the rank as the first literary paper in Maine 
at that time. 

While Demonstrator of Anatomy, Dr. Holt 
prosected for Dr. Thomas Dwight, Professor 
of Anatomy at the school, several of which 
dissections the professor exhibited to members 
of the faculty as equal to any he had ever seen 
and which he preserved for the museum. Dr. 
Holt also prepared the section of the head from 
which Professor Dwight wrote a book entitled 
“The Anatomy of the Head.” 

Upon opening an office in Portland, Dr. Holt 
was elected one of the attending physicians and 
surgeons to the Portland Dispensary. He was 
elected member of the Cumberland County Medi- 
cal Society, and he founded the Portland Medical 
Club, which is now the largest and oldest medi- 
cal club in the State. Although he did general 
practice, he began to give attention to special 
subjects, and we find his first paper read before 
the Maine Medical Association, to which he had 
been elected upon his first graduation in 1874, 
was upon a “Report on Otology.” We find him 
attending clinics at the Manhattan Eye and Ear 
Hospital, where he studied under its founder, 
Dr. C. R. Agnew and such men as Drs. Webster, 
Pomroy and St. John Roosa. He continued this 
course every year, writing papers on medical sub- © 
jects until he went to Europe in the spring of 
1881 with Drs. Hersom, Webster and Gibney, 
the first of whom died in Dublin under distress- 
ing circumstances. ; 

This was an extraordinary year in Europe, in 
that the Seventh International Medical Congress 
met in London, and many of the distinguished 


ee 


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men of the world went there to attend it and 
discuss the causes which were revolutionizing 
the practice of medicine. Dr. Holt became a 
member of this Congress and made a report of 
its proceedings. 

Upon Dr. Holt’s return from Europe he con- 
fined his practice exclusively to diseases of the 
eye and ear. Thus it will be seen that it took 
Dr. Holt ten years from the time he began to 
study medicine before he confined his practice 
exclusively to these diseases, from the latter of 
which he had suffered himself, and which in- 
duced him to take up the study and practice of 
medicine as a life work. 

In 1885 two quite important things happened 
in connection with the life of Dr. Holt—namely, 
a son was born who was to bear his name and 
follow in his footsteps in the study and practice 
of medicine; and the necessary steps were taken 
by him for the incorporation of the Maine Eye 
and Ear Infirmary. In his address at the dedi- 
cation of the new building in 1892, Dr. Holt 
says: 

Well do I remember in December, 1885, just before 
Christmas, of starting out with a paper to obtain 
names to a petition for incorporation. It was the 
first step to the consummation of a purpose, long before 
that time formed, of establishing an institution of this 
eharacter. The petition was willingly signed by all to 
whom it was presented, and encouraging words were 
given to the enterprise, but it was as evident as had 
been anticipated, that a vast amount of work lay 
before me, the magnitude of which, had I fully real- 
ized as I do now, might have caused me to delay my 
purpose longer. 

The petitioners were incorporated under the name 
of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, according 
to a law provided for such purposes which limited 
capitalization to one hundred thousand dollars. 
Nobody at that time dreamed that this limitation 
would cause the organization any trouble, but the 
Legislature was called upon to increase its capi- 
talization to one million dollars in order for it 
to be able to receive the munificent bequest of 
its president, the late Mr. Ira Putnam Farrington. 

In 1891 Dr. Holt secured the passage of the 
law for the prevention of blindness by the Leg- 
islature, Maine being the first State to pass this 
law after the State of New York. Now, how- 
ever, all the States have this law on their statute 
books. It has done a great deal towards the 
prevention of blindness which has been achieved 
since that time by the concerted action of several 
organizations whose object has been to attain this 
end. The law directs attention to any redness, 
inflammation or discharge from the eyes of the 
new-born, and thereby ensures having them 
treated properly at a time when such treatment 


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will be effective and prevent disastrous results. 

It was entirely through Dr. Holt’s efforts that 
the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science and 
its official organ, the Journal of Medicine and 
Science, was founded in 1894, by means of which 
the Medical Registration Law was enacted by the 
Maine Legislature at its session of 1895. It may 
seem an unusual thing for those not conversant 
with the history to establish these organizations 
for the purpose of securing the Medical Registra- 
tion Law, but it was done to meet unusual condi- 
tions, because six years previous to this time a 
Medical Registration Law had been passed by 
the Legislature through the efforts of Dr. Sleeper, 
who was one of its members. It passed through 
all the subsequent stages necessary for it to be- 
come a law, but such pressure was brought to 
bear upon Governor Bodwell that he was induced 
to withdraw it. This led to litigation on the 
part of the Maine Medical Association to rein- 
state the law, and created a bitter feeling on the 
part of those who had induced the Governor to 
withdraw the law, and they made no secret in 
asserting that they would do everything they 
could to prevent the passage of any medical reg- 
istration law in the future. Dr. Holt conceived 
the idea of founding the Academy with sections 
to embrace subjects which would interest lay- 
men generally, by which many of those who had 
opposed the Medical Registration Law saw the 
need of it and worked for its passage through the 
the Legislature of 1895. Thus the main object 
for which the Academy and Journal had been 
founded, was attained within a year. However, 
the experiment of bringing together professional 
men and laymen for a better understanding of 
the relationship of each to the other in the wel- 
fare work of the community had become of such 
mutual help that the meetings of the Academy 
and the issuance of the Journal were continued 
for another ten years, during which Dr. Holt 
devoted much of his time when he should have 
been diverting his mind to rest and recreation 
from the arduous duties of his private practice 
and as executive surgeon of the Maine Eye and 
Ear Infirmary. 

Dr. Holt’s achievements and interests in the 
welfare of humanity became widely known, and 
they were recognized by the faculty and trus- 
tees of Colby University by conferring upon him 
the honorary degree of A.M. in 1897. Seven 
years later the University of Maine conferred 
upon Dr. Holt “for distinguished services in the 
field of Medicine, profound scholarship, and for 
the most noteworthy services to the public in 


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relief of suffering, the degree of Doctor of Laws.” 

He was interested in many things aside from 
those pertaining strictly to his profession, as 
we find he was one of the incorporators of the 
Mercantile Trust Company in 1898. In 1916 this 
company purchased the Casco National Bank, 
one of the leading banks of the city, prefixing 
Casco to its name and thus becoming by this 
transaction one of the largest financial institu- 
tions of the State. 

We find him as an honorary member of the 
Lincoln Club, giving an address before that or- 
ganization in observance of the ninety-second 
anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, in 
which he was the first to explain an “illusion” 
on rational grounds, which occurred to Lincoln 
just after his first election,—a ghostly counterpart 
of himself—due to a separation of his eyes from 
the fatigue incident to the duties connected with 
the campaign which resulted in his election to 
the presidency of the United States. The esti- 
mate given by Dr. Holt of Lincoln’s character 
was pronounced classical by the papers and by 
those who heard it, or have read it, as one of 
the best ever delivered before that organiza- 
tion which has had for its speakers some of 
the most distinguished men of the country. 

In observance of the twenty-sixth anniversary 
of the Portland Medical Club, which he founded, 
Dr. Holt performed a feat in the statistics of that 
Club never before attempted in such work. They 
give at a glance the name of each member, when 
membership began, when it ceased,—if *t had, 
length of membership, the offices held, the num- 
ber of meetings each member had attended, the 
percentage of meetings attended, the number and 
title of papers read by each member of the club, 
the number that each member should have read 
as per average of the whole number of papers 
read during the existence of the club by its one 
hundred ten members, and finally, when another 
paper was or is due from each one who belongs 
to the club. This was published in the Journal 
of Medicine and Science, and assurances were 
given by many interested in such work in dif- 
ferent parts of the country that the plan was 
unique and would serve as a standard for giving 
statistics of other clubs. 

Dr. Holt was the first in the country to devise 
a book for making systematic records of cases 
of affections of the eye and ear. The forms he 
used at the time he went to Europe he took 
with him, and there was such a demand for the 
one used for recording affections of the eyes that 
Pickard and Curry, of London, published it and 


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have continued its publication ever since. Dr. 
Holt has examined and made records of more 
than a hundred thousand patients suffering from 
diseases of the eye and ear. It was the careful 
records of cases that led Dr. Holt to study more 
closely physical economics, hence, when he was 
disabled from an accident received in 1903, he 
devoted his. attention to physical economics, 
solved the problem of determining damages to 
the body from injury or disease for the first time, 
according to the natural science method, and 
prepared papers upon this subject which he read 
before different audiences, one of which was 
the Association of United States Pension Exam- 


ining Surgeons at Atlantic City, New Jersey, to 


which were invited members of the Bureau of Pen- 
sions of the United States. The inequalities and 
which were invited members of the Bureau of Pen- 
sions of the United States were pointed out, and it 
was shown how these defects could be remedied 
by the method proposed in physical econemics. 
This led to the revision of the pensions which 
went into effect in 1905, giving an increase in 
ten of the principal pensions of $1,968, which, 
when multiplied by the number receiving these 
pensions, amounts to millions that is being paid 
to the soldiers and sailors in consequence of this 
work of Dr. Holt. In sending out reprints on 
physical economics, Dr. Holt asked for criticism 
and to be informed if any one had ever attempted 
to solve the problem in the manner there given. 
Professor Seaver, formerly director of the gym- 
nasium of Yale University, replied: “I wish to 
thank you for a reprint on ‘Physical Economics,’ 

which strikes me as a very valuable contribu- 
tion on a subject to which I have given considerable 
thought without being able to arrive at definite 
conclusions, and so I have never published any- 
thing. You have hit on a practical method of 
rating a man’s physical ability so far as the 
physical side of him is concerned, as mental rat- 
ing is given by intellectual tests so that we may 
have a fairly accurate mathematical statement 
of his probable worth to society.” 
was a graduate in medicine, and, as he wrote, 
had spent a large part of his active professional 
life in studying the body to develop it to its best 
proportions and highest efficiency. 


From this — 


Professor Seaver — 


experience he was able to write one of the best 


works on anthropometry and physical examina- 


tions in the English language, and therefore his 


opinion on this subject bears the weight of au- 
thority. It is, of course, difficult to give in @ 
limited space how the problem is solved in physi- 
cal economics, but a comprehensive view of it 


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may be obtained from an introduction to one of 
the articles written on the subject, as follows: 


Physical Economics is based on an analysis of the 
human body which first resolves the earning ability 
into its component parts by selecting those parts 
which are so interdependent that each is needed to 
ensure the functions of the other, it being found neces-. 
sary by this analysis to have three parts to satisfy all 
the conditions; the first and most important is the 
functional ability of the body, the second, the techni- 
cal ability, and the third, the competing ability of the 
body, which when used as factors in mathematical 
formulas, according to the natural science metnod, 
determine by scientific and economic standards of 
measurement and other data, the true status of either 
the efficiency, or the earning ability of that person. 
In order, however, to accomplish this according to the 
actual existing condition of the most important factor, 
namely, the functional ability of the body, it must be 
resolved into its component parts, in the same manner 
as the earning ability was resolved into its component 
parts, by selecting those parts which are so interde- 
pendent that each is needed to ensure the functions 
of the other, it being found necessary by this analysis 
to divide the functional ability of the body first, into 
four units, according to the natural order of their 
development and associated functions, and each unit 
into three parts, making twelve jndispensable parts to 
be used as factors, within which every disability of 
the body is included. Each of the three parts of a 
unit are to be used as a factor of the unit, the same 
as each of the four units are to be used as factors 
of the functional ability of the body, and thereby 
ascertain, by scientific and economic standards of 
measurement and other data, the actual existing condi- 
tion of each of the factors of a unit, and thus of the 
unit itself, and with the units as factors, the func- 
tional ability of the entire body upon which the tech- 
nical ability and the competing ability so largely de- 
pend, by which 

First—From the status of the functional, and the 
technical ability, the efficiency of that person may be 
rated as to his technical standing at school or in any 
vocation. 

Second—From the status of the functional and the 
competing ability, represented in the earning ability, 
the economic value of man may be obtained giving 
his bodily financial standing as a part of the wealth 
of the state and nation. 


Third—From the status of the functional, and the 
competing ability, represented in the loss to the earn- 
ing ability, an indemnity for any disability from 
damages to the functions of the body from injury or 
disease may be adjusted in a manner equitable to all 
concerned; in the courts of law, by insurance compa- 
nies, in the Bureau of Pensions, in the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance of the United States, and in the 
Workmen’s Compensation Service Bureaus of the 
States and of the Nation. 


It will be seen from this introduction that 
Physical Economics, provides first, a method for 
ranking a pupil at school and for rating a person 
for any vocation; second, one for obtaining the 
economic value of man; and third, one for the 
measurement of damages to the body from injury 
or disease in a manner equitable to all concerned. 
A chart showing the factors of F, the functional 
ability of the body, 
follows: 


is herewith produced as 


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{(Osseous, articular {h, the bones. 
a= {and muscular sys- { i, the ligaments. 
[tems, consisting of \k, the muscles. 


| [ Circulatory and res- {m, the vascular system. 
b= j piratory systems, J n, the blood. 


Lconsisting of p, the lungs and 
(accessory organs. 


their 


{q, the alimentary canal 
{Digestive and geni- | and its accessory organs. 
d=to-urinary systems, {r, the kidneys, with the 
Leonsisting of....... | genital organs. 
(s, the skin. 


ames {u, the brain, its mem- 
and | branes and its nerves. 
special J Y» the spinal cord, its 
consisting | membrane and its nerves. 

w, nerves and organs oZ 
Sc ete einiees - | special sense. 


Fz! 


{ Cerebro-spinal 

| tem, nerves 
g= {organs of 

|sense, 


{ ( of 


As C, the competing ability, depends upon the 
same functions of the body for its existence and 
efficiency, it must have primarily the same values 
for its co-efficient. It may readily be seen that 
this analysis is correct and that F, the functional 
ability, and C, the competing ability, of the body, 
are the two indispensable factors of the earning 
ability, of a person. They are, as it were, an 
equation: Fx C = E, in which F is the multi- 
plicand, C, the multiplier, and E, the product. 
The first difficult problem in physical economics 
was to analyze the body by resolving it into its 
component parts as factors which would include 
the function of every structure of the body so 
they could be handled in the multiplicand as 
though there were but one organ with which to 
deal. The chart shows how this was done. The 
second difficult problem was to grade C, the com- 
peting ability after damage to F, the functional 
ability of the body, so that E, the earniug abil- 
ity would correspond to its actual condition in 
the vocation the person followed. This was 
done in Computation Tables No. 1 and 2. The 
third difficult problem was to devise standards 
of measurement for the different systems and 
organs of the body in their relationship to the 
whole functional ability of the body. This has 
been done and formulated in a large number of 
tables by weighing, measuring and testing all 
the values ever given to a function of an organ, 
and then striking an average for the number con- 
sidered for a scientific standard of measurement. 
This makes physical economics complete in itself 
so it can be used by any one competent to solve 
a problem involving damages to the body from 
injury or disease. 

The truth has been sought for in every subject 
that Dr. Holt has had to consider. He is con- 
stantly collecting and compiling material upon 
different subjects, examining them critically and 
writing out his own views from time to time. 


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It is in this way that his views upon subjects 
develop and grow, so that he has been able to 
assemble in due course of time and write more 
than a hundred papers and addresses upon dif- 
ferent subjects during the past forty-five years. 
These papers have been read before State or 
National organizations. Some of them have been 
read before lay audiences and some of them 
have been contributed to cyclopedias,—while 
others have been translated into foreign lang- 
uages, and his name appears in some of the lead- 
ing text books of Europe in connection with the 
methods he has devised and practiced and made 
known to the world. 

A perusal of the papers written by Dr. Holt 
shows that he has been both aggressive and 
progressive, some announcing new methods, 
while others recorded the treatment of remark- 
able cases with comments upon the same. In 
the very first papers read upon the ear, Dr. Holt 
advocated a new method of inflating the middle 
ear by using air from the lungs to fill the 
mouth and pharynx or by forcing it through the 
lips as in blowing out a light and thereby cause 
the soft palate to shut off the upper from the 
lower pharyngical space, while at the same time 
air is forced into one nostril with the other 
closed, thus effectually inflating the middle ear, a 
remedy of paramount importance in the treat- 
ment of affections of that organ involving its 
sound conducting apparatus. 

In his paper on strabismus, especially when the 
eyes are badly crossed and when the sight is 
very poor, he showed that he had devised a new 
method of operation for the cure of such cases 
and had successfully practiced it in scores of 
cases before he had ventured to present it to the 
New England Ophthalmological Society and the 
American Ophthalmological Society, accompanied 
with a model which he had made for showing 
the action of the muscles of the eyes and how 
the operation remedied the defect. Dr. Hay, the 
nestor of the former society, in referring to this 
paper the next year after it was read, told its 
members that while it was not favorably received 
by them, the method advocated and practiced 
when tried out in Europe had caused Dr. Holt’s 
name to be listed among the distinguished oph- 
thalmologists of the world. When it was read 
before the latter society, the learned Dr. Knapp 
of New York undertook to show by his statistics 
that it had no piace in ophthalmology. However, 
the next year he read a paper upon the subject 
saying he had investigated the method, found 
them practicing it in Europe, and had practiced 


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it himself, and spoke in the highest terms of it. 
The principles of the operation are in universal 
use now though the technique of the operation 
has been modified by many surgeons. 

When Dr. Holt began the practice of medicine, 
it was taught in the schools and text books that 
when an eye was penetrated by steel near the 
margin of the cornea on either side of it called 
the “dangerous zone” and the steel remained in 
it, the eye should be removed, for the injury 
was likely to cause not only the loss of sight 
of that eye but the loss of the sight in the other 
eye by sympathetic inflammation. History of 
cases were given to show the necessity of fol- 
lowing this advice in order to avoid such a dis- 
astrous result. Of course, it would be a terrible 
thing to have a person get blind in both eyes 
when from removing an eye injured in this way 
the other could be saved; nevertheless, Dr. Holt 
had eyes wounded in this way, in which he could 
look into the eye with the ophthalmoscope and 
see the steel and he reasoned on the other hand 
that it was a terrible sacrifice to remove such an 
eye. He therefore devised and practiced a method 
of removing the steel successfully from the in- 
terior of the eye by the electro-magnet. He 
reported the first series of cases treated in this 
way successfully to the American Ophthalmo- 
logical Society. As other members of the so- 
ciety did not have any such number of cases of 
this kind, although living in the vicinity of 
greater numbers of men engaged in hazardous 
occupations, they did not see how so many cases 
came to Dr. Holt. Moreover, they were not dis- 
posed to break away from the teachings of that 
time and predicted later disastrous results from 
such operations, but they never came. The ex- 
planation of Dr. Holt’s series of successful cases 
of the removal of steel from the interior of the 
eye with the saving of sight is made from the 
fact that when he saved the eye and sight of 
one man injured in this way, others from his 
locality knew of it and came immediately, while 
in other States, when a man got his eye injured 
in this way he went to his family physician, who, 
if a surgeon, removed the eye, or if not a surgeon 
he took his patient to a surgeon who removed 
the eye because that was what was taught and 
what was in the text books; hence the few spec- 
ialists in the country at that time saw but a few 
of these cases. When, however, it became known 
that an eye wounded in this way could be saved 
with sight, the other specialists located in greater 
industrial centers began to have cases commen- 
surate with this fact; so that it has long since 


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become the practice to remove the steel first 
and try and save the eye with sight. Failing in 
this, the eye could be removed as a last resort, 
but happily this is very seldom necessary. A 
careful following of these series of cases re- 
ported, with many others not reported, show dis- 
astrous results have not followed the practice 
inaugurated by Dr. Holt. 

As a large percentage of the blindness in the 
world comes from inflammation of the eyes of 
the new born, Dr. Holt not only secured the pas- 
sage of the law for the prevention of blindness, 
but he devised a method which has been the 
means of saving many eyes. Its discovery illus- 
trates the old saying that “necessity is the mother 
of invention.” One night after the last train 
from Bath had arrived, a mother with her only 
babe came to see Dr. Holt with a letter from the 
late Dr. E. M. Fuller, of Bath, in which he said 
that, in spite of everything he could do, the eyes 
of the baby had grown steadily worse and he 
feared blindness to be inevitable. In going to 
the Infirmary with the mother and baby, Dr. 
Holt said his mind reverted to the efficacy of 
hot water in reducing inflammation. He imme- 
diately put this treatment into operation, adding 
salt to the hot water to make it like the tears, 
and applying it beneath the lids in sufficient 
quantity to clear them of all discharge by the 
use of the smallest point of a Davidson’s syringe 
and repeating it during the night, the object be- 
ing to remove the discharge and to reduce the 
enormously swollen lids to a condition where an 
operation might be done early in the morning for 
the purpose of relieving the pressure of the lids 
on the eyeballs and better cleansing the dis- 
charge from beneath the eyelids. This treat- 
ment relieved the condition of the swollen lids, 
and the eyes could be freed of the discharge so 
readily that no operation was performed and they 
made an uninterrupted recovery with good sight. 
This result was achieved with such rapidity that 
the treatment was instituted in all succeeding 
cases, and a paper giving the details of this 
method was read before the New England 
Ophthalmological Society and the Section of 
Ophthalmology of the American Medical Asso- 
ciation. The meetings of the former society were 
held at the Massachusetts Charitable Eye and 
Ear Infirmary, and it was customary to present 
cases and discuss all the clinical features of 
such cases which would come under the subject 
of the paper for the evening. On this occasion 
a most exhaustive consideration of the subject 
had been made previous to the reading of Dr. 


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Holt’s paper in which he had designated the 
“Douche in the Treatment of Ophthalmia 
‘Neonatorium,’ which was entirely new to all 
the members and an agreeable surprise that the 
desperate cases of this terrible scourge could 
be so effectually cured by such treatment. 

Among the many papers written by Dr. Holt 
which attracted wide attention, might be men- 
tioned the one on “Boiler Makers’ Deafness and 
Hearing in a Noise,’ which included the sta- 
tistics of an examination of the boiler-makers and 
employes of the Portland Company, which 
showed that all persons working in a noise 
sooner or later became deaf. He also indis- 
putably proved that a noise never actually im- 
proved the hearing power of persons who are 
partially deaf. At the meeting of the American 
Otological Society where this paper was read in 
1882, Dr. Roosa, of New York, contended that 
the hearing power was actually improved by a 
noise, in certain persons, as he had set forth in 
his book on diseases of the ear. He was so 
sure of this that he was to demonstrate it by 
such persons, but he never did, and finally ad- 
mitted that the improvement in the hearing of 
some persons by a noise was only apparent, not 
real. 

A paper entitled “Complete Closure of Both 
External Auditory Canals by Bone” in a patient 
having good hearing power with a previous his- 
tory of having had an abscess in each ear fol- 
lowed by a chronic discharge, was read before 
the American Otological Society in 1889. This 
condition was so contrary to the prevailing ideas 
of members of that society that upon express- 
ing a desire to see the patient, Dr. Holt had 
him visit them in different parts of the country 
at his own expense. 

The paper, however, that attracted the greatest 
attention perhaps, was the one read at the Fifty- 
second Stated Meeting of the Maine Academy 
of Medicine and Science held in April, 1902, en- 
titled “Ablation of both mastoids for chronic 
suppurative inflammation of the middle ear, fol- 
lowed by extreme variations in the temperature 
of the different parts of the body at the same 
time, and of the whole body at different times, 
of more than twenty degrees Fahrenheit, there 
existed extreme high temperature in the moutb 
(114+°F., 45.5+°C.) with extreme low tempera- 
ture in the rectum (94°—F., 34.4°—C.), then 
changing to low temperature in the mouth with 
extreme high temperature in the rectum, again 


’ changing to extreme high temperature in both 


the mouth and rectum, to be followed by extreme 


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low temperature in both the mouth and rec- 
tum, the extremes of temperature not being 
measured by any available thermometers that reg- 
istered from 94°F. to 114°F., and four ther- 
mometers were broken by the intense heat. 
Later amblyopia developed in both eyes. Com- 
plete recovery.” 

This title gives a good idea of the nature of 
the case, the clinical features of which were care- 
fully observed and recorded and verified by a 
large number of the members of the staff and 
consultants of the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary 
where the case was treated. 

The nomenclature and classification of diseases 
early engaged Dr. Holt’s attention. As execu- 
tive surgeon in compiling the statistics of the 
diseases treated at. the Maine Eye and Ear In- 
firmary he had an opportunity to cultivate a 
knowledge of the subject, which he did with 
such discriminating care that an International 
Committee, organized for the special purpose of 
correcting existing defects and devising a stand- 
ard for universal use, made special mention of 
the reports of this institution. Naturally one 
interested in the correct nomenclature and clas- 
sification of diseases would be interested in the 
changes going on in the English language under 
the caption of simplified spelling. The World 
War brought out an astonishing amount of ig- 
norance of our language existing among our for- 
eign born population. Simplified spelling would 
do much towards removing this condition, for 
‘t would enable foreigners to more readily ac- 
quire our language, an essential condition for 
the assimilation and Americanization of all who 
dwell among us. The World War also showed 
the necessity for the adoption of the metric 
system which is in universal use in all the coun- 
tries except those speaking the English lan- 
guage. Dr. Holt adopted the metric system at 
the very beginning of his professional life and 
he also used the centigrade thermometer which 
has been adopted in the countries referred to 
and which is quite as much an advance over the 
Fahrenheit thermometer as the metric system is 
an advance over the old system in use. 

Dr. Holt has well matured views as to the 
subject of general and special medicine. The 
tendency to prescribe medicine and perform 
operations as a routine without due regard to 
hygiene, diet, exercise, baths, sleep, and the voca- 
tional conditions of life is deprecated by an 
overwhelming majority of the medical profes- 
sion, but too often that overwhelming majority 
of the medica! profession do not, for one reason 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


or another, sustain this view in actual practice. 
The exigency of the conditions met in actual 
practice, too often give rise to the short cut of 
prescribing medicine, or performing an opesa- 
tion, which may meet the immediate urgentsymp- 
toms so well that this method of giving relief 
becomes an habitual practice without due regard 
for the underlying cause of the ailment. It is 
for this reason that Dr. Holt could never sanc- 
tion the routine practice of cutting the muscles 
of the eyes for the relief of their disabilities, or 
the incision of the drum head for ear ache, or 
the removal of the tonsils and adenoids, for his 
experience, based upon his own cases and the 
observation of those treated by others, forced 
him to the conclusion that what might be called 
a more rational treatment did all that could be 
done for at least nine-tenths of such cases, and 
thus avoided the dangers and defects incident to 
such operations. 

As a clerk and bookkeeper in a country store 
with such men as Albion Thorne, a graduate of 
Tufts College; John P. Swasey, who represented 
the Second District of Maine in Congress; and 
Otis Hayford, who was on the State Board of 
Assessors for eighteen years, Dr. Holt had a 
great opportunity to study and learn the ways of 
the world. The country store then kept every- 
thing to meet the demands of the community, 
and in the narcotic line, tea, coffee, snuff, to- 
bacco, crude opium and alcohol, when it had the 
liquor agency. As a teacher in the district 
school and as teacher and principal of the City 
Reform School of Boston at Deer Island, where 
the house of correction for men and women is 
located, and finally in the treatment of thou- 
sands of those who came to dispensaries and 
clinics, Dr. Holt had an unusual opportunity to 
observe the conditions of the unfortunate and 
the causes which produced them. With the boy 
who has gone wrong, the first step in his down- 
ward course was when he began to practice 
deception to his parents or those whom he 
should hold in due respect, by denying he has 
been using tobacco and making false statements 
about it. Since the coming of the cigarette 
this now occurs, on an average, in mid-childhood 
or at about the age of ten. This leads to bad 
associations. After a time the stimulating effect 
of the drug is not so pronounced and for the 
feeling of depression that comes on, another 
drug is sought which is usually some form of 
alcohol. Vith both of these habits well estab- 
lished the boy is usually lost. He often ac- 


quires venereal diseases and goes from bad to 


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worse until he is taken into custody for some 
infraction of the law. Dr. Holt has traced so 
many such cases that he has come to look upon 
tobacco as more frequently the primary cause of 
lost boys than any other one thing. Then, 
too, it is notorious that it stunts the growth 
and detracts measureably from their mental ef- 
ficiency. The child should be taught the truth 
about the harmful effects of tobacco upon the 
mind and body, just the same as he should con- 
tinue to be taught the truth about alcohol and 
venereal diseases and for the same reason, be- 
cause each one of these evils pollutes his sys- 
tem, lowers his efficiency, stunts his growth and 
prevents him from becoming that strong, healthy, 
manly man that should be the ambition of every 
boy. Dr. Holt’s experience teaches him that 
there are a large number of men who if they 
were thoroughly convinced that the use of to- 
bacco was detrimental to their health they would 
stop using it. He thinks it incumbent upon 
those who would persist in using it, notwith- 
standing this information, to keep its use from 
the gaze of the child as much as possible, who 
really has no desire to use it but reasons that if 
it is good for his father, or the deacon of the 
church, or the minister, to use tobacco, it must 
be good for him and he wants to just try it 
and see how it affects him. This fixes the habit 
upon him before he is really aware of it. As 
Dr. Holt’s experience and observation have 
taught him that tobacco is by far the largest 
single factor in the downfall of boys and girls 
he feels that those who indulge in its use open- 
ly, on the street and public places, are con- 
tributing in no small degree to that downfall and 
should for the sake of humanity avoid this prac- 
tice as much as possible. Dr. Holt has records 
of many persons who came to him on account 
of dizziness, who, when informed that it might 
be due to the use of tobacco, broke out into bois- 
terous laughter. Upon making observations they 
found they were so much affected with dizzi- 
ness by the smoking of one cigarette that they 
could not drive their automobile with safety. 
After leaving off the use of tobacco they had no 
dizziness, but upon resuming its use the old 
dizziness would return, thus proving beyond a 
doubt that it was due to the use of tobacco. As 
those who assayed to use a flying machine 
smoked cigarettes it is fair to assume that at 
least some of the mysterious fatal accidents 
were due to the use of tobacco. 


On account of age, Dr. Holt was ineligible to- 


enter the Medical Corps of the United States 


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Army, but he was nominated by the Council 
of the National Defense and appointed by 
President Wilson a member of the Medical 
Corps and given the rank of first lieutenant and 
assigned to duty as Medical Aide to Governor 
fitliken in forming and supervising the Medical 
Advisory Boards which were to act, as their name 
implies, in an advisory capacity to the Local 
Boards which had been formed for the purpose 
of examining and classifying registrants for the 
army. The Selective Service Law and Regula- 
tions were drawn up hastily and contained im- 
perfections, some of which Dr. Holt got 
amended. The efficiency of the examinations 
and classifications of the registrants was the 
means by which the work of one Local Board 
could be compared with that of another. Dr. 
Holt’s efforts were directed towards standardiz- 
ing this work, when he was assigned to duty to 
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in addition 
to duty as Medical Aide to the Governor. As 
the new draft was coming on when he was about 
to go to Washington he resigned as Medical Aide 
to Governor Milliken so he could nominate some- 
ene and have him appointed to attend to these 
duties. Dr. Holt was thus left free to proceed 
to Washington to fulfill the duties of his as- 
signment “for the development and establishment 
of disability rating” at the Bureau of War Risk 
Insurance under the direction of Colune! Charles 
E. Banks, Chief Medical Advisor. 

Dr. Holt demonstrated the principles and 
methods of rating disabilities as set forth in 
his work on “Physical Economics,” and soon 
had the members of the Bureau rating by it. 
He developed tables and wrote a manual accom- 
panied with a computation rating scale which 
he devised for the purpose of facilitating the 
work. He accompanied Colonel Banks to New 
York, where ehe gave addresses before the Na- 
tional Compensation Service Bureau on Physical 
Economics and the method therein advocated for 
the purpose of rating disabilities from injury or 
disease in a manner equitable to all concerned. 
On the completion of the duty assigned him, 
Dr. Holt had the satisfaction of being assured 
by the Government experts that he had per- 
formed a service for the Government of the 
United States that no one else was prepared to 
perform. 

Dr. Holt married Mary Breoks Dyer, October 
9, 1876, and they have six children: 1. Lucinda 
Maribel, who is a graduate of Smith College and 
Tufts College Medical School. She married 


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Dorothy Page, Leon V., Jr., and Winthrop 
Brooks. 2. Clarence Blake, a graduate of Har- 
vard University, who married Miss Stickney of 
Augusta, and they have one child, Erastus 
Eugene (3rd). 3. Roscoe Thorne, a graduate 
of Harvard University and of the Law School, 
who married Miss Thurston. 4. Erastus Eugene, 
Jr., a graduate of Bowdoin College and Bow- 
doin Medical School, who married Miss Munsey, 
and they have one child, Mary Sheppard. 5. 
Dorothy Kent, a graduate of Miss Marshall’s 
School of Philadelphia. 6. Benjamin Bradstreet 
Dyer, a graduate of Bowdoin College and Har- 
vard University Law School, who married Miss 
Payson. They reside in Cleveland, Ohio, where 
he practices law. 

Of Dr. Holt’s sons, Roscoe T. and Benjamin B. 
attended the Plattsburg camps. When war was 
declared the former went into the navy with 
the rank of lieutenant, and the latter, though he 
had obtained the rank of a captain at Platts- 
burg, resigned it and accepted the rank of sec- 
ond lieutenant in order to get to France earlier, 
where he was in active service in 1918. 

In the sketch thus far we have referred to 
the papers written by Dr. Holt, and incidentally 
to their method of production. A quotation 
from “The President’s Address” delivered at the 
annual meeting of the Maine Medical Associa- 
tion will show that this paper must have had a 
gradual growth during his whole professional 
life. 


Forty-two years ago I was elected a member of this 
Association. This makes my membership longer and 
my age greater than that of any former president, 
and I have the honor of being the first specialist ever 
elected to this office. I have attended every meeting 
since that time except three, two of which I was out 
of the state, and at the time of the other one, I was 
ill. Of the eighty-five papers that I have written upon 
medical subjects during these forty-two years, nine of 
them have been read before this Association and pub- 
lished in its tramsactions. I have also contributed to 
the discussion of a score of papers read before this 
Association. 

Few of the men who were active at the meeting of 
the Association forty-two years ago are here with us 
today. Their number must necessarily grow less every 
year. Their places are being taken by men who have 
had greater advantages in the study of the science 
and art of medicine and therefore they should assume 
a greater responsibility for its advancement. 

It would be impossible to consider in a few minutes 
the many things which have contributed to that revo- 
lution which has taken place in medicine during the 
past forty-two years. This retrospect will take us 
back to the time of laudable pus, pyaemia, erysipelas, 
gangrene and all the conditions prior to the introduc- 
tion of antiseptic surgery by Lister. Nearly three- 
quarters of the nineteenth century had passed into 
history. If from this vantage ground we look across 
the space of time to see what had taken place to 
presage these phenomenal changes, we discern in the 
darkness of medical history one star of the first magni- 


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tude representing the discovery of vaccination by Ed- 
ward Jenner in the closing years of the eighteenth 
century. In comparison to this discovery we must pass 
by all others to those of the fourth decade, namely, 
to the discovery of the method of perfecting the com- 
pound microscope by Lord Lister’s father; to the 
discovery of the cause of itch conveyed to Paris by 
a medical student from Poland; to Paget’s discovery 
of the trichina spiralis which comes from infected pork; 
and to the vegetable organisms which cause the disease 
of the scalp known as favus; to the fifth decade to 
Morton’s great discovery of the anaesthetic properties 
of ether; to the sixth decade to the work of Louis 
Pasteur and the invention of the ophthalmoscope by 
Helmholz and the utilization of its principle in various 
other instruments; to the seventh decade to the con- 
tinuation of the great work of Pasteur and the utiliza- 
tion of the same by Lister in antiseptic surgery; to 
the eighth decade to the continuation of the great dis- 
coveries of Pasteur and the acceptance of antiseptic 
surgery as taught by Lister; to the ninth decade to 
the crowning discovery of Pasteur of the cure for 
hydrophobia, in recognition for which he was presented 
with the Pasteur Institute; the complete adoption of 
Lister’s antiseptic surgery with its consequent revolu- 
tion in the practice of surgery throughout the world; 
Koch’s discovery of the tubercle bacillus, his use of 
tuberculin, his contributions on cholera, typhoid, ma- 
laria, and sleeping sickness, together with his technique 
in culture media and the use of differential stains 
which were the making of bacteriology; to Roux’s 
discovery of diphtheria antitoxin; to the tenth and last 
decade to some of the epoch-making discoveries, such 
as the X-ray, which founded an entirely new depart- 
ment in science, radium, which founded another; the 
law of osmosis with its fundamental explanation of 
the phenomena of liquids, ion chemistry, the electron 
(1) or the ion electrified, which is seventeen hundred 
times smaller than the hydrogen atom; the explana- 
tion of the cell activity of the brain, which underlies 
the process of thought and the analysis of the chemical 
properties of living matter which carries us closely to 
life itself. 

The discovery of Jenner had stood as a challenge to 
the medical profession for four score years. If we 
look for the means which was destined to meet and 
answer this challenge, we find it was the perfecting of 
the compound microscope at the close of the third de- 
cade of the last century. Although the compound mi- 
ecroscope was invented in the sixteenth century, yet it 
could not be called an instrument of precision. How- 
ever, the perfecting of this instrument made it so and 
one of the greatest of any age. 

The world is indebted to Joseph Jackson Lister (2), 
Lord Lister’s father, who, as an amateur optician, com- 
bined mathematical knowledge with mechanical in- 
genuity so that he was able to devise formulas for the 
combination of lenses of crown glass with others of 
flint glass so adjusted that the refractive errors of one 
were corrected, or compensated by the other, thus pro- 
ducing lenses capable of showing an image highly 
magnified yet relatively free from spherical and chro- 
matic aberrations which had so long bafiled the pro- 
foundest physicists of that age. 


(1) An electron is approximately 6,800,000,000,000,000 


times smaller than the smallest object that can be seen 


by the most powerful microscope made. After listening 
to an illuminating address by the late lamented Pro- 
fessor Robinson on this subject, I submitted a definition 
to him which he thought gave an approximate idea of 
this elucive body, namely: Electrons are so small that 
the distance between them relative to their size is as 
great as the distance between the fixed stars relative 


to their size, remembering that light from the nearest © 


one traveling at the rate of 186,000 miles a second takes 
over four years to reach the earth. 
See next page for reference No. 2. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


With the perfection of the compound microscope the 
development of histology to the rank of an independent 
science was secured, and the development of the cell 
theory took its place at the pinnacle of the great central 
generalization in physiology of the nineteenth century. 
It demonstrated that the cell is in reality the essential 
structure of the living organism, that every function 
of the organism is really an expression of a chemical 
change and in itself a minute chemical laboratory. 

It was this combined point of view of the pathologist 
and chemist, this union of hitherto dissociated forces, 
which made it possible to discard the old idea of 
digestion and respiration, and accept in a general way 
the view that the digestive apparatus and lungs act as 
ehannels of fuel supply, blood and lymph channels as 
the transportation system, and muscles and tissue cells 
as the consumption furnace where the fuel supply is 
burned and energy acquired for the purpose of the 
organism, supplemented by a set of excretory organs 
through which the waste products are eliminated from 
the system. 

As the peasantry of England before Jenner had 
known of the curative value of cow-pox over small-pox, 
so the peasants of that now much distracted country— 
Poland—knew that the annoying skin disease, known 
as itch, from which they suffered, was caused by an 
insect which they had learned to dislodge with the 
point of a needle, and thereby cure themselves of this 
distressing malady. This fact was conveyed by a medi- 
eal student from Poland to Paris near the close of the 
fourth decade at which time the itch, instead of being 
a most plebeian malady, was considered a court disease 
uuder the name of “gale répercutée.” Indeed, the imagi- 
native Dr. Hahnemann did not hesitate to assert as a 
positive maxim that three-fourths of all the ills that 
flesh is heir to were in reality nothing but various 
forms of “‘gale répercutée,” or in English, “the itch struck 
in.’ What makes the discovery of the cause of itch 
of so much importance and worthy of being referred 
to here, is that it dropped a brand new idea into the 
medical profession of Paris, and hence into the world,— 
an idea destined, in the long run, to prove itself a 
veritable bomb, namely, that a minute and quite un- 
suspected animal parasite may be the cause of a widely 
prevalent and highly important human disease. 

Coincident with the discovery of the cause of itch 
came another discovery of greater importance by an 
English medical student, James Paget, who became 
one of the most famous men of Hngland. It was while 
he was dissecting the muscular tissue of a human sub- 
ject that he found little specks of extraneous matter 
which, when examined under the microscope, were 
determined to be the cocoon of a minute insect, which 
was named Trichina Spiralis. Here the matter rested 
for more than ten years, when, in 1847, our greatest 
American anatomist, Joseph Leidy, discovered the cysts 
of trichina in the tissues of pork. It was, however, 
another ten years before it was demonstrated that this 
parasite gets into the human system through the inges- 
tion of infected pork and that it causes a definite set 
of symptoms of disease which had been designated as 
those of rheumatism, gout, typhoid fever, and other 
affections. The medical profession was aroused as 


(2) In the life of Lister, the senior, we learn that he 
Was near-sighted, that as a child he was accustomed to 
glue his eye to an air-bubble that had been imprisoned 
in window glass which acted as a concave lens and 
enabled him to see the country more distinctly. Only 
a genius would be able to make such a discovery. As 
he grew up to manhood he devoted all his spare time 
to the study of optics and thus he was able to over- 
come the obstacles which had baffled the profoundest 
physicists for nearly two hundred and fifty years, for 
Which work he was elected a fellow of the Royal So- 
ciety, he being the first man known to Est pus a 
firm reputation upon an air bubble. 


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never before over this subject, the general public be- 
came alarmed, and American pork was excluded from 
some foreign markets. important as the discovery of 
the trichina parasite became itself, its greatest im- 
portance to mankind was the part it played in direct- 
ing attention to the subject of microscopic parasites 
as the cause of disease in general, because in conse- 
quence of this discovery the next succeeding years 
were a time of great activity in the study of micro- 
scopic organisms and microscopic tissues. 

One of the crowning achievements of this period was 
the discovery that the very common and most distress- 
ing disease of the scalp, known as favus, was due to the 
presence and growth on the scalp of a vegetable organ- 
ism. By these discoveries it was fully demonstrated 
to the medical profession that not only animal but also 
vegetable organisms directly caused diseases with which 
mankind is afflicted. This, it is needless to say, was a 
step forward in the progress of medicine of tremendous 
and far-reaching importance. 

In the fifth decade of the last century there came a 
discovery wholly American of transcendent importance, 
when W. TT. G. Morton administered sulphuric ether 
to a patient upon whom Dr. J. C. Warren performed a 
severe operation, causing the patient to sleep through 
the whole of it, and when the operation was over to 
awake to consciousness without realizing any pain 
whatever. As the greatest surgeons of the world were 
of one opinion and had so expressed themselves that 
such a thing would never be accomplished, the mirac- 
ulous, the impossible, had been accomplished. This 
discovery was not only of the greatest importance to 
the patient and surgeon directly, but it was destined 
to be of the greatest importance to them from experi- 
mental studies carried out, in the most humane man- 
ner, on the lower animals. 

Some of the earlier workers with the microscope held 
that the minute specks which make up the substance 
of yeast are living vegetable organisms and the growth 
of these organisms is the cause of fermentation. They 
also held tentatively the opinion that similar organ- 
isms to be found in all putrefying matter, animal or 
vegetable, were the cause of putrefaction. The great 
German authorities, Liebig and Helmholtz, stood out 
firmly against this view, claiming that the presence of 


micro-organisms in fermenting and putrefying sub- 
stances was merely incidental. 
The studies and experiments that Pasteur entered 


upon in the sixth decade were aimed at a solution of a 
controversy that had been raging for more than a 
quarter of a century. He proved that the minute specks 
which so largely make up the substance of yeast do 
all that his most imaginative predecessors had sus- 
pected, that without them there would be no fermenta- 
tion (3). He showed that it was the microscopic yeast 
plant which, seizing an atom of the molecule, liberates 
the remaining atom in the form of carbonic acid and 
alcohol, thus constituting the process of fermentation; 
that another microscopic plant, designated by Devaine, 
a confrére of his, a bacterium, acted in a similar way 
to cause the destruction of organic molecules, thus pro- 
ducing the process called putrefaction. 


(3) It has been shown that fermentation may be 
effected apart from life and has the extraordinary 
importance in this sense that it promises to elucidate 
the nature of life itself which may depend upon the 
sequence of this fermentation. Nevertheless, the fact 
remains that the fermentation of sugar is the living 
yeast plant and fermentation in this sense is a vital 
phenomenon as distinguished from a chemical one. In 
1897 Buckner extracted from yeast the very substance 
of its ferment, the zymaze, separable from the yeast- 
cells, yet formed within them, as ptyalin is formed 
within the cells of the salivary glands. The action of 
zymaze mnay be stated in terms of molecular physics, 
the formation of zymaze may be stated in terms of 
plant physiology. 


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Pasteur very early in his career distinguished him- 
self in chemistry in studying tartaric acid and a rarer 
form of this acid named paratartaric, or racemic acid, 
the former rotating polarized light to the right, while 
the latter rotated it neither to the right nor to the left. 
It was known that a crystalline substance may be 
disymmetric, that is, may have two forms of crystals, 
one right-handed and the other left-handed. Ordinary 
tartaric acid is right-handed, that is, it rotates polarized 
light to the right; while paratartaric, or racemic acid is 
neither right-handed nor left-handed; that is, it does 
not rotate polarized light to the right nor to the 
left (4). 

Pasteur had for his problem the solving of thé mean- 
ing of this phenomenon. By careful study with the 
microscope he found on those crystals which turn 
polarized light to the right, a minute facet, not hitherto 
described, which led him to think that these crystals 
were disymmetric, or one of a pair, which caused him 
to search for a left-handed crystal, which no one had 
ever seen. He rightly surmised that it was locked up 
in those crystals which had no minute facet upon them 
and which turned polarized light neither to the right 
nor to the left. After many trials he finally prepared 
a solution of this acid and let it erystallize, in which 
erystals he found the two forms, each haying a minute 
facet making a pair. When he separated these crystals 
and made a solution of them, one solution turned 
polarized light to the right while the other turned it 
to the left. He had thus discovered another secret of 
nature and had solved the phenomenon of the problem 
set before him and made one of the greatest discoveries 
of the age. Under certain conditions one of the two 
acids may be destroyed by the growth of a bacillus 
which does not touch the other one, so that polarize’l 
light passed through it will be diverted to the right 
or left, according to which one of the two acids has 
been destroyed. This remarkable discovery of Pasteur 
shows that the molecule of the acid exists in two forms, 
and this fact enables us to found chemistry in space, 
or stero-chemistry, or solid chemistry, which ccnsiders 
the molecule in three dimensions and is achieving re- 
sults beyond the wildest dreams of man in synthetic 
compounds such as Hhrlich’s invaluable compound of 
arsenic, called salvarsan, or G06. In studying this sub- 
ject we are better able to appreciate, not only the 
nature but the possibilities of stero-chemistry as pro- 
mulgated by Pasteur, to whom as a genius in making 
this discovery, we must accord the honor of having 
discovered the method of making discoveries. 

In applying the principles of this discovery to help 
a grocer out of trouble, he found that a blue mold 
feeds upon the acid of the left hand, leaving the right 
hand behind, thus causing polarized light to rotate to 
the right. This gave him the key to the true nature 
of ferments. As the scope of his work widened he 
became at different times a doctor of wines, vines, 
silk-worm disease, chicken cholera, swine, sheep, cattle, 
aud finally, of human beings. 

It was his work on chicken cholera that led him to 
the greatest of all his discoveries and finally answered 
the challenge made by the discovery of Jenner in the 
last years of the eighteenth century. He had advanced 
from making cultures of all known germs in a test tube 
to the attenuation of cultures and to the supreme dis- 
covery that an attenuated culture is able to confer im- 
munity against another culture at full strength. 

Pasteur found in keeping the cultures of germs of 
chicken cholera that they lost strength and by this 
means he could prepare and stock a graduate series of 
cultures in every degree of strength from full virulence 
to non-virulence. With these attenuated cultures he 


(4) We can perhaps better understand the formation 
of this acid by assuming that it is similar to one 
prism with its apex placed to the base of another of 
the same strength which would enable a ray of light to 
emerge on the same plane to which it entered. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


could produce in a chicken a mild attack of cholera, 
which would render the chicken immune against an 
attack of the full virulent culture. This discovery 
was an explanation how cow-pox protected man against 
small-pox, and indicated that the method could be 
extended to other diseases of a similar nature. 

This inference was soon to be verified, for in Febru- 
ary of that memorable year of 1881, Pasteur again 
announced to the French Academy of Science that he 
had produced an attenuated virus of the germs of 
anthrax by which he could protect sheep and cattle 
against that disease. As this announcement meant the 
saving of millions of dollars to France, a president of 
an agricultural society immediately challenged it by 
proposing to furnish Pasteur fifty sheep for the test. 
The challenge was immediately accepted by Pasteur, 
who substituted two goats for two of the sheep and 
allowed ten cattle to be added. He divided the sixty 
animals into two lots of thirty each, and on the 5th 
and 17th of May he vaccinated one lot with an atten- 
uated virus of anthrax as a protection against anthrax, 
and on the 31st he vaccinated both lots of thirty each 
with an extremely virulent culture of anthrax which 
had been in his laboratory for years. On the 2nd of 
June a vast crowd had assembled to witness the closing 
scenes of this test which had become world wide in 
interest. What they witnessed there on that farm in 
France was. dramatic in the highest degree! All the 
animals not protected by the attenuated virus of an- 
thrax were dead, while those which were protected on 
the 5th and 17th of May were moving about the farm 
as if nothing bad happened to them. This was a 
seene that amazed the assembly, and it was heralded 
far and wide over the world that a new era had dawned 
in medicine. . 

This was not the only benefit to come from Pasteur’s 
work on anthrax, for two years previous to this time 
he had proved by the mere examination of a drop of 
blood that a woman supposed to have died from puer- 
peral fever had actually died of anthrax, and Sclavo, 
a worker with Pasteur, had developed a serum treat- 
ment for anthrax in man, so that not only animals 
but man had also been relieved of the scourge of this 
disease. 

I was in Burope at that time, but missed witnessing 
this test on account of the sickness and death of one of 
our party, the lamented Dr. N. A. Hersom of this city. 
I did, however, have the pleasure of meeting Pasteur 
at the Seventh International Medical Congress, held in 
London in August, and witnessed one of the greatest 
ovations ever given to man. It was at the opening 
meeting of more than three thousand men from all 
parts of the civilized world, when the student of tri- 
china fame, Sir James Paget, the president, in the 
course of his eloquent address referred in appropriate 
terms to the great work of Pasteur, to whom he had 
turned to his right to face. At the conclusion of this 
reference by the president the assembly rose, en masse, 
and gave cheer after cheer, with the greatest enthusi- 
asm, for many minutes; all the time the modest Pas- 
teur stood smiling and bowing in acknowledgment. 

Pasteur, at this time, was already far along in his 
experimental studies of rabies, in which one complex- 
ity after another had to be unraveled. The microscope 
or the ultra-microscope had failed to reveal the living 
organism which causes it. Therefore, he finally adopted 
the theory that rabies must be studied, not in the 
saliva or blood, but in the brain and spinal cord. In © 
this way he was able to obtain the cause of the disease 
and standardize it and its use upon animals in a simi- 
lar manner to the method employed in ehicken cholera — 
and anthrax. 

The revelations involved in this and similar re- 
searches has thrown much light upon the influences — 


brought to bear upon the microbe, so that their yviru- 


lence can be enhanced or attenuated by passage through 


bodies of highly susceptible or highly refractory host, 


from which have preceded the researches to which we — 


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owe the antitoxin of diphtheria, the inoculation against 
plague and typhoid fever, the serum treatment of 
tetanus, and cerebro-spinal meningitis, and the various 
microbic preparations now found to be of value in 
surgery. 

After having treated successfully chicken cholera 

and anthrax, and having treated hundreds of animals 
successfully against the infection of rabies by a 
protective virus as obtained from the spinal cord of 
an animal which had died of rabies, the time had 
come to apply it to a human being, when an Alsatian 
boy, who had been badly bitten by a mad dog, came 
with his mother on July 6, 1885. The boy was suc- 
cessfully treated and became an employe at the Pas- 
teur Institute (5). Then in October came a young 
shepherd who, in protecting others, got badly bitten 
by a mad dog. He, too, was cured and became an 
employe at the Institute. The cure of these two Cases 
caused people, who had been bitten by mad dogs, or 
other animals, to rush to Paris from every part of 
the civilized world and thousands were rescued from 
the terrible death of hydrophobia. 
It is a singular coincidence of life that it was Lord 
Lister’s father who, as an amateur optician perfected 
the compound microscope which was absolutely neces- 
sary for Pasteur to make all his discoveries; while on 
the other hand the epoch-making discoveries of Pasteur 
were equally indispensable for Lister to develop anti- 
septic surgery. 

Jt was Lister’s father’s skill with the microscope 
that engaged his attention early in life and made him 
so skilful in its use. Thus we see the great importance 
of the microscope and tke indispensable part it played 
in the career of both of these men, and likewise the 
indispensable part it played in the revelution that 
took place in the practice of medicine in the nineteenth 
century. 

it is impossible for anyone who did not live through 
these times to realize the condition which existed be- 
fore this revolution in the practice of medicine took 
place, or to know that tremendous opposition to anti- 
septic surgery for more than a dozen years which 
had to be met and overcome by Pasteur and Lister. 
They were attacked by the foremost men, not only in 
medicine, but in the church; but they had found the 
truth and based their action upon it, and this gave 
them the power to overcome all opposition (6). 

Lister’s studies with the microscope with his father 
and Sharpey, and his long service with the ablest men 
in London and Edinburgh, had prepared him for the 


(5) In 1888 many nations joined with France in 
showing their appreciation of the great services of Louis 
Pasteur, by presenting him the Pasteur institute which 
typifies his career by having on its walls of rare mar- 
ble the names of his great discoveries, interspersed 
with figures of dogs, fowl, sheep, and cattle, and inter- 
twined with wreaths of vines and mulberry leaves. 
In the vaulted arch, beneath which he now rests, are 
four angels, representing Faith, Hope, Charity, and 
Science. 


(6) In accomplishing this revolution, Florence Night- 
ingale performed a prodigious task when, as soon as 
the Crimean War broke out, she took a body of nurses 
to Scutari to take charge of the barracks hospital. Her 
Ministrations and reforms became known throughout 
the world by her ‘Notes on Hospitals” and by her 
“Notes on Nursing.” She perceived from the first that 
hospitals should furnish a training for nurses just as 
much as a training for doctors, and her life stands 
for the accomplishment of the trained nurse who has 
contributed much towards revolutionizing the practice 
of medicine. Her work was so unique in its inception 
and so humane in its execution that it has received 
the greatest attention of historians and poets, among 
whom was our Longfellow who immortalized it and 
her in verse. 


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practice he was to encounter when he left Syme in 
Edinburgh and went to teach surgery in Glasgow. 
The wards of the Glasgow Infirmary, though recently 
built, were dirty and gloomy. The patients from the 
squalid alleys and factories had brt little resistance 
to the encroachment of pyaemia, septicaemia, erysipelas, 
and gangrene, which were ‘so rife in the Infirmary, 
and at times became alarmingly epidemic. This condi- 
tion was common to all hospitals in those days, no 
matter how well they were ventilated. Those scenes 
of repulsive horror and sights of agony, in which two 
out of every five that had an open wound died, de- 
feated the objects for which the Infirmary was founded, 
and stirred the tender nature of Lister profoundly. 
They were so familiar that they were met with that 
stoicism which men rightly assume toward that which 
is inevitable. 

Lister had the faculty of making himself stzange 
to the familiar. He was taught that putrefaction in 
wounds was due to the oxygen in the air, but he ques- 
tioned it by the sole right of his genius and judged it 
by the measure of his own insight and power, when he 
saw Pasteur’s work in the light cf a first principal 
through the understanding of the vitality of tissues as 
a means of relief to humanity and the betterment of 
the science and art of surgery. 

Clinicians and students with the microscope had been 
forging a chain of evidence connecting diseases of this 
world with the germs of an invisible world, the final 
links of which Pasteur, by his masterful discoveries 
and experiments, had so far completed that it remained 
for Lister to weld them all together and use the chain 
of evidence effectively to revolutionize the practice of 
surgery. Lister seems to have been the only man to 
have grasped the meaning of all this chain of evi- 
dence. Other men knew what had been done, and 
doubtless what Pasteur had done, but Lister had a 
genius for a father. who, possessing profound mathe- 
matical knowledge and great ingenuity in optics, was 
able not only to perfect the compound microscope, but 
to become an expert in its use and imbue his son with 
its great possibilities in his youth when his active 
mind was eager to grasp all that came within its range 
and make it his own. This undoubtedly was the secret 
of bis success. He had been taught to use the micro- 
scope with that mathematical precision with which it 
is constructed at an age when such instructions bBe- 
came as fixed and as rigid in his mind as the pictures 
on a photographic plate. This acquisition became a 
standard for all his subsequent mental activities. He 
thus knew when examining a subject whether his yision 
was clear, and if he could not interpret the meaning 
of what he saw he was not content, and bent all his 
energies to find it out. It was this training of the 
mind with which he viewed the subject of simple and 
compound fractures of bones. 

With an equal amount of injury, the one without the 
skin being broken went on to rapid recovery, while 
the other with the skin broken, there was apt to be 
pyaemia, septicaemia, gangrene, and death. What was 
the cause of this difference? If he examined the dis- 
charge under the microscope he found organisms of 
the invisible world. He was told that these were inci- 
dental to the inflammation which was caused by the 
oxygen of the air. He questioned it. His mind had 
been so trained that when he could not find an ex- 
planation for what took place, he considered it a mys- 
tery, but he did not accept the mystery and allow it 
to become familiar with him. He was in advance ox 
the weight of authority in acknowledging the mys- 
tery, as they were indifferent to these diseases as mys- 
teries. He searched the authorities for their philosophy 
as to the cause of these diseases, but he found none 
because they had none. His trained mind and pjiilo- 
sophic temperament challenged these mysteries. He 
was discontented in making his reports to have to 
record deaths so often from these diseases, and so he 
inaugurated the most scrupulous cieanliness, because 


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in his work upon inflammation he had seen how various 
substances had diminished or destroyed the vitality of 
the tissues. 

It may seem strange that cleanliness, which for thou- 
sands of years had been proclaimed as next to godli- 
ness, should not have been practiced by surgeons; but 
the facts are that doctors.did not pay so much atten- 
tion to cleanliness as other men because they allowed 
themselves to become familiar with unclean things. The 
conditions of the offices of physicians of repute would 
not be tolerated today,—bowls and towels were used 
so long that it was difficult to tell what was their 
natural color. In operating, but little preparation was 
made; sometimes the hands were not washed; and the 
silk that was used for sutures was hung over the 
surgeon’s coat button, while the needles were stuck 
into his dirty coat. The instruments were washed 
with soap and water after the operation, but seldom 
before it was begun. This, in brief, is an outline of 
the conditions that existed forty-two years ago. 

Notwithstanding, Lister introduced into the wards 
of the Glasgow Infirmary the most scrupulous cleanli- 
ness with every one connected with the service, with 
elean towels and dressings and a lavish use of deodo- 
rants, still there was no marked reduction in the occur- 
rence of blood poisoning and deaths. The mystery 
increased, and still he felt the cause of it was some- 
thing conveyed to the wound. When he read Pasteur’s 
work he learned that the oxygen of the air was not a 
component part of putrefaction; that certain microbes 
causing putrefaction could actually live, like fish, with- 
out free oxygen, and died when exposed to it, while 
others lived upon the surface and took their oxygen 
directly from the air. This accounted for the existence 
of superficial and deep putrefaction, the only require- 
ments being that the microbes should have access t@ 
the matter capable of producing it. This knowledge 
supplied the missing link of the chain of evidence ne 
had at his command and gave him the working basis 
for eliminating the microbes from all wounds, whether 
accidental or operative. His long studies with the 
microscope, together with his clinical experience with 
diseases had prepared him to see this missing link of 
evidence through an understanding of the vital forces 
which play such an important part in health and 
disease. It revealed the uniqueness of his profound 
philosophy among all the medical men of his time, and 
was the turning point in his career which revolution- 
ized the practice of surgery. 

Lister found the question of ligatures in antiseptic 
surgery was one of the greatest importance, as the 
method introduced by Ambrose Paré was a source of 
annoyance and of infection. After making hundreds 
of experiments and careful observations, he finally de- 
vised the catgut which is in universal use today. 

In 1881 it was my privilege to attend Lister’s Clinic 
at King’s College Hospital, watch his methods, and 
examine his cases. His method of preparing himself 
for an operation was simple. After removing his coat, 
he rolled up his sleeves, washed his hands with soap 
and water, and rinsed them off with boiled water. He 
put on an operating coat and an apron to protect his 
clothes. He then dipped his hands in a five per cent. 
solution of carbolie acid, bathing his wrists and arms 
with it. Lister’s hands were clean and his finger nails 
were cut close and kept clean. He did not even scrub 
his hands nor use a nail brush in preparing for an 
operation, neither did he use gloves, cap, or muzzle. 
He regarded all these as superfluous. He said, ‘This 
same five per cent. solution of carbolic acid is what we 
use for purifying our instruments, our hands, and the 
skin of the patient. For instruments it is very much 
more convenient to be able to purify them by a solu- 
tion like this than to boil them as is sometimes the 
fashion at present. For private practice it would be 
a most troublesome thing to boil your instruments.” 


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HISTORY OF MAINE 


The hope of the future depends upon the training 
of the child of today, and as the physician enters so 
largely into this service he should realize his responsi- 
bility and so act that his contribution may be for its 
highest development. 

In the dawn of history the physician was the treas- 
urer of philosophy and morals. As his knowledge of 
diseases increased he confined himself more and more 
to the practice of medicine, until within the years 
alluded to in this address, he has made it one of the 
greatest of the sciences, teaching people how to live 
and so care for themselves that they may dwell with 
immunity in any part of the world. With this all-pre- 
vailing capacity of the physician for advancement and 
doing good among men in all the activities of life, it 
will be seen that in the furious struggle that is now 
going on among the civilized nations of the earth, he 
alone, among all men, has not forsaken his ideals, but 
has gone forth on the field of battle in the midst of the 
hail of bullets and fragments of shells to bind up the 
wounds of the injured, relieve their suffering, and carry 
them to safety no matter where they may be found or 
to whom they may belong. The philanthropy of the 
physician knows no bounds. It should, therefore, be 
the rallying spirit of our future hope for the interna- 
tional relationship which must exist among all people 
= we shall have peace on earth and good will toward 
all men. 


ERASTUS EUGENE HOLT, JR.—In reply 
to a question as to what agent was absolutely in- 
dispensable in bringing about the revolution that 
took place in the practice of medicine in the 
nineteenth century, there probably would be 
more than one answer. A careful analysis 
shows there were many contributing agents, but 
one that was indispensable, namely—the com- 
pound microscope as perfected by Joseph Jack- 
son Lister, Lord Lister’s father. Lord Lis- 
ter’s father was a merchant, but being near- 
sighted, his attention was directed to optics at an 
early age, and he devoted much of his spare time 
to that subject as an amateur optician. He com- 
bined mathematical knowledge with mechanical 
ingenuity to such an extent that he was able to 
devise formulas for the combination of lenses of 
crown glass with others of flint glass so ad- 
justed that the refractive error of one was cor- 
rected or compensated by the other, thus pro- 
ducing lenses capable of showing an image high- 
ly magnified, yet relatively free from spherical 
and chromatic aberrations, the correction of 


since the invention of the microscope in the six- 
teenth century, a period of more than two hun- 
dred fifty years. Louis Pasteur was a man al-_ 
ways with the microscope, examining the things — 
of the invisible world. He was a chemist, but | 
his researches in that field and with the micro- 
scope led him to investigate subjects whose eluci- 
dation contributed to the truth about the under- 
lying causes of diseases, so that he was thought 
of as a physician, though he was not a graduate 


t 
which had baffled the profoundist physicists a 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


in medicine. It was Pasteur’s researches with 
the microscope that enabled Lord Lister to de- 
velop antiseptic surgery. It was the microscope 
that developed histology to the rank of a sci- 
ence and caused the cell to take its place at the 
pinnacle of the great central generalization in 
physiology of the nineteenth century. It dem- 
onstrated that the cell is in reality the essential 
structure of the living organism, and that every 
function of the organism is really an expression 
of a chemical change and in itself a minute chem- 
ical laboratory. It demonstrated to the medical 
profession that not only animal but vegetable 
organisms directly cause disease with which man- 
kind is afflicted. It demonstrated not only the 
status of the healthy cell, but the cause of its 
deterioration. In the hands of Pasteur, its mas- 
ter interpreter, the microscope brought to view 
the truth that specific germs are indeed the cause 
of specific diseases. Hence the microscope re- 
vealed the rationale of the earlier practitioners 
of their dependence on the vis medicatrix 
naturae, and showed that this was of much 
greater importance than the routine exhibition of 
drugs in the cure of diseases. These ideas were 
referred to in a comprehensive paper of Dr. Holt, 
Sr., in the “President’s Address” at the annual 
meeting of the Maine Medical Association, in 
June, 1916. This address gives a glimpse of 
some of the views that were ever present in the 
atmosphere that surrounded Dr. Holt, Jr., in his 
youth, and no doubt contributed largely in shap- 
ing his course and causing him to entertain the 
lofty ideals he has so constantly exhibited 
throughout his medical career. 

Erastus Eugene Holt, Jr., is the son of Eras- 
tus Eugene and Mary Brooks (Dyer) Holt, and 
is the fourth in a family of six children, four 
boys and two girls. He was born on the 5th 
of September, 1885, at 723 Congress street, in 
a house planned and built by his father two 
years previous to that time. This event, to- 
gether with the consummation of all the plans 
for the incorporation of the Maine Eye and Ear 
Infirmary, are the outstanding events in the 
Banecquan Ds. Holt, Sr, for that year. The 
earlier studies of Dr. Holt, Jr., were carried on 
in the excellent public schools of Portland. He 
graduated from the Portland High School in 
1903, and immediately passed the examinations 
necessary to enter Bowdoin College, took the 
regular academic course, and graduated there- 
from in the class of 1907. One year of this 
course, however, counted one year in the course 
in the Bowdoin Medical School, which he forth- 


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with entered and from which he graduated at 
the head of a large class, the majority of whom 
were graduates of college. He was clected 
House Surgeon to the Maine Eye and Ear In- 
firmary and served in that capacity one year. 
The advantages he had with his father in actively 
taking part in the dissections of the eye and ear, 
together with the practicing of operations on 
the mask and assisting him in operations, had 
given him an unusual preparation for the duties 
he had to perform in his internship at the In- 
firmary. His decision to study medicine came 
at the very beginning of his youth, at a time 
when the active mind seeks to grasp the meaning 
of all things which come within its range. He 
thus early became imbued with the course he 
had chosen for a life study and practice, and 
his mind was wide open to receive impressions, 
analyze them and make them his own. These 
impressions became as fixed and rigid in his 
mind as the pictures on a photographic plate, 
and thus became a standard for ail his subse- 
quent mental activities. To such opportunities, 
coming at such an age, have been ascribed the 
unusual sucess of many men who have adorned 
the medical profession. Upon the completion of 
his internship, he was elected an attending sur- 
geon to the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in 
the out-patient department, and also became as- 
sociated with his father in the practice of 
Ophthalmology and Otology. He has kept up 
his anatomical dissections and operations upon 
pig’s eyes in the mask, notwithstanding the num- 
ber and variety of the operations performed by 
him would entitle him to be ranked among the 
large operators of the country. The technique 
of all his operations is carefully planned. He 
uses his left hand quite as well as his right, 
and both in such manner as to ensure confidence 
in accomplishing the objects for which an opera- 
tion is made. The clinics of Dr. Holt, Jr., have 
afforded the students of Bowdoin Medical School 
an opportunity to observe a variety of diseases 
and operations which have been of assistance to 
them when they graduated and got into practice. 
Thus it will be seen that this institution not 
only provides a place for the better treatment 
of the poor, who are unable to pay, but in giving 
this treatment provides practitioners of medicine 
better qualified to treat people who may have 
accidents and diseases of these organs at their 
homes and will need special treatment in order 
to prevent disastrous results. 

Dr. Holt, Jr., is a member of the Portland Med- 
ical Club; the Aegis Medical Club; the Cumber- 


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land County Medical Society, of which he is now 
secretary; the Maine Medical Association; and 
the Maine Eye and Ear Association, of which 
he is also secretary. He is a member of the New 
England Ophthalmological Society; the American 
Medical Association and its Section on Ophthal- 
mology; the Clinical Surgeons’ Congress of 
North America; and the American Academy of 
Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. 

Dr. Holt, Jr., has read papers before these 
different societies, of which the one on “TIritis, 
with Special Reference to its Diagnosis and 
Treatment,” brought out the causes of this dis- 
ease and the essential points in its diagnosis 
with special reference to the early treatment in 
order to prevent disastrous results. Another 
paper read before the American Academy of 
Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology in 1914, at 
its Boston session, entitled “Sclero-Corneal 
Trephining for Glaucoma” and published in its 
Transactions, attracted attention for the number 
of cases treated according to the Eliot method 
and the careful statistics made of them. These 
statistics showed there was less inflammation 
after this operation when a portion of the iris 
was excised—thus agreeing with the results of 
the best operators who have practiced the Eliot 
operation, and making one more contribution to 
establish what has been observed in the operation 
for the removal of cataract, namely, that when 
a portion of the iris is excised there is less in- 
flammation following this operation. 

After many years of agitation by members of 
the several national organizations the American 
Board for Ophthalmic Examinations was estab- 
lished for the purpose of examining those who 
desire to have a certificate from a recognized au- 
thority asserting that they are competent to 
practise ophthalmology. Dr. Holt, Jr., embraced 
the opportunity of presenting himself at the first 
examination held by this board in New York and 
successfully passed this examination. 

Outside of his professional associations, Dr. 
Holt, Jr., is a member of the Portland Club, and 
the Portland Country Club, and in a modest way 
takes part in the social life of the city. 

On the 5th of September, 1913, the twenty- 
eighth anniversary of his birth, he was united 
in marriage at South Dresden with Miss Adelaide 
Frances Munsey, a daughter of Alexander and 
Margaret Lucretia (Costello) Munsey, who are 
highly honored residents of that town. Dr. and 
Mrs. Holt, Jr., have one child, Mary Sheppard, 
who was born on the 31st of July, 1I914—a mem- 
orable time in the history of the world. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Dr. Holt, Jr., took a keen interest in the 
events which led to the World War and the 
entrance ot the United States into this war. As 
he was planning to enter the Medical Corps of 
the United States Army, his father was impressed 
into the service of the Medical Corps as Miedical 
Aide to Governor Milliken, in forming and super- 
vising the Medical Advisory Boards, and later 
assigned to duty to the Bureau of War Risk 
Insurance “for the development and establish- 
ment of disability rating.” This left Dr. Hoit, 
Jr., as the only member of the staff of the Maine 
Eye and Ear Infirmary, to carry on the work of 
that institution, and he felt that it was his duty 
to remain and perform this service, inasmuch as 
it was the desire of his father, who, as superin- 
tendent, had received letters from the Surgeon- 
General of the United States Army, urging him 
to prevent if possible all the members of the 
staff from going into the Medical Corps, imply- 
ing that it might be possible for the government 
to want to use the institution on an emergency 
at any time. However, as his father anticipated 
the completion of his work at the Bureau of 
War Risk Insurance, Dr. Holt, Jr., had made 
definite arrangements to enter the Medical Corps 
just before the armistice was declared. 

Although finally disappointed in not being able 
to take active service in the Medical Corps of 
the United States Army, Dr. Holt, Jr., did have 
the satisfaction of serving on the Medica! Ad- 
visory Board in the examination of registrants 
for the United States Army, and also for ine 
Aviation Corps, both of which examinations tool 
place at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, the 
headquarters of these organizations. 


WILLIAM BATCHELDER SWAN—Granted 
a span of life much longer than usually falls to 
the lot of man, William Batchelder Swan derived 
from his length of years, ninety-one, larger op- 
portunities for the service of his fellows in many 
channels. His death removed from his city a 
merchant of the highest standing, a financier 
strong and able, and a citizen who fulfilled to 
the letter every duty of good citizenship. Bel- 
fast knew many sides of his character and he 
stood in public notice for many years without 


cause for reproach or blame, living in the ap- | 


proval and regard of all who knew him. 

William Batchelder Swan was a descendant of 
Richard Swan and his wife, Ann, who, with their 
son, Robert, joined the first church of Boston 
in 1639. From Richard Swan descent is through 
his son, Robert Swan, his son, Francis Swan, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


his son, Nathan Swan, his son, Nathan (2) Swan, 
to William B. Swan. Francis Swan served in 
Captain John Davis’ company of minute-men, 
Colonel Frye’s regiment and was promoted 
through the several ranks from private to lieu- 
tenant. He married Lydia Frye. Thei son, 
Nathan (1) Swan, was born in Methuen, Massa- 
chusetts, and was a farmer throughout his life. 
As a private in Captain John Davis’ company of 
minute-men, Colonel Frye’s regiment, he an- 
swered the Lexington alarm and was subse- 
quently, during the winter at Valley Forge, an 
artificer in Captain Pollard’s company. He and 
his wife, Lydia (Tyler) Swan, were the parents 
of seven children. 

Nathan (2) Swan, father of William Batchelder 
Swan, was born in Andover, Massachusetts, May 
15, 1780, and died June 30, 1835. He was a baker 
and merchant, and held various town and county 
offices, among them that of deputy sheriff. He 
captained a company during the Aroostook War. 
He married, at Belfast, Maine, April 13, 1812, 
Annabella B. Poor, born in New Salem, New 
Hampshire, December 13, 1788, died November 
14, 1858, daughter of Benjamin and Joanna 
(Batchelder) Poor, and they were the parents of: 
Lydia Tyler, born September 25, 1814; Benjamin 
Poor, born December 2, 1816; Dorothy Joan, 
born September 28, 1819; Annabella, born March 
17, 1821; William Batchelder, of whom further; 
and Francis, born September 10, 1835. 

William Batchelder Swan, son of Nathan (2) 
and Annabella B. (Poor) Swan, was born in Bel- 
fast, Maine, May 2, 1825, and died there August 
12, 1916, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. 
He attended the public schools of his birthplace, 
then studied for one term in the Belfast Acad- 
emy, then entered business life as a clerk, in 
which capacity he served several merchants, es- 
tablishing in business in 1856 as a partner in the 
firm of Marshall & Swan, wholesale grocers and 
grain dealers. This association continued until 
1868, and from 1869 to 1877 he operated as Wil- 
liam B. Swan & Company. From the latter year 
until 1891 the firm name was Swan & Sibley 
Brothers, from 1891 to 1911 Swan-Sibley Com- 
pany, and from then until the death of Mr. Swan 
the style was Swan-Whitten-Bickford Company. 
Prosperity attended all of his mercantile ventures 
and he ranked among the leading merchants of 
the region. From 1879 he was a director of the 
Belfast National Bank, filling the office of presi- 
dent from 1904 and continuing in this position 
after its reorganization as the City National 
Bank. The strength and stability of the insti- 


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tution whose activity he directed is testimony to 
the wisdom and force of his executive powers. 
The utmost reliance was placed in his adminis- 
tration by the stockholders and directors of his 
bank, and the results obtained under his control 
were an ample justification of this trust. Mr. 
Swan served the Belfast Common Council as 
president in 1869, and from 1879 to 1881 was 
mayor of the city. He brought to the public 
business the zealous prosecution that had made 
his private interests prosperous enterprises and 
Belfast profited largely from his disinterested 
service. He was a member of the Unitarian 
church. 

Mr. Swan married (first) Maria P. Gammans, 
who died in Belfast, August 29, 1876. He mar- 
ried (second) Abbie Haraden Faunce, daughter 
of Asa Faunce (q. v.). There was one child of 
his first marriage, Annabel, born July 27, 1873, 
married Walter B. Kelley. 


ELISHA EMERY PARKHURST, son of Eli- 
sha Parkhurst, was born at Dresden, Maine, 
January 26, 1834. He was twelve years old when 
his father removed to Unity, and he completed his 
education in the Unity town and high schools. 
From 1850 to 1854 he assisted his father on the 
farm. He then became an itinerant merchant, 
traveling with his wares through Penobscot and 
Aroostook counties until 1858 when he bought a 
farm at Maysville, now a part of Presque Isle, 
Maine, where he was one of the pioneers. He 
cleared over two hundred acres of the three hun- 
dred and twenty acres on the farm. His son, 
Daniel Vincent Parkhurst, now has a half-inter- 
est in the homestead, and now cultivates about 
two hundred and sixty acres of the farm’s three 
hundred and twenty acres. The father has now 
retired from active labor. From 1868 to 1912 he 
sold farm machinery at Maysville, now called 
Presque Isle. In 1883 he built a starch factory 
on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, at 
the place now called Parkhurst Siding, which he 
conducted for ten years. For twenty-five years he 
has been one of the largest shippers of potatoes 
in the country. For fifteen years he and his son 
have made a specialty of growing seed varieties 
and have shipped seed stock into nearly every 
State in the Union. Their shipments in some 
years have exceeded one hundred cars. 

In politics Mr. Parkhurst is a Republican. He 
cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fré- 
mont in 1856, and has always been a Republican. 
Tor three years he was a member of the Board of 
Agriculture, and for four years served as chap- 


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lain of the Maine State Grange. During 1877 
and 1878 he represented his district in the State 
Legislature. In 1880 he represented Aroostook 
county in the State Senate. At that time the 
population of Aroostook county was large enough 
to entitle it to more than one Senator, and he 
again represented the county in 1882, with A. L. 
Lambert, of Houlton, as a colleague, and he re- 
ceived appointment on important committees. 
He has been a deacon of the Congregational 
church for the past twenty years, and was one of 
the five original organizers of the church in 1865. 
He is a member of Maysville Center Grange, 
Patrons of Husbandry, and was the first master 
of the North Aroostook County Pomona Grange. 
He is also a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 130, 
Free and Accepted Masons, of Presque Isle. 

He married, November 6, 1853, at Unity, Maine, 
Sarah Chase Small, born at Unity, Maine, March 
26, 1835, and died at Presque Isle, January 12, 
1913. Mrs. Parkhurst was also a member of the 
Congregational church and of Maysville Center 
Grange. She was a daughter of Alonzo and Polly 
(Chase) Small, of Unity, Maine. The children 
of Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst were: 1. Idella M., 
born at Unity, October 12, 1855, graduated at the 
Presque Isle High School, and at the Castine 
Normal School. 2. Daniel Vincent, born October 
14, 1868, in Presque Isle; graduate of Presque 
Isle High School, and Augusta Commercial Col- 
lege. His children are: Albert E., graduate of 
Bowdoin College, 1913, graduate of Harvard 
Medical College, 1917, spent one year in Massa- 
chusetts General Hospital and is now practis- 
ing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts; Edwin 
E., graduate of Presque Isle High School, now 
with his father on the Elisha E. Parkhurst’s Old 
Homestead Farm; Eveline, and Mildreth, both 
now in high school. 3. Percy Elisha, born Au- 
gust 12, 1870; graduate of Presque Isle High 
School and of Augusta Commercial College. He 
was a farmer here, but later went West after 
having sold his farm and there bought real estate 
for himself and his father, and died in San Fran- 
cisco, February 2, 1913. 

Elisha Parkhurst, father of Elisha Emery Park- 
hurst, was born in New Hampshire, June 26, 1766, 
and died in Unity, Maine, September 30, 1859. He 
married (first) Mercy Patterson, who died in 
Dresden, leaving no _ children. He married 
(second) Lucy G. Emery, of Fairfield, Maine, who 
became the mother of Elisha Emery Parkhurst. 
Elisha Parkhurst was a son of George (4) 
Parkhurst, who was born in Weston, Massachu- 
setts, in April, 1733, and who with his three sons, 


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Samuel, Nathan and George served in the Revo- 
lutionary War. George (4) Parkhurst was the 
son of George (3) Parkhurst, who was a son 
of John Parkhurst, born January 3, 1685. John 
Parkhurst was a son of George (2) Parkhurst, 
who was born in England in 1618. George (2) 
Parkhurst was a son of George (1) Parkhurst, 
the immigrant ancestor, who came to this coun- 
try in or about 1635, bringing with him at least 
two children, George (2) and Phebe. George (1) 
Parkhurst was living in Watertown, Massachu- 
setts, in 1642, and was admitted a freeman in 
1649. The name of Parkhurst originated in the 
Isle of Wight about 1038. 


FREDERICK STURDIVANT VAILL—Until 
his retirement in 1915 from the firm of F. S. 
and E. G. Vaill, Mr. Vaill was one of the most 
active business men of Portland, and although 
he has largely curtailed his interests he has still 
connection with many of the principal enter- 
prises of his city. Mr. Vaill is a son of Cap- 
tain Edward Eugene and Charlotte Firth (Sturdi- 
vant) Vaill, his mother the daughter of Captain 
Isaac Fenton and Julia Boyde (Belden) Sturdi- 
vant, tracing her descent from thirteen of the 
passengers who came to America in the Mayflower 
in 1620. Charlotte Firth (Sturdivant) Vaill died 
in Portland, Maine, September 28, 1912. 

Captain Edward Eugene Vaill was a son of 
Dr. Charles and Cornelia Ann (Griswold) Vaill, 
of Litchfield, Connecticut, his ancestral line con- 
necting with the Bissell, Boardman, Wolcott, 
Phelps, and other prominent families of Con- 
necticut. 
United States navy and was commander of Gen- 
eral Burnside’s flagship, Guide, at the capture of 
Roanoke Island during the Civil War, being com- 
mended for his bravery. 

Frederick Sturdivant Vaill was born at Clare- 
mont, New Jersey, December 9, 1866, and after 
attendance at the public schools he entered the 
celebrated “Gunnery School” at Washington, 
Connecticut. Later he was a student in the 
Friends New England Boarding School, at Provi- 


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Brown School, which had been attended by his 


mother, an uncle, a brother, and six cousins. 


After a course in the Collegiate School of Duane 


& Everson, New Jork City, he began his busi- 
ness career in the employ of the wholesale dry 
goods house of Deering & Milliken, of Port- 
land, then entering the dry goods commission 


field in New York City with the firm of Clarence 


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Vaill was associated with this firm and then, 
upon the death of his grandfather, Captain Isaac 
Fenton Sturdivant, of Portland, he returned to 
Portland and began real estate dealings with his 
brother, Edward Griswold Vaill, operating under 
the firm name of F. S. and E. G. Vaill. This 
firm conducted extensive operations in Port- 
land and vicinity, and Mr. Vaill played a promi- 
nent part in the direction of its large affairs 
until his retirement in 1915. He was one of the 
incorporators and treasurer of the Portland 
Realty Trust Company. 

He is a Republican in political belief, but in- 
dependent in his action at the polls, influenced 
by men and measures much more than party dic- 
tates. He is a member of many organizations, 
membership in which is based upon family an- 
tiquity and service, and is governor of the Maine 
Society of Mayflower Descendants, of which he 
is a charter member through descent from both 
Captain Myles Standish and John and Priscilla 
Alden; junior vice-president of the Maine Society 
of American Wars; past president of the Maine 
Society, Sons of the American Revolution; treas- 
urer of the Maine Society of Colonial Wars; and 
a member of the Maine Historical Society, the 
Maine Genealogical Society, and the Huguenot 
Society, of South Carolina. Mr. Vaill has long 
been keenly interested in genealogical and local 
historical subjects and has a unique and valuable 
collection of articles of the Colonial and Revo- 
lutionary periods at his country place, “Broad 
Acres,” at Yarmouth Foreside, located upon the 
site of the first settlement of North Yarmouth, 
which was laid out by the five commissioners 
appointed by Governor Danforth, of Massachu- 
setts, in 1685, one of the commissioners, John 
York, having been one of his ancestors. Mr. 
Vaill is a member of the Cathedral Church of St. 
Luke, serving on the income committee of that 
congregation, and also holds membership in the 
Portland, Portland Yacht, Portland Farmers and 
Portland Country clubs and the Church Club of 
Maine. Mr. Vaill is closely identified with many 
of the charitable organizations of his city and 
although retired from the firm bearing his name 
remains in close touch with all movements and 
enterprises affecting the welfare and prosperity 
of Portland. 


HON. CHARLES F. WOODWARD—No man 
of the legal fraternity was more respected by 
the community which he served than Justice 
Charles F. Woodward, of the Supreme Bench 
of Maine. He was born in Bangor, April 19, 1848, 


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a son of Abraham W. Woodward, for many 
years the proprietor of the Penobscot Exchange 
and a prominent citizen of Bangor and of Penob- 
scot county. 

Mr. Woodward attended the Bangor’ schools 
in his early youth, and in 1865 entered Phillips- 
Exeter Academy, from which he was graduated 
in the following year. He then entered Harvard 
University and was graduated with the class of 
1870, and at the close of this course entered upon 
work in the law school of the University and 
completed his studies and received his degree 
of Bachelor of Laws in 1872. He continued his 
law studies in the office of Peters & Wilson, 
the firm being composed of the Hon. John A. Peters 
and Franklin A. Wilson, Esq. In October, 1872, he 
was admitted to the Penobscot bar, and for a 
short time he practiced alone. Soon afterwards, 
however, he entered into partnership with Frank- 
lin A. Wilson, Esq., and this connection con- 
tinued until 1890. About this time also he was 
admitted to practice in the United States Cir- 
cuit courts. 

As a lawyer Mr. Woodward was careful, pains- 
taking and learned, and no man could be found 
who held more conscientiously and loyally to the 
rights of his clients than did he. His reputa- 
tion among his professional brethren was even 
greater than his popularity with the general 
public, and when he was elevated to the bench 
his appointment gave great satisfaction. He re- 
ceived his appointment as associate justice on 
the Supreme Bench from Governor William T. 
Cobb, December 7, 1906, to fill the vacancy oc- 
casioned by the promotion of Justice Emery to 
be chief justice in place of the late Hon. Andrew 
Wiswell. This appointment was a source of 
gratification not only to his friends, of whom he 
had many, but to all the citizens of Penobscot 
county and to the bar of Maine in general. Be- 
fore his appointment he had served in many im- 
portant capacities, among which was that of at- 
torney of the Maine Central Railroad. He was 
also attorney for the Great Northern Paper 
Company, the Canadian Pacific and many other 
great corporations, some of which he repre- 
sented in Augusta in the legislative session. This 
important work and the pecuniary emoluments 
which attached to a large and successful practice 
he_laid aside to undertake the service of the 
State. The appointment followed a severe ill- 
ness and although he appeared to be convalescent 
he never entirely regained his health. Thus he 
was unable to sit at the two terms of court as- 
signed to him after his appointment, and the 


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only occasion on which he occupied the bench 
was at the recent June term of the law court, 
before the close of which he was attacked by 
the iliness which proved his last. Justice Wood- 
ward died June 17, 1907, at his home on Somerset 
street, Bangor. 

Justice Woodward married Carrie Varney, sis- 
ter of General George Varney, and his widow 
and a son, John Woodward, survive him. 


CHARLES DUNN, JR., representative of an 
old and honored family of the State of Maine, 
has never completed his education, for the rea- 
son that, since leaving academic institutions, he 
has never ceased in his endeavor to vigorously 
school himself by close study of, and thoughtful 
reaction on as many subjects as it has been 
possible for him to pursue, outside of his ordi- 
nary business. As a result he is a man of not 
only culture and refinement, but with a broad 
understanding of human beings, their shortcom- 
ings and infinite possibilities, which makes him 
especially well fit to assume the responsibilities 
attached to the position which he now holds as 
superintendent of the State Reform School for 
Boys. Many years ago the Durn family set- 
tled in Maine, and there are records of several 
of its members who achieved distinction and 
prominence in their respective communities. 

(I) Jonah Dunn was selectman during 1806- 
08-09-15, in Cornish, York county, Maine, where 
he lived for some time. During the winter of 
1826 he removed with his family to Houlton, 
undertaking a hazardous journey up the frozen 
Baskehegan river to its source and _ thence 
through a Maine woods with nothing theré to 
guide them but the trees. He was a Quaker of 
great strength of character, familiarly addressed 
as “Squire,” having been a justice of the peace, 
whose legal services were frequently sought. 
‘Through his influence and activities, aroused by 
the offensive bullying attitude of certain British 
military authorities at Houlton, a petition was 
drawn up and many signatures attached thereto 
asking Congress to create a military post and 
establish a garrison there, in order to insure the 
comfort and safety of settlers. The petition was 
passed upon and the post established. The wife 
of Jonah Dunn, Lydia (Trafton) Dunn, died in 
Houlton, and he died later in Augusta, Maine. 

(11) Charles Dunn, the youngest child of Jonah 
and Lydia (Trafton) Dunn, was born in Cornish, 
December 13, 1813. He was noted as a skilled 
horseman, and for twenty-eight years carried 
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HISTORY OF MAINE 


introducing a large express business and passen- 
ger service, continuing until 1868, when upon be- 
ing underbid by another for carrying the mail, 
sold his outfit and retired from active life. His 
Democratic convictions did not keep him from 
enthusiastically supporting the measures of the 
Government during the Civil War. In 1859 he 
married Lydia Cloudman; born in St. David’s 
Parish, New Brunswick, 1833, and died in Houl- 
ton, June 20, 1861. Her father, James Cloud- 
man, of Wakefield, New Hampshire, was the son 
of Gilman Cloudman. Her mother, Hannah 
(Foster) Cloudman, was the daughter of George 
and Cynthia (Chase) Foster. Her great-grand- 
father, Colonel Benjamin Foster, received mili- 
tary distinction for his action with Pepperell’s 
army in the capture of Louisburg, and as the 
companion of O’Brien in the capture of the 
Margaretta at Machias, at an early period in the 
Revolutionary War. James Cloudman was a suc- 
cessful farmer and stock-raiser. To Charles and 
Lydia (Cloudman) Dunn was born one child, 
Charles, Jr., of whom further. 

(III) Charles (2) Dunn, son of Charles (1) and 
Lydia (Cloudman) Dunn, was born in Houlton, 
Maine, June 9, 1861. He attended the public 
schools there and later the Ricker Institute. 
where he received his preparation for college. 
At the age of twenty-two years ke began the 
study of law in the office of General Charles P. 
Mattocks, and in 1855 was admitted to the Cum- 
berland county bar. For the four following 
years he practiced his profession in Portland, 
after which he entered into the street sprinkling 
business for a period of four years. In about the 
year 1892, owing to a prolonged illness, he was 
more or less occupied in out-of-door work. For 
two years he served as a member of the City 
Council of Portland, and in 1go0r received the 
appointment as sheriff, which office he filled for 
two years. Following this he became associated 
with the Press and Sunday Times of Portland. 
He was also employed for a while as special 
agent of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, 
of New York. In 1911 Mr. Dunn became super- 
intendent of the State Reform School for Boys. 
In this responsible capacity he has been remark- 
ably successful. The institution is a model one, 
situated about five miles outside of Portland. Mr. 
Dunn is a great student and as such has made a 
specialty of collecting books. As a result his is 
a very fine library. He is a past master of Port- 
land Lodge, No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons; 
a member of Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, Royal 
Arch Masons, of which he has been an officer; 


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and of Portland Council, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters. He is vice-president of the Farmers’ Club, 
and a member of the Baptist church. 

Mr. Dunn married in Portland, November 21, 
1888, Grace Elizabeth Walton, born in Portland, 
November 2, 1862, daughter of Mark and Eliza- 
beth (Pote) Walton. Mr. Walton before his 
death was a designer of furniture, and for over 
thirty years was associated with the firm of 
Walter Corey as such. He died in 1864, and his 
wife died in too5. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn have 
one child, Esther Cloudman, born May 6, 1801. 
She was graduated from Cornell College with the 
class of 1913, and at present is a teacher of Eng- 
lish in Bryn Mawr College. 


HON. SILAS WATSON COOK, for many 
years one of the most prominent and success- 
ful merchants of Lewiston, Maine, and a citizen 
of wide influence in the community, where his 
death occurred June 22, 1898, was a native of the 
town of Madrid, Maine. He was the son of Han- 
son and Nancy (Wheeler) Cook. 

Silas W. Cook was one of a family of eleven 
children. He was born May 20, 1837, and as a 
lad attended the public schools of Madrid. At 
the age of twelve, however, he accompanied his 
parents to Lewiston, where he continued his 
schooling. At the age of twenty, he left his 
home in Lewiston and went South, settling in 
Alabama, where he worked in clerical capacities 
for two and a half years. At the end of that 
period, upon the outbreak of the war in 1861, he 
returned to his home in the North, and there en- 
tered into business. 

On October 28, 1863, Silas W. Cook was united 
in marriage with Margaret A. Adams, daughter 
of Benjamin and Margaret (Riant) Adams, at 
Farmington, Maine. They made their home in 
Lewiston until 1864, when they moved to Farm- 
ington, where for seven years Mr. Cook managed 
the farm of his father-in-law. Upon his return 
to Lewiston, he engaged in business with his 


| brother-in-law, O. G. Douglass, and established 


a business in books, stationery, wall-paper, etc. 
After carrying on this business for some twelve 
years, meeting with a high degrce of success, he 
sold his interest and went to Philadelphia. For 


| several years he spent his winters in that city, 


_ associated with the publishing house of Porter 
| & Coates, but made his summer home in Lewis- 
‘ton. For two years before the close of his life 
che was engaged in business with John W. West, 
jas a dealer in real estate and insurance, a line 


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Mr. Cook was prominent in fraternal circles, 
being a member of a number of orders. He was 
an active member of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, having joined Manufacturers and 
Mechanics Lodge, No. 13, on January 31, 1872. 
Later he withdrew from that lodge and became 
a member of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 73. He held 
many offices in connection with the Odd Fel- 
lows; was a member of the Grand Lodge, of 
which he was first vice-grand in 1874, and in 1882 
was elected grand master. In 1883 and 1884 
he represented the Maine Grand Lodge in the 
Sovereign Grand Lodge of America. He was 
also affiliated with the Masonic order. Mr. 
Cook from early youth took a keen interest in 
public affairs, and was a member of the Repub- 
lican party in his city. He served in various pub- 
lic capacities, including a membership on the 
school board and a few terms on the City Coun- 
cil. In 1880 he was elected to represent Lewis- 
ton in the State Legislature, and served on that 
body during that and the following year, making 
for himself a splendid reputation as a capable and 
disinterested public servant. In spite of the offices 
which he held, he was very far from being an 
office seeker, and rather avoided than sought 
after political preferment of any kind. He was 
essentially a business man, and was recognized as 
possessing an unusual grasp of practical affairs. 
In his religious belief Mr. Cook was a Baptist, 
and was a member of the Main Street Free Bap- 
tist Church of Lewiston, for more than forty 
years. He was active in church work, liberally 
supporting all its philanthropic undertakings, 
and he held the office of deacon for a consider- 
able period. His business ability and practical 
judgment were greatly relied upon in church 
matters, and he devoted much time to the vari- 
ous departments of church work. His attrac- 
tive personality and benevolence won for him 
a large circle of friends. 


CHARLES HENRY McLELLAN, one of the 
prominent and successful business men of Bath, 
Maine, where his death occurred at the age of 
eighty-two years, October 23, 1910, was a son of 
James Henry and Emma (Fields) McLellan, both 
of whom were natives of this place, the latter 
being of English parentage. The father, James 
Henry McLellan, was a conspicuous figure in his 
day and was a major of militia in the War of 
1812. He was a son of General Alexander Mc- 
Lellan. Major McLellan was engaged in the 
business of iron and steel at Bath and it was he 
who founded the company which his son after- 


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wards developed to such large proportions. His 
wife, who was Emma Fields before her marriage, 
was a daughter of Robert Fields, a prominent 
barrister in England, and a. granddaughter of 
Alexander Lease, who was the secretary of the 
old Hudson Bay Company for many years. 
Born December 29, 1828, Charles Henry Mc- 
Lellan was a native of Bath, Maine, and received 
the preliminary portion of his education at the 
old academy on High street in this city. He 
later attended an academy at Gorham, Maine, 
but at the age of twenty years abandoned his 
studies and went to the West, one of the great 
throng of adventurers whose destination. were 
the gold mines of California during the agitation 
of 1849 and 1850. As in the case of many of 
those who thus sought their fortune in the West, 
Mr. McLellan found. that there were other ways 
of gaining wealth more rapid than by washing 
sand for gold, and he became a merchant in San 
Francisco. He engaged there in the music busi- 
ness and remained for eight or ten years in the 
western city, meeting with very considerable suc- 
cess there. In the meantime, however, his father, 
who was engaged in the steel and iron business 
at Bath, was very anxious for his son to return 
and take a part in the large industry which he 
had developed, and so, at the earnest solicitation 
of the elder man, he finally came once more to 
the East, and at once became associated with his 
father. Upon the death of Mr. McLellan, Sr., 
Charles Henry McLellan, united with his brother, 
James A., and became managers of this great 
concern, which was, through their efforts, built 
up to even larger proportions than ever before. 
He was recognized as one of the most successful 
and substantial men in this community, and was 
associated with a number of important interests 
here. He was a director of the First National 
Bank, and a power in the financial world. Mr. 
McLellan was one of the founders of the Ma- 
sonic order in Maine, and held the rank of grand 
commander of that order in this State. In poli- 
tics he was a staunch Democrat, but although his 
talents well fitted him to take a prominent part 
in public affairs, he was quite without ambition 
in this direction and contented himself with duly 
performing the duties of a private citizen. Mr. 
McLellan was the possessor of a remarkably fine 
voice, and ranked with the great singers of his 
time. He was naturally a musician, and took a 
keen interest in all the musical organizations of 
this region and was a member of the Musical 
Oratorio Society of Portland. He was a member 
of the Sagadahoc Club and was a well known 


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figure in thé social circles there. A Unftarian in 
his religious belief, Mr. McLellan attended the 
church of that denomination at Bath and was a 
liberal supporter of the work of his congregation. 

Charles Henry McLellan was united in mar- 
riage, in January, 1854, with Maria Louise Ken- 
drick, a native of New York, and a daughter of 
Danie! and Jane (Burtnette) Kendrick, of that 
city. They were the parents of the following 
children: _Emma Fields, who now resides with her 
mother at Bath; Jennie, who became the wife of 
George Duncan, and resides at Portland, Maine; 
James Henry, who married Harriett S. Johnson, 
of Portland, and now makes his home at Belmont, 
Massachusetts; Charles L., who died October 28, 
1905. 


JOHN STURGIS, M.D., one of the popular 
and successful physicians of Auburn, Maine, is 
a member of a very old New England family, his 
ancestors on both sides of the house dating back 
to pre-Revolutionary days. For a number of 
generations the family has resided in the “Pine 
Tree” State, and his paternal grandfather, John 
Sturgis, was born, lived.and died near the town 
of Gorham, that State. He was a farmer by oc- 
cupation and well known in the community. The 
first of the family to come to Maine was Jonathan 
Sturgis, who journeyed, in 1769, from Cape Cod 
to Gorham. He was a soldier in the Revolu- 
tionary War, and was one of the early settlers 
of this town. 

The father of Dr. Sturgis was Dr. Benjamin 
Franklin Sturgis, who was born in Gorham, 
Maine, then known as White Rock,. October 28, 
1837. He was a graduate of the Maine Medical 
College with the class of 1863, and served as a 
surgeon with the Nineteenth Regiment of Maine 
Volunteer Infantry through the Civil War. In 
the year 1869 he came to Auburn, where he was 
in successful practice for nearly half a century. 
He was a very active and capable man, and was 
prominent in the political and public life of the 
community. A Republican in politics, he was 
twice elected to the State Legislature and filled 
most of the local public offices. He was twice 
married, his first wife having been Mary Ellen 
Hammond, who died March 11, 1868, leaving three 
children: Alfreda H., who died at the age of 


four years; Mary Purington, died in 1913, at the 


age of fifty-two years; and Alfred, born July 9, 
1865, and now a traveling salesman, representing 
a drug concern in Portland. He married Emma 
Frances Twitchell, by whom he has had two 
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and Frances Freeland, born January 9, 1900. Dr. 
Benjamin Franklin Sturgis married (second) 
Priscilla Jane Brooks, a native of Lewiston, 
Maine, born October 31, 1837. She died July 
10, 1904, at Auburn. Prior to her marriage she 
was a teacher in the Lewiston High School and 
at the Edward Little High School of Auburn. 
Of this union five children were born, as follows: 
John, with whose career we are here especially 
concerned; Margaret Ellen, who died at the age 
of eighteen years, April 1, 1891; Benjamin Frank- 
lin, Jr., born March 14, 1875, and is now a prac- 
ticing physician at Salem, Massachusetts; Ches- 
ter King, who died in infancy; Karl B., born 
April 11, 1881, and now a practicing physician at 
Winthrop, Maine. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Sturgis 
died March 31, 1915, at his home in Auburn, the 
house which is at present owned by his son, Dr. 
Sturgis. 

Born September 6, 1871, in the house which 
he now owns, John Sturgis, M.D., received the 
elementary portion of his education at the local 
public school, graduating from the grammar 
grades in 1885. He then attended the Edward 
Little High School, from which he graduated in 
1889, after being prepared for college. He ma- 
triculated at Bates College, from which he grad- 
uated in 1893 with the degree of Bachelor of 
Arts. Following this he spent a year at the 
Maine Medical School, and then went to New 
York City, where he studied for two years at the 
medical college in connection with Bellevue Hos- 
pital He graduated from this institution in 
1896, with the degree of M.D. Returning to his 
native city of Auburn, he began the practice of 
his profession, specializing to a certain extent in 
surgery. He has made for himself an enviable 
reputation in this line and holds a diploma from 
the American College of Surgeons and the title 
F.A.C.S. He is at the present time connected 
with the surgical department of the Central 
Maine General Hospital at Lewiston, in the ca- 
pacity of surgeon of the staff. Dr. Sturgis is 
recognized as one of the leaders of his profes- 
sion in the community and enjoys a large and 
remunerative practice. Dr. Sturgis is a member 
of the County, Maine Medical and American 
Medical associations, and of the New England 
Alumni of the New York Medical Society. 

Besides his professional activities, Dr. Sturgis 
is a well known figure in social and fraternai 
circles in Auburn, and is especially prominent in 
the Masonic order, having taken his thirty-sec- 
ond degree in Free Masonry. He is a member 
of Tranquil Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 


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Masons; Bradford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Dunlap Council, Royal and Select Masters; Lew- 
iston Commandery, Knights Templar, and Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. Dr. Sturgis is also a member of 
the Androscoggin Lodge of the Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows. In his religious belief he 
is a member of the Universalist church. 

John Sturgis, M.D., was united in marriage 
(first) in the year 1896, to Helen Louise Brickett, 
of Groveland, Massachusetts, whose death oc- 
curred in 1901. Of this union there was one son, 
Parker Brooks, born May 27, 1897, a student at 
Bowdoin College, class of 1919; enlisted in the 
United States army and was commissioned sec- 
ond lieutenant in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, 
attached to the Aviation Section of the Signal 
Corps, and was honorably discharged. Dr. 
Sturgis married (second) May 6, 1903, Annette 
Putnam Brickett, a sister of his first wife, and a 
native of Groveland, Massachusetts. 

The profession of medicine has something ad- 
mirable in it, something that illumines by re- 
flected light all those who practice it. It is 
something concerned with its prime object, the 
alleviation of human suffering, something about 
the self-sacrifice that it must necessarily involve 
that makes us regard, and rightly so, all those 
who choose to follow its difficult way and de- 
vote themselves to its great aims, with a certain 
amount of respect and reverence. The place 
held by Dr. Sturgis in the community is one that 
any man might desire, but it is one that he de- 
serves in every particular, one that he has gained 
by no chance fortune, but by hard and industrious 
work, and a most liberal treatment of his fel- 
lowmen. He is a man who enjoys a great rep- 
utation and one whose clientele is large. - His 
principle is to ask no questions as to the stand- 
ing of those seeking his professional aid, and 
he responds as readily to the call of the indigent 
as to that of the most prosperous. 


DONALD DEAN FRYE GARCELON is well 
known in Lewiston, Maine, both as an attorney 
and an educator, and has taken an active part in 
many departments of the city’s life and proved 
himself a most valuable and public-spirited mem- 
ber of the community. He is a son of Arthur 
Alton Garcelon, and a grandson of Asa Garcelon, 
both of whom were, like himself, natives of 
Auburn, Maine. Asa Garcelon spent his entire 
life in that city and his death eventually oc- 
curred there at the age of fifty-eight years. He 
served through the Civil War as a member of 


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the Twentieth Regiment, Maine Volunteer In- 
fantry, and during the major portion of his life 
followed farming as an occupation. He married 
Louisa V. Penley, also born in Auburn, and they 
were the parents of five children, all of whom are 
living at the present time in Auburn. They are 
as follows: Arthur Alton, mentioned below; 
John P., Albert M., Julia W., and Howard A. 

Arthur Alton Garcelon, the eldest child of Asa 
and Louisa V. (Penley) Garcelon, was born De- 
cember 12, 1858, at Auburn, Maine. He has made 
that city his home consistently up to the pres- 
ent time, and is now a member of the Board of 
Registration and clerk of the’ overseers of this 
board. He married Ada Florence Yeaton, a 
native of Auburn. Three children were born oi 
this union, as follows: Donald Dean Frye, men- 
tioned below; Arthur Alton, Jr., now a lieuten- 
ant in the United States Navy, who married a 
Miss Fiske, of Baltimore; Louise, who became 
the wife of Oscar D. Haskill. Arthur Alton 
Garcelon, the father of this family, has been 
for many years city marshal and tax collector 
and has also served several terms on the Com- 
mon Council of the city and the Board of Alder- 
men. He is a Republican in politics, and has for 
many years been chairman of the Republican 
County Committee. 

Born on May 18, 1880, at Auburn, Maine, Don- 
ald Dean Frye Garcelon passed his childhood and 
early youth in his native city. He attended the 
Edward Little High School, from which he was 
graduated in 1898 and where he was prepared 
for college. He then matriculated at Harvard 
University, taking the usual classical course and 
graduating with the class of 1902, with the de- 
gree of Bachelor of Arts. He then took post- 
graduate work at the same institution, and in 
1903 received the degree of Master of Arts. The 
following year he entered the Harvard Law 
School, from which he was graduated in 1907. 
Upon completing his education, Mr. Garcelon 
returned as a teacher in the school in which he 
had studied a number of years before, and for 
a considerable period was head of the English 
department in the Edward Little High School. 
Eventually, however, he decided to make the law 
his career in life, and has now for several years 
been engaged in its practice in Lewiston. Mr. 
Garcelon is recognized as one of the prominent 
young attorneys of the bar in this part of the 
State. But though he has stepped from the pro- 
fession of teaching into that of law, Mr. Garcelon 
has by no means given up his interest in the 
cause of education, nor abandoned his efforts in 


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this department of activity. He was elected 
some years ago, and continues to hold at the 
present time, a membership on the board of di- 
rectors of the Auburn Public Library and has in 
this capacity done much to increase the educa- 
tional efficiency of this, splendid institution. Mr. 
Garcelon has always from early youth taken a 
keen interest in the course of public events, nor 
has he been backward in playing his part there- 
in. Mr. Garcelon is a supporter of the policies 
and principles of the Republican party, and in 
1916 was elected a member of the State Legisla- 
ture, a post which he held during the years 1917 
and 1918. He is a man of marked literary tastes 
and talents and is an author of much merit, hav- 
ing contributed considerable to the field of 
poetry, and his abilities are well recognized 
among his friends. He is also a prominent fig- 
ure in social and fraternal circles in the com- 
munity and particularly so in the case of the 
Masonic order, having reached the thirty-second 
degree of Free Masonry and being affiliated with 
the following Masonic bodies: Lodge, Chapter, 
Council, Commandery and Temple. Mr. Garce- 
lon is also a member of the local lodge of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a 
member of, as well as the vice-president, of the 
Waseka Club of Auburn. 


FRANK HORTON BUTLER—Educated in 
Portland, Maine, and a resident of this city in 
his young manhood, Frank Horton Butler’s busi- 
ness activities carried him far from the home of 
his youth, and a quarter of a century of his life 
was passed in the West. But the final years 
of his business life, as the first, were spent in 
Portland, where he achieved business success 
and prosperity and standing in his community 
that is the reward only of irreproachable integrity 
and sterling uprightness in all things. He was 
a son of Thomas and Martha Butler, his father 
a silversmith, who made his home in Portland 
after the death of his wife in Malden, Massa- 
chusetts. Thomas Butler brought with him his 
five sons, William S., Thomas, George, Charles 
S., and Frank H. In Portland, Thomas Butler 
married (second) Sophronia Higgins. 

Frank Horton Butler was born in Malden, 
Massachusetts, January 20, 1851, and died in Port- 
land, May 8, 1812. He was but a boy when Port- 
land became the family home and in this city he 
attended the public schools, completing his 
studies in Westbrook Seminary and the Portland 
Business College. His entry into business was 


in the employ of Sumner Winslow, a provision 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


merchant, and later, was for a year in partnership 
with his brother, Thomas, in provision dealings, 
their store being on Pearl street. At the end of this 
time Mr. Butler went West, eventually establish- 
ing in business in Chicago, where for twenty 
years he operated successfully as a dealer in 
tea, coffee and spices. Disposing of his inter- 
ests in this city he moved to Colorado, where 
he pursued the same line for several years. He 
then returned to his early home and embarked 
in a new venture, millinery. He prospered in 
this line, extended his interests, and at his death 
was the head of large wholesale operations. Mr. 
Butler was a man of keen business instincts and 
tireless energy, thoroughgoing and industrious in 
all that he undertook, and basing his success and 
prosperity upon absolute knowledge of the pro- 
ject in hand. WHe earned and retained the sin- 
cere regard of his business and personal asso- 
ciates through his adherence to high-minded 
principles and his loyal advocacy of the causes 
he believed right. He was a firm and steadfast 
friend and of a nature so genial and cordial that 
men were instantly attracted to him, virtues of 
character far deeper than charm of personality 
holding them to him through life. Mr. Butler 
was a supporter of Republican principles, and was 
an attendant of Congress Square Universalist 
Church. 

Mr. Butler married, in 1888, Velma F. Waite, 
born in Falmouth, Maine, daughter of John and 
Ann B. (Long) Waite, of Falmouth, both de- 
ceased, descendant of prominent New England 
ancestors. John Waite was a caulker by trade 
and also a ship contractor. John and Ann B. 
(Long) Waite were the parents of: Velma F., 
who survives her husband, a resident of Portland, 
and J. L. Waite, a grocer of Portland. 


JAMES JOSEPH MEEHAN—The Meehan 
family of which James Joseph Meehan is a mem- 
ber, has made its home in the United States 
for the best part of three generations. The 
Meehans came originally from Donegal, Ireland, 
in the person of John Meehan, grandfather of 
Mr. Meehan of this sketch, who settled at Law- 
rence, Massachusetts, where he lived for many 
years. Eventually, however, he removed to 
Exeter, New Hampshire, where his death finally 
occurred. He and his wife were the parents of 
four children, all of whom were born at Law- 
rence, Massachusetts, but Dennis J., and two of 
whom are alive today, namely: Thomas, who re- 
sides at Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Dennis 
Joseph, father of James J. Meehan. Dennis Jo- 
seph Meehan was born at Exeter, New Hampshire. 


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After spending his childhood and youth in his 
native town, Dennis Joseph Meehan removed to 
Patchogue, Long Island, where he resides at the 
present time and is employed as overseer in the 
dyeing department of the Patchogue Lace Com- 
pany. He married Annie Mahoney, a native of 
Dover, Maine, and they are the parents of six 
children, all of whom are living today, as follows: 
Catherine Elizabeth, Mary Estelle, James Joseph, 
with whose career we are here especially con- 
cerned; John Francis; Thomas and William. 

James Joseph Meehan was born at Dover, New 
Hampshire, October 16, 1892. He remained in 
his native town, however, so short a time that 
even his earliest childish associations were 
formed in other towns. When he was but four 
years of age his parents removed to Jewett City, 
Connecticut, where they remained for two years, 
the lad attending the grammar school there for 
a short period. The family then removed to 
Passaic, New Jersey. Here they remained until 
he had reached the age of ten years, and during 
that time he attended the public schools, continu- 
ing the education which he had begun at Jewett 
City. In 1902 the family removed to Lewiston, 
where Mr. Meehan has resided ever since, and 
here in 1907 he graduated from the Lewiston 
Grammar School. He then entered the High 
School there, from which he graduated in Igi1 
and was prepared for college. He had in the 
meantime decided to take up law as a career in 
life, and with this end in view matriculated at 
Georgetown University, from which he was grad- 
uated with the class of 1914. Immediately after- 
wards he was admitted to the bar in Maine, and 
opened an office in Lewiston in the Manufacturers’ 
National Bank building. Here he has continued to 
do business on an ever increasing scale up to the 
present time, and is now regarded as one of the 
leaders of the young attorneys. Mr. Meehan is a 
staunch Democrat in politics, and has held a number 
of local offices to which he was elected as the 
candidate of that party. He served an unex- 
pired term of one year as clerk of the Municipai 
Court, and is a very well known figure in legal 
circles here. Mr. Meehan also takes a very 
active part in the social and fraternal life of the 
community, and is a member of the local lodge 
of the Order of Knights of Columbus, of the 
Aerial Club, and of the Gamma Beta Gamma, 
college fraternity, which he joined while a stu- 
dent at Georgetown University. He is a Roman 
Catholic in his religious belief and attends St. 
Patrick’s Church of that denomination in Lewis- 
ton. 


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WILLIAM E. YOULAND, one of the fore- 
most merchants of Biddeford, Maine, and before 
his death on March 7, 1917, head of the firm of 
W. E. Youland & Company, dealers in dry goods 
and similar commodities here, was a member of 
a family which for three generations before him 
had been identified with New England and its 
affairs. The Youland family is of Scottish 
origin, its ancestors having been old chieftains in 
that country during the early ages. 

John Youlana, great-grandfather of the pres- 
ent Mr. Youland, took part in one of the many 


uprisings of his countrymen against the Eng- 
lish authorities during the eighteenth century, 
and upon the failure of the attempt was ex- 


iled to America. Here he took part in the 
American Revolution and cast in his fate with 
the youthful republic of the New World. Unfor- 
tunately, however, he afterwards returned to 
England, where he was apprehended, tried and 
executed for high treason. His son, Edmund 
Youland, grandfather of the present Mr. Youland, 
served in the War of 1812. He reared a family 
of nine children, five sons and four daughters, of 
whom Thomas S. Youland, father of William E 
Youland, was the seventh, Thomas S. Youland 
was born at Lisbon, Androscoggin county, Maine. 
Upon reaching manhood he settled at Durham in 
this State and there adopted agricultural pursuits. 
He remained there until 1863, when, upon the 
outbreak of the Civil War, he returned to Lis- 
bon, his inherited patriotism being aroused, and 
enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Regiment, Volunteer 
Infantry of Maine, as a private. He served until 
the close of the war, his regiment forming a part 
of the army under the command of General 
Sheridan, and fought under that great officer 
in his Shenandoah Valley campaign and in the 
battles of Winchester and Cedar Creek, where 
General Sheridan saved the day by his famous 
ride from Winchester. After his discharge from 
service he returned to Lisbon, where he resumed 
farming, continuing in this occupation until his 
death. He married Hattie J. Beals, a native of 
Durham, Maine, and they were the parents of 
seven children, two of whom died in childhood. 
William E. Youland, the second child of 
Thomas S. and Hattie J. (Beals) Youland, was 
born June 9, 1854, at Durham, Androscoggin 
county, Maine. He lived in his native place until 
seven years of age, and then came with his par- 
ents to Lisbon, where the remainder of his child- 
hood was spent. He received his education at 
the local district schools, and in the meantime 
worked on his father’s farm. He was a pre- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


cocious child and learned so quickly that at the 
age of ten he took charge of the farm in his 
father’s absence in the war. Two years later 
he entered the paper mill at Lisbon, and after 
two years of work there became a weaver at the 
Farnsworth Mills at Lisbon Center. He was 
fourteen years old when he entered the latter 
employment, and before a great while he had 
been advanced to the position of second hand 
there. Seven years he remained in this mill and 
then left it in order to take up a course of 
study with which he desired to supplement his 
early schooling. This course, which was pur- 
sued at the Dirigo Business College at Augusta, 
Maine, involved great sacrifice on his part, and 
he well proved the sincerity of his ambition by 
the strict economy practiced during its prog- 
ress. After winning his diploma at this insti- 
tution he returned to his father’s home at Lis- 
bon, and then re-entered the employ of the 
Farnsworth Company as a weaver. After a few 
months employment with this concern he leit it 
once more and found employment with the Webster 
Woolen Company at Sabattus, Maine. His work 
at the new place was also that of weaver and he 
remained steadily employed for five years, work- 
ing on an average from six in the morning to 
seven at night. The wages were not generous, 
yet in spite of this he managed to save up the 
sum of twenty-five hundred dollars during the five 
years and then, without a single thought of his 
own future or interest, he invested his savings 
for the benefit of his parents, an act of gener- 
osity and filial affection most characteristic of 
the man. Mr. Youland had a natural taste for 
mercantile pursuits, and determined to engage 
in that line of work. He tried in vain at twenty- 
eight different stores at Portland and Lewiston, 
but at length succeeded in pursuading J. W. 
Pitcher, of the latter place, to employ him in his 
establishment. He only received a salary of 
three dollars a week, however, upon which he 
had to support a wife, so that it required the 
greatest confidence in the future as well as sac- 
rifice in the present to enable him to persevere. 
He did, nevertheless, and two months later se- 
cured a place as clerk in the dry goods store of 
Muttum & Farrar in Lewiston, at a salary of 
eight dollars a week. Though not exactly gen- 
erous pay, this was a great improvement, and 
the next year it was increased to nine. After 
working there two years he was employed as 
head clerk by Oswald & Armstrong, with whom 
he remained for six months. He then was a 
salesman for R. H. White & Company of Bos- 


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ton, and was later induced by Mr. Bradford Peck 
to return to Lewiston and accept a position in 
his new store there. Mr. Peck shortly after 
gave him the post of buyer for the cloak depart- 
ment and manager of that branch of the business. 
Eventually he became a stockholder and a di- 
rector of the concern. Eight years later he sev- 
ered his connection with that company, and on 
September 2, 1893, formed a partnership with 
Samuel Boothby, of Portland, and G. W. Rich- 
ards, of Houlton, and they established them- 
selves at Biddeford, Maine, under the firm name 
of W. E. Youland & Company. Mr. Youland 
was manager of this concern, which rapidly grew 
in size and importance until it reached its pres- 
ent great proportions. It deals in dry goods, 
fancy goods and cloaks, fur suits and carpets, 
and their large stock requires for its handling 
a force of twenty clerks and two spacious floors. 
Mr. Youland was interested in many other enter- 
prises in Biddeford, and was a most active mem- 
ber of the Biddeford Board of Trade, of which he 
was president and director, a stockholder in the 
Masonic Building Association, and an instigator 
of the business movement known as “Merchants’ 
Week.” He was also interested in educational 
affairs, served three years on the Board of Edu- 
cation, and donated the land and fifteen hundred 
dollars to build the school house in Lakeview, 
North Carolina, also furnishing the electric light 
for same, and the dedication of the building took 
place on March 20, 1915. He also built seven- 
teen hundred feet of cement dam at Lakeview. 
He built the Longwood Apartment and a num- 
ber of houses. 

Mr. Youland was a prominent Free Mason 
and a member of Dunlap Lodge, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons; York Chapter, Roya! Arch 
Masons; Maine Council, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters; Bradford Commandery, Knights Templar; 
and Ada Chapter, No. 1, Order of Eastern Star. 
He was a member of the Pilgrim Fathers, having 
all the chairs of the local colony and acted as 
representative to the Supreme Council. He was 
captain of the Francis Warren Chapter, Sons of 
Veterans; was a member of the State Historical 
Society; the National Geographic Society of 
Washington, District of Columbia; the Maine 
Club, of which he was president in 1913-14-15-16; 
the Pine Tree Club of Boston, and York Club. 
In politics Mr. Youland was a Republican and 
took an active part in local affairs. He was 
elected as alderman from Ward Seven in 1896, 
and was président of that body and a member 
of several important committees. One of his 


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greatest interests was the moral welfare and gen- 
eral improvement of the community, and he 
was a inan of strong religious feelings and be- 
lieis. A Baptist in faith, he was very promi- 
nently identified with the Jefferson Street Bap- 
tist Church, having served on various commit- 
tees and as superintendent of the Sunday school. 
He was chairman of the committee to rebuild 
that edifice, and was chairman of the commit- 
tee to build over Pravillian Church to the Mc- 
Arthur Library. He was also actively con- 
nected with the Lewiston Young Men’s Christian 
Association and served as its president. 

William E. Youland married, October 9, 1881, 
at Lewiston, Susie F. Teel, who is a member of 
the Daughters of the Revolution and State 
regent of Maine, also the second regent of Re- 
becca Emery Chapter of the Daughters of the 
Revolution of Biddeford in 1899; was president 
of the Thursday Club; vice-president of the Jef- 
ferson Baptist Church Society; State superin- 
tendent of the senior Young People’s Christian 
Endeavor; worthy matron of Ada Chapter, No. 
1, Order of Eastern Star. When the battle ship 
came to Portland, Maine, Mrs. Youland made a 
remarkably brilliant and well delivered address 
on the presentation of the insignia of Maine to 
the battle ship by the Daughters of the Revolu- 
tion of Maine. She served as chairman of the 
committee of the Old Home Week. Mr. and 
Mrs. Youland were the parents of three children, 
as follows: 1. William E., Jr., born August 25, 
1884; was graduated from Biddeford High 
School in 1902; Bowdoin College, class of 1906; 
McGill Medical University, Canada, class of 1910; 
he then entered Bellevue Hospital, New York 
City, where he remained until he was appointed 
to the Health Department of New York City, and 
later was appointed on the State Health Depart- 
ment as one of the directors and lecturers, be- 
ing sent all over the State of New York, to the 
laboratories, and to look after the sanitary con- 
dition of the cities and towns; he joined the 
Medical Reserve Corps of New York City and 
was called: in May, 1917, and is now first lieuten- 
ant of the Base Hospital in France; he has writ- 
ten works on diphtheria and other diseases, and 
has done research work for the State. 2. Galen 
Linwood, born November 2, 1887. 3. Grace Lil- 
lian, twin of Galen Linwood, married James 
Harvey Bryan, of Henderson, North Carolina, 
and they have two children: James Harvey, Jr., 
born October 20, 1913, and William Youland, 
born March 8, 1918. 


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JOHN EVERETT KINCAID, manager of the 
J. N. Wood Company, the largest concern of its 
kind in Lewiston, is a native of this city, and has 
been intimately associated with the life and af- 
fairs throughout his entire career. He is an only 
son, and was born at Lewiston, September 21, 
1883. On the maternal side of his house he is de- 
scended from a very old New England family, 
which was founded here in the early Colonial 
period by one William Wood, who came from 
Derbyshire, England, and settled at Concord, 
Massachusetts. Here his descendants resided for 
a number of generations, and then Nathan Wood, 
great-grandfather of the Mr. Kincaid of this 
sketch, brought the name to Maine, making his 
home in the town of Stark. One of Nathan Wood’s 
sons was John Nathan Wood, who established 
the successful coal and wood business of which 
his grandson is now the manager. 

Mr. Kincaid acquired his education, or the ele- 
mentary part thereof, at the local public schools, 
graduating from the Lewiston High School with 
the class of 1903. He then attended Bowdoin 
College, and after completing his studies at this 
institution was given a position by his grand- 
father, Mr. Wood, in the latter’s establishment. 
Mr. Kincaid began at the bottom of the ladder in 
his business career, taking first the position of of- 
fice boy, from which, however, he was shortly 
promoted to a clerical post. His grandfather was 
possessed of that practical wisdom which fore- 
saw that a training of this sort would be the best 
to render the grandson the capable business 
man which it was his ambition that he should 
be. With this policy, Mr. Kincaid himself was 
entirely in sympathy, and set himself to learn the 
details of the business with the greatest industry. 
In this he was entirely successful and it was not 
iong before he was appointed to the office of 
manager. This appointment occurred some three 
years before the death of his grandfather, and 
he has continued to hold it ever since. Mr. Kin- 
caid has devoted his entire time to the tasks and 
responsibilities involved in the business with 
which he is connected, and has found compara- 
tively little opportunity to engage actively in 
other lines of work. This is particularly the 
case in political life, from which he has remained 
entirely aloof, although there are many among 
his associates and friends who realize that the 
qualities which make him so successful a_busi- 
ness man well fit him for public office. He is a 
member of a number of clubs and fraternities 
however, and is especially prominent in the Ma- 
sonic order, being affiliated with the following 


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Masonic bodies: Ashlar Lodge, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons; Lewiston Commandery, 
No. 6, Knights Templar; Kora Temple, Ancient 
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Dur- 
ing his college days he became a member of the 
Delta Upsilon fraternity. Mr. Kincaid is also a 
member of the Calumet Club of Lewiston. In 
his religious belief he is a Congregationalist and 
attends the church of that denomination in Lewis- 
ton. 

John Everett Kincaid was united in marriage, 
April 26, 1917, in New York City, with Mrs. 
Caroline (Mitchell) Hodges, a native of Califor- 
nia, and a daughter of Charles and Rachel (Tag- 
gett) Mitchell. 


AMMI WHITNEY—tThe due reward of merit, 
it has often been observed, is frequently or even 
generally withheld until death has rendered its 
payment in vain, but this is perhaps less the 
case in such communities as are typical of these 
United States, where the members are ever on 
the outlook for ability, and talent is recognized 
as the most valuable of marketable commodities. 
It is surely not true in the case of Ammi Whit- 
ney who, from his early youth onward, has been 
recognized as possessing capabilities of the great- 
est value to his fellowmen, and who was quickly 
given an opportunity to use them, an opportunity 
which he has improved. While yet a young man, 
Mr. Whitney became a prominent figure in the 
general life of his community and his influence 
has been extended far beyond his activities as a 
business man, and he became well known for his 
public spirit and charitable works. Every enter- 
prise that had for its object the betterment of 
mankind and the development of the community 
commanded a goodly share of his time and 
energy and also felt the touch of his zeal and 
liberality, and to his unusual gift of persuasion, 
combined with indomitable will power, many a 
public charity owes its financial success, his name 
on the board of directors being a sufficient pledge 
that the object sought for would be attained, 

Ammi Whitney was born February 13, 1833, 
in the town of Cumberland, Maine, son of Ammi 
Ruhamah and Hannah (Hall) Whitney, and a 
member of a very old and distinguished Maine 
family, Mr. Whitney, Sr., being for many years 
a farmer in the region of Cumberland, Maine, 
and a man of prominence in the community. His 
son, Ammi Whitney, was educated in the pub- 
lic schools of Falmouth, Maine, and upon com- 
pleting his studies in these institutions secured 
a clerical position in the agricultural warehouse 


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and seed store of Parker, White & Gannett, of 
Boston, Massachusetts. Here he remained for 
a number of years, but being of a strongly am- 
bitious nature and desirous of becoming inde- 
pendent, he withdrew from this firm and formed 
a partnership with Hosea Kendall under the firm 
This was in the 
year 1858, and the enterprise then begun has con- 
tinued uninterruptedly to the present time. The 
concern deals in agricultural equipment and sup- 
plies of all kinds and is one of the largest in 
this line of business in New England, but Mr. 
Whitney has by no means confined his atten- 
tion to this single enterprise, as at the present 
time he is one of the most influential figures in 
the business and financial world of the city, his 
influence extending to a number of important 
concerns. He is president and treasurer of the 
Kendall & Whitney corporation; vice-president 
and director of the Casco Mercantile Trust Com- 
pany, and director of the Union Safe Deposit & 
Trust Company of Portland; director in the Cum- 
berland County Light & Power Company, the 
Saco & Biddeford Railroad, the Harpswell & 
Casco Bay Steamboat Line, the Union Mutual 
Loan Association, the Oxford Paper Company, 
the Fitzgerald Land & Lumber Company, the 
Union Safe Deposit Company, the Casco Loan 
Company, the Portland Loan Company, and the 
Jefferson Theatre. Mr. Whitney’s activities in 
connection with the general life of the com- 
munity, and especially in connection with its 
charitable movements, have already been com- 
mented upon. He is at the present time a di- 
rector of the Home for Aged Men and the Maine 
Eye and Ear Infirmary. Mr. Whitney is a 
staunch Democrat, and has always fulfilled, in the 
fullest degree, his obligations to society as a cit- 
izen. He has not, however, been actuated by 
any ambition to hold office at any time, and has 


consistently refused to consider any suggestion , 


which might draw him from private into public 
life. He is-a member of the Bramhall League 
Club of Portland. In his religious belief Mr. 
Whitney is a Unitarian and attends the First 
Parish Church of Portland. 

Mr. Whitney married, October 10, 1860, Emily 
Stevens Haskell, a daughter of Samuel and 
Adaline (Stevens) Haskell. Of this union five 
children were born, as follows: Emma Haskell, 
who died in infancy; Alice Prince, Kate Dunlap, 
Samuel Haskell, and Joseph Walker. 


JOSEPH WARREN SAWYER-—Several gen- 
erations of this branch of the Sawyer family 


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have been citizens of Maine, but originally came 
from Massachusetts. Joseph Warren Sawyer, 


‘of Millbridge, Washington county, Maine, settled 
‘in Millbridge with his newly acquired LL.B. and 


has been there professionally engaged until the 
present. He is a son of Warren and Mary 
Louise (Knowles) Sawyer, his father a sea cap- 
tain and shipbuilder of Millbridge. 

Joseph Warren Sawyer was born in Addison, 
Maine, September 29, 1878, but soon afterward 
his parents moved to Millbridge, and there he 
attended public school. - Later he was a stu- 
dent at Kent’s Hill Preparatory School and Heb- 


‘ron Academy, going thence to the law depart- 


ment of the University of Maine, receiving his 
degree, LL.B., at graduation, class of 1910. He 
then returned to Millbridge, where. he has since 
been engaged in the practice of his profession. 


He has also business interests of importance, be- 


ing secretary. and manager of the shipbuilding 
firm, The Sawyer-Mitchell Company of Mill- 
bridge. He is a member of the Washington 
County Bar Association, and has won his way 
to honorable position at the bar and in business. 
Mr. Sawyer isa Republican in politics, and for six 


‘years was chairman of the Republican Town Com- 


mittee. He is also a member of the Republican 
County Committee and active in party affairs. 


‘He is affiliated with the Masonic order, holding 


membership in the lodge and ‘chapter, member 
of the. Knights of Pythias, and of Phi Delta 
Phi; (University of Maine Law School). 

Mr. Sawyer married in Millbridge; Maine, De- 
cember 4; 1901, Helen N. Wyman, daughter of 
Jasper and Lucretia Dyer (Wallace) Wyman. 


FRANCIS HECTOR CLERGUE, son of Jo- 
seph H. and’ Frances (Lombard) Clergue, was 
born in. Bangor, Maine, May 28, 1856. After at- 
tending the public schools of: his native city, he 
became a student at the University of Maine, 
and upon his graduation from that institution in 
1877, and having. prepared himself by legal 


‘studies, hé was. admitted to the bar-of the State, 


and later he practiced at the United States Su- 
preme Court. His practice of law, however, was 
of short duration, in 1880 he became interested 


» in manufacturing and hydraulic engineering, and 


so rapidly was his rise in this profession that 
we find him in 1894 president of the Lake Supe- 
rior Power Company, the Algoma Steel Com- 
pany, and the Algoma Central Railroad. At 
about this time he became interested in the de- 
velopment of the hydraulic power of the Falls 
of St. Mary at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and 


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Ontario, and in the construction and operation 
in that locality of various factories, comprising 
blast furnaces, steel rail, rolling mills, iron 
mines, pulp mills, transportation and steamship 
lines. He also became connected with the AIl- 
goma Central Railroad and the Algoma Eastern 
Railroad Companies. Mr. Clergue is unmar- 
ried, and maintains business offices in New York 
City and Montreal, Canada. 


DEARBORN CILLY SANBORN, late of 
Farmington and Wilton, Maine, his death oc- 
curring at his home at the later place, Septem- 
ber 30, 1904, was a man of great prominence in 
the community, and was highly-respected and 
esteemed by his fellow-citizens in both these 
communities. Mr. Sanborn was a son of Cap- 
tain John W. and Mary J. (Locke) Sanborn, both 
of whom were natives of Tilton, New Hampshire, 
but who came later to Chesterville, Maine, where 
the former engaged in the occupation of farm- 
ing. 

In Chesterville, Dearborn Cilly Sanborn was 
born, February 24, 1839, but it was at the public 
schools of Chesterville that he received his edu- 
cation, attending those institutions until he had 
reached the age of fourteen years. His educa- 
tional opportunities were extremely limited, but 
he was a lad of great ambition, and realized the 
value of a good education, so that he supple- 
mented his studies with wide, independent read- 
ing and continued to practice that habit during 
practically all the remainder of his life. At the 
age of fourteen he was obliged to engage in some 
remunerative occupation, and accordingly secured 
a position in a shoe shop at Lynn, Massachu- 
setts, where he remained for two years. His 
enterprising disposition was shown in the next 
move he made, for at sixteen he went West and 
secured a position on a ranch in Minnesota, where 
he worked until eighteen years of age. He then 
went still further West, and settled in the Santa 
Clara valley, in California, where once more he 
worked on a ranch for five years. At the end 
of that period he felt it his duty to return to 
the East, to care for his father and mother, and 
here made his home at Farmington, where they 
were residing at the time. He formed a partner- 
ship with F. J. Austin of that place, and they 
engaged in business as manufacturers of spools, 
to supply the various manufactories of this 
region with that important article. Their fac- 
tory was at Weld, Maine, and there they did a 
most successful business until the year 1885, 
when Mr. Sanborn retired from active life. He 


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then came to Wilton, Maine, where he bought 
the house in which his daughter now lives, and 
resided there until his death, in 1904. He was 
very prominent in the life of Farmington, and 
for several years was a director of the First 
National Bank at that place. In politics he was 
a Democrat, but never identified himself with the 
local organization of his party, and had no am- 
bition for public office. Mr. Sanborn was a 
member of Wilton Lodge, No. 156, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons, of Wilton. In his re- 
ligious belief he was a Universalist, and attended 
the church of that denomination at Weld and 
afterwards at Wilton. 

Dearborn Cilly Sanborn was united in marriage, 
January 1, 1873, with Sarah A. Williams, a na- 
tive of Chesterville, Maine, where she was born 
in the year 1851, a daughter of Thomas and Sally 
(Carson) Williams, the former a native of Ches- 
terville, and the latter of Mount Vernon, Maine. 
Mrs. Sanborn died October 11, 1916. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Sanborn two daughters were born at 
follows: Lillian A., died November 16, 1914, 
and Nina G., who at present resides in the old 
home at Wilton. ‘ 


ARTHUR JEREMIAH ROBERTS—Among 
the noted educators of Maine is Arthur Jeremiah 
Roberts. He was born at Waterborough, Maine, 
October 15, 1867, the son of Albert Hall and 
Evaline A. (Dearborn) Roberts. He was grad- 
uated from Colby College in 1890 with the de- 
gree of A.B., and in 1900 was granted the de-— 
gree of A.M. by Harvard University. He was 
from 1895 to 1908 Professor of English Litera-— 
ture in Colby College, Waterville, Maine, and on 
July 1, 1908, he was inaugurated president of 
Colby College, which position he now holds. 

Professor Roberts married, August 27, 1895, 
Ada Louise Peabody, of Gilead, Maine. 


JOHN ROBERT GRAHAM—From the hum- 
ble home of a mechanic, as son, to become the 
founder of a great business; to turn at middle 
age to the world of rapid transit and accom- 
plish there what veterans in that field had failed 
successfully to achieve; to enter the field of 
finance and become a leader, that surely is a 
noble record for one life. Yet this and more 
John Robert Graham did. 

He was democratic by nature, and wherever 
he resided there at once he appeared as a public 
spirited citizen. Though he spent most of his 
life in and around Boston, nevertheless when he 
became a resident of Bangor, he at once inter- 


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ested himself with local affairs, as if he had lived 
there all his life. The people of Bangor felt 
instinctively that he was their friend and fol- 
lowed his leadership unquestioningly. Nor were 
they disappointed; for when that city suffered 
from the great fire wherein many of its finest 
buildings were burned, when many were dis- 
couraged and said, “Bangor will never recover 
from the blow,” it was Mr. Graham who sounded 
the note of confidence in the city’s future. 
“Would the large building that he had contem- 
plated building now be built?’ was asked on 
every hand. His answer was unhesitating: “Yes, 
it will be built, and if there is any man who, 
because of the fire, has real estate to sell, I am 
ready to buy it.” The effect was immediate; 
men who had lost heart, hearing the words of 
this leader of finance, took courage again and a 
new and better Bangor is the result. 

He was born in the North of Ireland at Flor- 
ence Court, County of Fermanaugh, December 
19, 1847. He died at the White Mountains, 
August 24, 1915. His parents were of Scotch 
descent, as were all his ancestors. His paternal 
grandfather was Matthew Graham; his maternal 
grandfather was Anthony Henderson, who mar- 
ried Anne Moffatt. His mother was Anne Jane 
(Henderson) Gralam, a woman of character and 
grace who exercised no little influence upon the 
developing character of her son. His father was 
James Graham (1810-1878), who was a mechanic, 
and who was beloved in his home town for his 
jovial and industrious disposition. 

In 1848 they removed to America, settling in 
Boston. Here John R. Graham was reared and 
sent to school. At ten years of age he worked 
out for one dollar per week and his board, and 
was allowed to attend the Brimmer Street 
School. This continued until he was thirteen 
years of age, when he left school permanently 
and entered into business life. From fourteen 
to sixteen he was with his brother, Matthew 
Graham, who was in the shoe business. At six- 
teen, he entered the employ of James T. Penni- 
man, of Quincy. When seventeen years of age, 
he showed his devotion to his adopted country 
by enlisting in the Civil War, being attached first 
to the Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, Company 
E, and later joining Company A of the Forty- 
second Massachusetts Infantry. He was mus- 
tered out in 1865. He was a leading member of 
Post No. 88, Grand Army of the Republic of 
. Quincy. Although he never spoke of his ex- 
_ ploits in the army, it is only fair that it be noted 
_ here that he was at Petersburg and his regiment 
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At the close of the war, he returned to Massa- 
chusetts, and with the aid of his brother, who 
had been engaged in the shoe business with the 
T. E. Mosely Company, they opened a factory at 
Quincy. This plant enlarged rapidly until the 
Graham Shoe was known far and wide. It is 
still manufactured, his sons carrying on the busi- 
ness. In 1887 the Quincy Street Railway Com- 
pany had fallen upon very difficult times; the 
property did not pay nor did it seem it would 
pay for many years. Mr. Graham. undertook ‘its 
reorganization and was more than successful. 
He became recognized as an able street railway 
man, and was consulted as such by men far and 
near. At this same time he became interested 
in electric lighting in connection with the street 
railway. He was appointed one of the members 
of the first Rapid Transit Commission in Massa- 
chusetts in 1893. This was a source of some 
gratification in later years. When the Quincy 
Street Railway Company was taken over by the 
Bay State Company, he was elected vice-presi- 
dent of the latter corporation. From 1898 to 
1901, he was the general manager of the Brock- 
ton Street Railway System. In May, 1892, upon 
his return from a trip to Europe, he received a 
pressing invitation from the president of the 
General Electric Company to investigate the con- 
dition of the Public Works Company of Ban- 
gar, Maine. This company was the first in New 
England to run electric cars and second only 
to Richmond, Virginia, in the country. So im- 
pressed was he with the possibilities of the city, 
that he reported favorably to the General Elec- 
tric Company, and with New York and Philadel- 
phia capital he took over all the holdings of 
the Public Works Company, being its general 
manager and treasurer. Later, in 1905, when the 
Bangor Railway & Electric Company was or- 
ganized and took over all the railway and elec- 
tric light and water departments of the old com- 
pany, he became president and general manager. 
So well was his work done that even while car- 
rying a vast improvement enterprise, his com- 
pany from pay-no dividend, earned and paid reg- 
ularly its seven per cent. annually. So great 
was the confidence of his fellow directors, that 
whatever plan he proposed they were ready to 
finance, almost without limit. In addition to 
this great work, he instigated the building of the 
Lewiston, Waterville & Augusta trolley line, a 
section of territory that had never before had 
electric traction facilities. He was instrumental 
in taking over the syndicate of the Portland 
Street Railway Company which became the Cum- 
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several plants and a large business. He also 
constructed the Fairfield & Shawmut Street Rail- 
way. The Penobscot Central Railway from Ban- 
gor to Charleston was taken over by his com- 
pany, February 1, 1907, rehabilitated, and brought 
to a paying basis. The Hampden Street Rail- 
way was acquired about this same time. 

Besides his street railway improvements, Mr. 
Graham was a director of the Merrill Trust 
Company of Bangor, and of the Union Trust 
Company of Ellsworth. He was president of the 
Bangor Power Company, and of the Orono Water 
Company, of the Bar Harbor & Union River 
Power Company and of the Graham Realty 
Company. Through this latter company he in- 
stigated large improvements in the erection of 
fine office and business buildings in his adopted 
city. Indeed, he showed himself a public spirited 
citizen in every way. 

Mr. Graham was a Republican in politics, and 
a member of the Protestant Episcopal 
church. He found much recreation in riding 
behind a spirited horse. When he was the owner 
of a stock farm in Kentucky, no blooded horses 
had better records than his. He owned, at one 
time, the famous stallion, “Constantine.” He 
took great interest in light harness racing, and 
was one of the originators of the Readville Race 
Track. For a number of years he fought ill 
health and went twice to California in its interest. 
In 1913 he visited the Azores, Italy and other 
parts of Europe. All through his life Mr. 
Graham was a great reader. He was fond of 
Shakespeare’s works, English History, the works 
of Bryon and Goldthwaite. 

Mr. Graham was twice married, his second 
wife surviving him. He married (first) Mary 
Elizabeth, daughter of James T. and Maria A. 
(Brooks) Penniman, granddaughter of Stephen, 
Jr., and Relief (Thayer) Penniman, and of 
Thomas and Eliza (Thayer) Brooks, and a de- 
scendant from James Penniman, who came from 
England to Boston en the Lyon in 1631. There 
were eleven children of whom the following sur- 
vive: Robert; Clara, now Mrs. F. E. Jones, of 
Quincy; John; Edith, now the widow of Walter 
L. Sawtelle; Mary, now Mrs. Perley Barbour, of 
Quincy; Annie, now Mrs. Elmer Ricker, of 
Quincy; Harold, who is now a director of the 
Graham Realty Company; Lester; Beatrice; and 
Edward M., who has been connected with his 
father in his Bangor interests. 

Although never exploiting his charities, Mr. 
Graham was a very generous giver. He was a 
noble father, a devoted husband and a patriotic 
citizen. 


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HISTORY OF MAINE 


WILLIAM PHILIP BRENEMAN, one of the 
successful business men, proprietor and manager 
of the Auburn Brush Company, of Auburn, 
Maine, is a son of Edward and Eliza M. (King) 
Breneman, his father having been a well known 
and successful manufacturer of agricultural im- 
plements. 

William Philip Breneman was born April 6, 
1871, at Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, and 
it was at the public schools of his native re- 
gion that he gained the general portion of his 
education, and graduated at the Central High 
School in the year 1890. In 1898 he came East, 
entering the Bible Normal College of Springfield, 
Massachusetts. From this institution he graduated 
in I900, and from that time to this has been ex- — 
tremely active in the eastern business world. He 
had already had some business experience be- 
fore coming to the East to take his course in 
the Bible Normal College, having served as a 
clerk in the Third National Bank of Dayton, 
Ohio, and later as the cashier of the Central — 
Union Telephone Company at Dayton. After 


West for a time and secured the post of secretary 
and treasurer of the Charles A. P. Barrett Com- 
pany, one of the large manufacturing concerns 
of his native city, with which he remained from 
1901 to 1904. The Charles A. P. Barrett Com- 
pany was engaged in the manufacture of pain 
and were jobbers and retailers of paints, wall 
papers and allied commodities. In 1904 he cam 
once more to the East, and there became a mem 
ber of the firm of T. A. Huston & Company 
manufacturing bakers and confectioners. He re- 
mained in that firm for nearly ten years, but 
eventually, in 1914, became proprietor and man- 
ager of the Auburn Brush Company, which man 
factures brushes, mops, etc., in Auburn. He has 
been thus engaged since 1914, and has developed 
a very large and still increasing business. He has 
been a member of the Superintending School 
Committee of Auburn for one term, the duties im 
connection with which he has discharged with the 
most commendable zeal and intelligence. Mr. 
Breneman has not engaged actively in political 
life. He is a member of Tranquil Lodge, No. 
29, Free and Accepted Masons, of Auburn, and 
Bradford Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons, of 
the same town. He is also a member of How- 
ard Council, No. 161, Royal Arcanum. Since 
early manhood Mr. Breneman has been a church 
member, and after coming to Auburn he joined 
the Court Street Baptist Church of that city. 
William Philip Breneman married, June 14, 
1900, at Auburn, Helen Reed Beede, a daughter 


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of Joshua William and Abbie Maria (Reed) 
Beede, old and highly respected residents of this 
city. To Mr. and Mrs. Breneman the following 
children have been born: LeRoy Beede, born 
October 7, 1902; Lucy King, December 10, 
1904; Marian Elizabeth, October 30, 1907, and 
Sylvia Reed, September 10, 1912. 


JOHN ALFRED ROBERTS, one of the pros- 
perous and successful farmers of Norway, Maine, 
where he has been engaged in agricultural opera- 
tions for a number of years, is a son of John M. 
and Mary (Potter) Roberts, old and highly re- 
spected residents of Gardiner. The elder Mr. 
Roberts was also a farmer, but made his home 
in Gardiner, and it was in that place that John 
Alfred Roberts was born, September 10, 1852. 
Only three months afterwards, however, his par- 
ents removed to Andover, Maine, and it was at 
the latter place that he received his early edu- 
cation, attending for this purpose the local com- 
man schools. Later, having an ambition to be- 
come a teacher, he entered the Oxford Normal 
Institute at South Paris, Maine, and finally grad- 
uated from that institution in 1873. He then ma- 
triculated at Bowdoin College, and graduated 
therefrom with the class of 1877, one of his class- 
mates being R. E. Peary, the discoverer of the 
North Pole. After completing his studies, Mr. 
Roberts entered the profession that he had de- 
cided upon as a youth, and became a teacher. 
After a few years in this calling, however, Mr. 
Roberts, who had inherited a strong taste for 
agriculture and a rural life from his father, gave 
up this profession and bought a farm at Norway, 
Maine, which he has since been occupied in run- 
ning. In this he has met with highly gratifying 
success, his farm being regarded as one of the 
model places in the neighborhood, and himself 
as an authority on agricultural matters general- 
ly. Mr. Roberts is a Republican in politics, and 
was elected commissioner of agriculture for the 
State of Maine, January I, 1913, for a two years’ 
term. So valuable was his service in this of- 
fice, that in 1917 he was reelected to it and at 


, the present time is serving in this capacity. He 
| has done much to improve the condition of the 


farms of the State, and to develop agricultural 
resources generally. He is a member of Norway 
Grange. In his religious belief Mr. Roberts is 
a Universalist and attends the church of that de- 
Mr. Roberts has served 
in both Houses of the Maine Legislature, was 
for four years overseer of Maine State Grange, 
\and twelve years trustee of the University of 
Maine. 

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John Alfred Roberts was united in marriage, 
August 24, 1881, at Norway, Maine, with Carrie 
A. Pike, of this place, a daughter of Henry and 
Sarah (Fobes) Pike. They are the parents of 
one child, Thaddeus Blaine Roberts. 


SETH L. LARRABEE—One of the conspicu- 
ous figures in the legal fraternity of Portland, 
and bearing an honorable reputation throughout 
the State of Maine, Seth L. Larrabee will not 
soon be forgotten by the community of which 
he was a prominent and respected member. He 
was a lawyer who upheld the highest traditions 
of the Maine bar, and as a citizen, nobly bore 
his share of the burdens imposed by Republican 
institutions. 

Seth L. Larrabee was a representative of the 
seventh generation of an old New England fam- 
ily of Huguenot extraction, of whom the first 
American ancestor of record was Stephen Larra- 
bee, of Lynn, Massachusetts. Thomas Larrabee, 
the son of this first of the name, was the 
progenitor of a line of four Benjamin Larra- 
bees. The second Benjamin Larrabee was born 
in 1740, and was a patriot soldier in the strug- 
gle with the mother country. “Massachusetts 
Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolu- 
tion” contains the following record of him: 
“Captain; engaged July 1, 1775; service six 
months, sixteen days, on sea coast in Cumber- 
land county; also, official record of a ballot by 
the House of Representatives, dated February 5, 
1776; said Larrabee chosen second major, Col- 
onel Jonathan Mitchell’s (Second Cumberland 
county) regiment of Massachusetts Militia; ap- 
pointment concurred in by Council February 7, 
1776; reported commissioned February 7, 1776.” 
Jordan L. Larrabee, the grandson of this patriot, 
was the father of the Seth L. Larrabee of the 
present biography. He was a prominent and re- 
spected farmer of Scarboro, Maine, and served 
the town for a number of years on the board of 
selectman. He married Caroline F. Beals, and 
their two children were: Albion W., and Seth 
L., of the present biographical notice. 

Seth L. Larrabee, son of Jordan L. and Caro- 
line F. (Beals) Larrabee, was born in Scarboro, 
Maine, January 22, 1855. Here in his boyhood 
he did farmwork on the old homestead of his 
family, and went to the local schools, laying there 
the foundations of the mental vigor and initiative 
which later marked the man. His preparation 
for college was done at Westbrook Seminary, 
which course he finished in 1870. He matricu- 
lated at Bowdoin in 1871, and received his de- 
gree of Bachelor of Arts in 1875. He helped 


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himself through college by teaching several terms 
in the public schools, and after his graduation 
obtained a position to teach language in Barre, 
Vermont, at Goddard Seminary. This work 
lasted for a year, and after that he was ready to 
enter upon the study of law, which he had deter- 
mined to make his life work. In 1876 he en- 
tered the office of Strout & Gage, in Portland, 
and here read law, for the two years of his prep- 
aration for the bar. In October, 1878, he was 
admitted to the bar of Cumberland county, and 
immediately began the practice of his profession 
in Portland, where he soon met with a gratify- 
ing success, and counted among his clients some 
of the most important men of the region. Here 
he worked for thirty years, and became a recog- 
nized force in that part of the State. The 
“Bench and Bar of Maine” says of him in place: 
“His commanding figure and masterly conduct 
of cases have been well known in the Maine 
courts. Mr. Larrabee is a Republican, and his 
influence in political circles, his ability to win 
and keep friends, and his social popularity have 
combined to render him an important factor in 
the party, to which he has rendered important 
service.” 

In 1880 he was elected register of probate for 
Cumberland county, filling the office for nine 


years. He served the municipality as city so- 
licitor in 1891, and was reélected for the office 
in 1893. For two terms, 1895 and 1897, he rep- 


resented his district in the State Legislature. It 
is related that, “upon the assembling of the 
body after his second election he was its sole 
choice for the speakership, and was elected to 
that office without a dissenting vote, and: filled 
it with dignity, ability, and a charm of personal 
manner seldom equaled.” 

As a business man his character and ability 
commended him to the public confidence and 
many important trusts were placed in his hands. 
He was for many years an active and influential 
member of the Portland Board of Trade. He 
was one of the promoters and organizers of the 
Casco and of the Portland Loan & Building as- 
sociations, in both of which he was a director, 
treasurer and attorney. He was also an original 
incorporator; trustee of and attorney for the 
Casco Mercantile Trust Company; director of 
and attorney for the Union Safe Deposit & Trust 
Company; a president of the Portland & Yar- 
mouth Electric Railway Company; one of the 
founders of the Chapman National Bank, of 
which he was president, trustee, and attorney. 
He had the care of a number of important es- 


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tates, and in all his administrative work he 
showed himself the possessor of a fine combina- 
tion of conservatism and progressiveness. He 
was a member of the Masonic order, and be- 
longed to Atlantic Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons, and was a member of Bramhall Lodge, 
No. 3, Knights of Pythias. He served in the 
militia for two years as a captain of the First 
Battery, of the National Guard of Maine. He 
was a member of the Cumberland Club, and of a 
number of other civic and social organizations. 
Mr. Larrabee married, October 21, 1880, Lulu 
B. Sturtevant, of Scarboro, who was born Feb- 
ruary I, 1858, and was a daughter of Joseph and 
Harriet N. (Bartels) Sturtevant. Their children 
were: Sydney Bartels; and Leon Sturtevant. 


WHITING LUTHER BUTLER—For several 
years of his life State Senator Butler, of Farm- 
ington, Maine, was engaged as an educator, fol- 
lowing the example of his farmer father, Ben- 
jamin Butler, a man of education, who taught in 
Franklin county schools for sixty terms. The 
Butlers of this branch of the Maine family came 
from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where 
a Nicholas Butler was living in 1662. There were 
other Butler families in the early settlements on 
the island, but no definite connection is traced 
beyond Benjamin Butler, who died on the island © 
of Martha’s Vineyard in 1821, at an advanced age, 
He left a son, Benjamin (2) Butler, who is the 
great-grandfather of Senator Whiting L. But- 
ler, whose career is herein traced. 

Benjamin (2) Butler was born at Martha’s 
Vineyard, in 1748, died in Avon, Maine, in Feb- 
ruary, 1828. He removed to Farmington, Maine, 
in 1790, and there owned land and followed the 
carpenter’s trade, erecting the first dwelling 
houses along the river. In 1803 he had charge 
of framing the Center meeting house, and con- — 
tracted the erection of the first bridge across the 
river. It was opposite Center village and was 
completed in 1808. He married, in 1769, Amy 
Daggett, and had thirteen children, ten of whom 
were born at Martha’s Vineyard, and three in 
Farmington. This branch descends through the 
eighth child, Ralph. 

Ralph Butler was born at Martha’s Vineyard, 
Massachusetts, September 27, 1782, died in 
Phillips, Maine, June 6, 1868. He came with 
his family to Farmington, and there resided until 
1815, when he moved to Avon. He married, 
November 10, 1806 (intentions published), Mary 
Stevens. They were the parents of: William 
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who was living at the age of one hundred and 
one; Caroline, Mary, Benjamin (3), of further 
mention; Melinda, Emily, and Nancy. 

Benjamin (3) Butler was born in Phillips, 
Franklin county, Maine, March to, 1828. He 
obtained a good common school education and 
then began teaching, continuing as a teacher in 
Franklin county schools for sixty terms. But 
the greater part of his life he was a farmer, 
teaching only during the winter terms. He was 
selectman in Avon many years, and in 1875 was 
elected to the State Legislature on the Repub- 
lican ticket. He married, in 1857, Susan H. Bad- 
ger, born in Falmouth, Maine, in 1833, died 
March 10, 1900. Children: William B., born 
May 7, 1858, treasurer of the Phillips Hardware 
Company; Whiting Luther, of further mention; 
Ida M., residing in Strong, Maine, the wife of 
Elisha Landers; Frank W., born October 4, 1864, 
a lawyer of Farmington, married Alice E. Smith, 
of Machias, Maine; Amosk K. ,a lawyer of Skow- 
hegan, Maine; Ernest C., associated with his 
brother in the practice of law in Skowhegan. 

Whiting Luther Butler, second son of Ben- 
jamin (3) and Susan H. (Badger) Butler, was 
born April 12, 1860, at Phillips, Franklin county, 
Maine, a village situated on the Sandy river, 
sixty miles north of Lewiston. There he at- 
tended the public schools, was a student in West- 
brook Seminary, and completed courses in Au- 
gusta Business College. Following his own 
school years he taught for twenty-two terms in 
various schools, then spent four years learning 
the blacksmith’s trade. He did not long follow 
that trade, however, but entered mercantile life 
at Rangeley, Maine, and has been associated with 
G. L. Kempton and H. A. Furbish at Rangeley, 
Maine, for twenty-five years in the lumber and 
sawmill business, under the name of the Kemp- 
ton Lumber Company. While in the mercantile 
business he became interested in the livery busi- 
ness, and for seven years conducted a livery 
under the name, P. Richardson Company. On 
November 1, 1906, he moved to Farmington, 
Maine, where he is in the insurance business. Mr. 
Butler is a Republican in politics, and has always 
taken a deep interest in public affairs. He was 
superintendent of schools for several years dur- 
ing the fifteen years which he lived in Rangeley, 
and was elected selectman for one term. In 
Farmington he has been selectman six years, 
and was elected representative to the State Legis- 
lature in 1912. In 1916 he was elected State 
Senator, and at the expiration of his term, in 
1918, was reélected for another term. Senator 


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Butler is a member of the Masonic order, and 
an attendant of the Congregational church. 

Senator Butler married, in Wilton, Maine, De- 
cember 31, 1891, Myrtell L. Vaughan, a daugh- 
ter of Roscoe and Mary Vaughan. They are the 
parents of a son, Glenn V. Butler, born July 24, 
190. 


JOHN KNOWLEN was born in Sheridan, 
Maine, May 4, 1872, a son of Roswell T. and 
Maria (Metcalf) Knowlen, and one of fourteen 
children who were brought up by them. His 
father was a farmer, and the young John Know- 
len went to the district schools of the neighbor- 
hood and also those of Presque Isle. Later he 
went to the State Normal School at Farmington, 
and graduated in the class of 1899. After he had 
finished school he entered the profession of 
teaching and has been occupied in this capacity 
for twenty-five years. He settled in Westfield, 
Maine, and here he made his home and carried 
on his profession and at the same time operated 
his farm. 

Mr. Knowlen is a Republican in politics, and 
for ten years he has served the board of select- 
For six years he has been superintendent 
of town schools, having served for ten years on 
the school board. He is a charter member of 
Westfield Lodge, of the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows; past noble grand of Blaine Lodge, 
Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Grange, and is a Knight of the Macca- 
bees. Mr. Knowlen’s religious preferences are 
for the Methodist Episcopal church, to which 
denomination his father and mother before him 
had belonged. His wife is an Adventist. 

Mr. Knowlen married at Robinson, Maine, Au- 
gust 14, 1902, Annie L. Nickerson, a daughter of 
Charles and Bathsheba (Doherty) Nickerson, 
both of whom were natives of New Brunswick, in 
which region her father was a farmer. Mr. and 
Mrs. Knowlen have one child, Harry Rudel, born 
September 30, I9QII. 


REV. WILLIAM FARRAND LIVINGSTON 
—A clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal 
church for twenty-seven years, Rey. William Far- 
rand Livingston is a son of a minister of the 
Congregational church whose pastorates covered 
a period of half a century, ten years of which 
were passed in devoted service in the foreign 
field. Rev. William Farrand Livingston, pater- 
nally and maternally, is a descendant of Revolu- 
tionary ancestors, his great-grandfather, Isaac 
Livingston, serving nearly six years as a ser- 


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geant in the Eighth Connecticut Regiment, from 
1777 to 1783. He is a descendant in the sixth 
generation of General Israel Putnam, of Revolu- 
tionary fame, and is the author of a history on 
the life of General Putnam, published by G. P. 
Putnam’s Sons, of New York. 

Rev. William Farrand Livingston is a grand- 
son of Farrand Livingston, born in Washington, 
Connecticut, November 5, 1797, and died No- 
vember 25, 1875. He engaged in farming and 
also followed the carpenter’s trade, and was a 
member of the Congregational church. He mar- 
ried Judith Elkins, born March 26, 1803, and died 
March 8, 1883. They were the parents of: 
William Wallace, of whom further; Ralph Ann, 
Ellen Eliza, Loudon Bard, Henry Farrand, and 
George Adelbert. 

Rey. William Wallace Livingston, son of Far- 
rand and Judith (Elkins) Livingston, was born 
at Potton, Province of Quebec, Canada, Decem- 
ber 15, 1832, and died at Jaffrey, New Hampshire, 
October 11, to10. He was a graduate of the 
University of Vermont in the class of 1856, and 
of Andover Theological Seminary, class of 1859. 
He went into the foreign field as a missionary 
of the American Board, and for ten years, from 
1860 to 1870, worked at Sivas, Turkey in Asia, 
where five of his six children were born. Re- 
turning to the United States, he was pastor of 
the Congregational church at North Carver, Mas- 
sachusetts, from 1872 to 1878, in the latter year 
entering upon his long and fruitful ministry at 
Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where he filled the pul- 
pit and a large place in the hearts of his fellows 
until his death. He married (first) at Andover, 
Massachusetts, May 17, 1860, Martha Evarts 
Tracy, born at Windsor, Vermont, November 9, 
1837, died at North Carver, Massachusetts, Septem- 
ber 19, 1874, daughter of Dr. Stephen and Alice 
Hewitt, (Dana) Tracy; they were the parents of six 
children, as follows: Alice, born March 1, 1861; 
William Farrand, of whom further; Stephen 
Tracy, born December 29, 1864; Rebecca, born 
September io, 1867; Edward» McCallum, born 
August 14, 1869; Judith Leavenworth, born June 
12, 1874, at Andover, Massachusetts. Rev. Wil- 
liam W. Livingston married (second) at Peters- 
boro, New Hampshire, November 3, 1880, Ermina 
Cutter Campbell, daughter of Dr. William John- 
son and Sarah Augusta (Cutter) Campbell. 

Rey. William Farrand Livingston, son of Rev. 
William Wallace and Martha Everts (Tracy) Liv- 
ingston, was born in Sivas, Turkey in Asia, July 5, 
1862. After graduation from Williams College, 
in the class of 1884, he entered the Hartford 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Theological Seminary, graduating in 1887, then 
pursuing post-graduate studies. in the Union 
Theological Seminary, of New York, during 1889- 
90. He was pastor of the Congregational Church 
at Fryeburg, Maine, 1887-89, and at North Abing- 
ton, Massachusetts, 1890-92. Ordained into the 
ministry. of the Protestant Episcopal church, he 
was in charge of St. Matthias’ chureh, at Rich- 
mond, Maine, from 1892 to 1900. From 1892 to 
1914 he was also in charge of St. Barnabas’ church 
at Augusta, Maine, and for the whole period from 
1892 to the present time (1919) he*has been rector 
for the parish of St. Matthew’s, at Hallowell, 
Maine. From 1906 to 1918, he was. secretary of 
the Diocese of Maine. Mr. Livingston, from 
1903 to 1918, served as assistant State librarian 
of Maine. Heisa member of the Maine Historical 
Society, fraternizes with the Masonic order, be- 
longing to lodge, chapter and council, and belongs 
to the Zeta Psi Society, with which he became 
affiliated during his college years. 

Rev. William F. Livingston married, December 
30, 1890, at Augusta, Maine, Margaret Vere Far- 
rington, born at Fryeburg, Maine, May 22, 1863, 
died in Boston, Massachusetts, August 20, 1914, 
daughter of Colonel E. C. and Emma’C. Farring- 
ton. Children of William Farrand and Margaret 
Vere (Farrington) Livingston: Robert Royce, 
born in Augusta, Maine, December 29, 1893, died 
there May 13, 1895; Margaret, born in Augusta, 
Maine, April 28, 1896, educated in the Misses 
Allen School for Girls, at West Newton, Massa- 
chusetts, Miss Capen’s School for Girls, at North- 
ampton, Massachusetts, and the Bryant & Strat- 
ton School, of Boston, Massachusetts... 


GEORGE BRADFORD HAYWARD, one of 
the most prominent men in Ashland, Maine, 
though not a son of the soil, had been a resident 
of that town since 1865. 
with many successful enterprises, one being in 


partnership with his brother, Jarvis Hayward, of — 
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Portage Lake. 


George B. Hayward continued in the business for 
several years longer. 
largely interested in the manufacture of starch, 
and conducted a flourishing dry goods and gro- 
ceries store, as well as running a well stocked 
farm. One of Mr. Hayward’s particular hobbies 
was a love of horses, and he kept an unusually 
fine string of racing horses which he personally 
supervised, though keeping a professional trainer 
for that purpose. But though so occupied with 
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self in the affairs of the town, being a director 
of the Presque Isle National Bank, and at one 
time holding the position of town treasurer. It is 
a well known fact that when any plans for the wel- 
fare of the town were projected, he was never 
slow to help generously; while his purse was 
ever open to the call of the poor and afflicted in 
the community. He was one of the promoters of 
the idea of a newspaper for Ashland, and person- 
ally sent many copies of it to friends living at 
distant points. He also had been an ardent worker 
in the effort to secure the coming of the new 
railroad to Ashland. Though Mr. Hayward was 
distinctly a public-spirited man, and enjoyed the 
respect of all his townspeople, he never took an 
active part in politics, but was content to vote a 
straight Republican ticket. While giving liber- 
ally to all denominations, Mr. Hayward never be- 
came a member of any church, though a regular 
attendant of the Congregational church, and as a 
mark of his interest in that particular body pre- 
sented it with a bell. 

George Bradford Hayward was born in the 
town of Brighton, New Brunswick, May 28, 1848, 
of good, sturdy ancestry, being the son of George 
and Mary A. (Sewell) Hayward, the former 
named a farmer in that section. He attended the 
public schools in the district and received a 
good fundamental education which fitted him for 
his successful career in after life. He married 
(first) . He married (second) in Ash- 
land, December 24, 1894, Mrs. Frances A. Carter, 
formerly Frances A. De Grasse, daughter of 
James F. and Hannah (Seeley) De Grasse. She 
had previously been the wife of Josiah H. Carter, 
by whom she had one son, Charles A. Carter, 
who married Hannah E. Gardiner. Mrs. Hay- 
ward had no children by her second husband. 

Several years ago Mr. Hayward built a hand- 
some house for himself and wife where the latter 
stili lives, Mr. Hayward having died September 
22, 1917. In his death the inhabitants of Ash- 
land feel deeply the loss of one of its best citi- 
zens, and a friend, loyal alike to rich and poor. 
Though of a genial disposition, he was not allied 
with any fraternal or secret order. 


JOSIAH HENRY CARTER was born in Mon- 
ticelo, Maine, January 27, 1844, died November 
3, 1893. He was educated in the district schools, 
and during his business career was a contracting 
builder of Ashland, a man of great mechanical 
ability, highly regarded for his upright, manly 
character and life. He was a veteran of the Civil 
, War, serving with the Seventeenth Regiment, 


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Maine Volunteer Infantry, during the four years 
that the war lasted. After the war, he settled in 
Fort Fairfield, Maine, but later moved to Ash- 
land, where his after life was spent. He was a 
Republican in politics, a member of Ashland 
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic; and a commu- 
nicant of the Protestant Episcopal church. He 
aided in all good works and did his full share in 
the support of all forward movements in his 
community. 

Mr. Carter married ,in Fort Fairfield, Maine, 
Frances A. De Grasse, daughter of James F. 
and Hannah (Seeley) De Grasse, a descendant 
of County De Grasse. Mr. and Mrs. Carter were 
the parents of a son, Charles A. Carter, of fur- 
ther mention. Mrs. Carter survived her husband, 
and married (second) December 24, 1894, George 
Bradford Hayward (q.v.), who died September 
22, 1917. Mrs. Hayward continues her residence 
in Ashland; her son, Charles A. Carter, makes 
his home with her. 


CHARLES A. CARTER, only child of Jo- 
siah H. and Frances A. (De Grasse) Carter, was 
born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, March 16, 1868. 
He was educated in the public schools, and upon 
reaching a suitable age learned the carpenter’s 
trade under his father’s instruction. He was 
associated with the latter as a contracting builder 
for several years, then upon the death of the 
senior partner succeeded him in the business. He 
is well known and highly regarded in the busi- 
ness world, and is at the head of a prosperous 
concern. Mr. Carter is a Republican in politics, 
and has served his town as school committee- 
man for twelve years. He is a past master of 
Pioneer Lodge, No. 72, Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons, of Ashland; a companion of Aroostook 
Chapter, No. 20, Royal Arch Masons; a sir knight 
of St. Aldemar Commandery, No. 17, Knights 
Templar, of Houlton; Kora Temple, Ancient Ara- 
bic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Lewis- 
ton, Maine; Eastern Star Lodge of Perfection; 
fourteenth degree, Palestine Council, Princes of 
Jerusalem; sixteenth degree, Bangor Chapter of 
Rose Croix; eighteenth degree, Ancient Accepted 
Scottish Rite, of Bangor; past patron, Tillicum 
Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star, of 
Ashland. He is a member of the Protestant Epis- 
copal church and is interested in all good causes. 

Charles A. Carter married, in Ashland, Maine, 
January 20, 1891, Hannah Esther Gardiner, daugh- 
ter of William Luther and Nancy M. (Coffin) 
Gardiner. Mr. and Mrs. Carter are the parents of 


168 HISTORY 
a son and daughter: Clyde Earl, born August 22, 
1892, married Caroline Ann Madore, and has a 
son, Roger Hayward Carter; Lucy V., in training 
at the Presque Isle General Hospital. 


ARTHUR RITCHIE—Descendant of Scotch 
ancestry, his grandfather, Thomas Ritchie, a na- 
tive of Scotland, Mr. Ritchie’s line in its Ameri- 
can residence has ever been associated with the 
State of Maine, his birthplace and the scene of 
his life’s labors. Arthur Ritchie is a son of Elijah 
C. Ritchie, a native of Winterport, Maine, in call- 
ing a school teacher and farmer of that region. 
Elijah C. Ritchie married Eunice M. Littlefield, 
also born in Winterport, and they were the par- 
ents of sixteen children, of whom Arthur Ritchie 
is the youngest. 

Arthur Ritchie was born in Monroe, Maine, 
April 15, 1873, and after attending the public and 
high schools of his birthplace entered the East 
Maine Seminary at Bucksport, subsequently tak- 
ing a course in Gray’s Business College, of Port- 
land. From the age of seventeen years to his 
twenty-third year he taught school, acquiring 
an interest in educational matters that has al- 
ways remained strong and that has been a source 
of valuable public service. He began the study 
of law in the office of Ellery Bowden, of Winter- 
port, continuing under the preceptorship of Gen- 
eral C. P. Mattocks, of Portland, and the firm of 
Thompson & Wardwell, of Belfast. He was ad- 
mitted to the bar in 1896, and on February 3, 1897, 
established in practice at Liberty, Maine. Here 
he remained in professional work until November 
12, 1903, when he opened an office in Belfast, 
where he has since been a member of the legal 
fraternity. Mr. Ritchie is a member of the 
American Bar. Association, and his connections 
in Belfast are numerous, professional, social, fra- 
ternal and educational. During 1903 and 1904 he 
served as county attorney, elected to office as the 
Republican candidate. For three years he was 
superintendent .of schools in Liberty, also serv- 
ing on the school board, and for several years he 
was chairman of the school board directing the 
union schools of Belfast and Searsport. He served 
for a time as president of the Waldo County 
Teachers’ Association. Mr. Ritchie is counsel for 
the Waldo Trust Company, highly regarded in 
his profession, and is widely known in this re- 
gion. He is a member of the Belfast Board of 
Trade, and fraternizes with the Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protec- 
tive Order of Elks, the Patrons of Husbandry, in 
which he has been master of the local Grange, 


OF MAINE 


and the Masonic order, in which he holds York 
and Scottish Rites degrees, as well as belonging 
to the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mys- 
tic Shrine. He is also a member of the Coun- 
try Club, and is an attendant of the Unitarian 
church. 

Mr. Ritchie married, at Lewiston, Maine, July 
22, 1907, Hattie Skillings, born in Lewiston, a 
graduate of Bates College, daughter of James 
Dunn Skillings, a native of Yarmouth, Maine, and 
Laurinda (Stevens) Skillings, born in Embden, 
Maine. 


LOUIS C. HATCH was born in Bangor, Maine, 
September 1, 1872, the son of Silas Clinton and 
Sarah Frances (Williams) Hatch. He received 
his early education in the local schools of his 
native town, and after completing his preparatory 
training, he entered Bowdoin College, from which 
he graduated in 1895. Four years later, in 1899, 
he received the degree of Ph.D., from Harvard 
University. Continuing his scholarly pursuits, he 
remained in Cambridge, Massachusetts, doing 
historical work until.1905, and since then Mr. 
Hatch has lived in his native Bangor, of which 
place he had always been a legal resident. In 
1904 he published “The Administration of the 
American Revolutionary Army,” and in 1919 he 
wrote a “History of Maine,” published by the 
American Historical Society, Inc., of New York 
City. He has also written, but not published, 
an elaborate history of the pension legislation 
of the United States. Mr. Hatch is an indefatig- 
able student along historical lines, painstaking as 
a writer, and conservative in judgment. His 
works are of permanent value. 


EDWARD PARKHURST WASHBURN — 
Born at Taunton, Massachusetts, May, 1859, Ed- 
ward Parkhurst Washburn comes of old New 
England stock, his forebears in a direct line hay- 
ing been merchants here for four generations 


back. He is a son of Edward E. Washburn, — 


also born in Taunton, where he inherited from 
his father and grandfather the furniture store 
which has come to be so closely identified with 
the Washburn name in this region. Edward E. 
Washburn passed his entire life at Taunton, his 
death occurring there in 1899. He was a suc- 
sessful merchant. He married Mary A. Park- 
hurst, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, who sur- 
vives him, and still resides at the old Washburn 
mansion in Taunton. They were the parents of 
two sons, Edward Parkhurst, with whose career 
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who is also engaged in the furniture business at 
Taunton. 

Edward Parkhurst Washburn attended the pub- 
lic schools of Taunton for his education, and con- 
tinued thus engaged until he had reached the age 
of eighteen years. When only twelve, however, 
he began, in addition to his studies, to work in 
his father’s store, the elder man believing that 
he would better pick up the details of the busi- 
ness in this manner than to wait until later. Ac- 
cordingly he worked in this capacity for a number 
of years, and remained with his father until he 
had reached the age of twenty-seven. He then 
secured a position in a store at Newport, Rhode 
Island, where he continued for five years. Then he 
was assistant manager of the Glenwood Furniture 
Company for seventeen years at Taunton, Mas- 
sachusetts. After this he was for a time at Salem, 
and eventually came to Lewiston, Maine. In 1909 
he purchased the business of Jack & Hartley Com- 
pany in the B. Peck building and is sole owner 
of the business at the present time. There is 
placed with Mr. Washburn each year orders for 
furniture amounting to seventy-two thousand dol- 
lars, a volume of business which has caused the 
company to increase the floor space, as well as 
other facilities, to double its original extent. The 
main floor has a capacity of twenty thousand feet, 
and is the largest single show room in New 
England. There are eighteen thousand square 
feet on the fourth floor of the building, and here 
is kept what is the largest furniture stock in 
New England. He is a consulting designer and 
furnisher for Jack & Hartley Co., besides giving 
talks and lectures to various educational institutes 
on this line, and furnishes homes with all equip- 
ment needed by them, and his skill and artistic 
sense have had much to do with his successful 
achievement. 

In his youth, Mr. Washburn was an enthusi- 
astic baseball player, and he still describes him- 
self as a fan. Indeed for a time he was a semi- 
professional and was one of the best known play- 
ers in Massachusetts. Mr. Washburn, as a mat- 
ter of fact, has always enjoyed outdoor life of 
all kinds and the occupations associated there- 
with. He has for a number of years been keenly 
interested in pigeon breeding, and has gained 
a great reputation as a fancier, and won many 
blue ribbons at exhibitions held in the United 
States. In his religious belief he is a Unitarian. 

Edward Parkhurst Washburn married, June 1, 
1882, at Taunton, Massachusetts, Kate M.. Jones, 
a native of that place, daughter of Dr. E. U. 
Jones, who holds one of the chairs of Boston 


169 


University, and is a well known writer and an 
authority on all subjects connected with sanita- 
tion. Mr. and Mrs. Washburn were the parents 
of two children, twins, one of whom died in in- 
fancy; the other, Marion W., became the wife 
of William H. Miller, of Lewiston, and they are 
the parents of two daughters, Susanne Wash- 
burn and Jeanne Miller. 


GRANVILLE M. HOPKINSON, son of Wil- 
liam F. and Eunice (Decker) Hopkinson, was born 
at Fort Hill, Maine, April 2, 1862. His father was 
an attorney-at-law and represented his district in 
the State Legislature, and served also in several 
of the town offices. He died when his son, Gran- 
ville M., was an infant of two years old. The 
father was a Republican in his politics, and his 
son has followed in his steps. 

Granville M. Hopkinson was educated in the 
common schools and then went through the high 
school, after which he entered upon agricultural 
pursuits which he has continued all his life. He 
is a member of the Odd Fellows, and of the 
Grange, in the latter having served as treasurer. 
He is a member of the religious society of 
Friends. 

He married at Presque Isle, September 15, 
1885, Ermintine Johnston, born September ‘5, 
1869, a daughter of Frank L. and Mary (Beet- 
sill) Johnston. Their children are: Alice Fern, 
born November 4, 1886; Granville Mellen, born 
February 7, 1888; Grace, born March 23, 1880, 
died February 13, 1891; Earl Decker, born Febru- 
ary 3, 1891, enlisted in the World War, October 
3, 1917; Amy Eunice, born February 19, 1893; Le- 
verse Blanche, born September 20, 1894; Stanley 
Fry, born February 26, 1895; Willena May, born 
June 11, 1896; Harold Henry, born October 3, 
1899. 


EUGENE I. HERRICK—From the age of 
seven years Eugene I. Herrick lived in Range- 
ley, Maine, becoming one of the best known 
and most prominent business men of that village 
and of Franklin county, in which it is situated. 
He took an active, hearty part in all that inter- 
ested his neighbors, and was one with them in 
their joys and sorrows, their success and failures, 
a sympathetic, kindly friend in whose fidelity all 
could with safety confide. When the time came 
to render the last honors to their friend all busi- 
ness houses in Rangeley were closed, and his 
brethren of the Knights of Pythias escorted their 
fallen comrade from the church to the village 
cemetery, where his brethren of the Masonic 


170 


order laid him at rest according to the beautiful 
Masonic burial ritual. 

The tradition of the very ancient family of 
Herrick claim their descent from Erick, a Dan- 
ish chief, who invaded Britain during the reign 
of Alfred; and having been vanquished by that 
Prince was compelled with his followers to re- 
people the wasted district of East Europe, the 
government of which he held as a fief to the 
English crown. He is recognized in history as 
“Ericke, King of those Danes who hold the Coun- 
tries of East Angle.” The Norman invasion found 
this name represented as Eric, the Forester, who 
resided in Leicestershire and possessed exten- 
sive domains along the sources of the Severn and 
on the borders of Wales. Eric raised an army 
to repel the invaders, and in the subsequent ef- 
forts of the English Earl and Princes to dis- 
possess the Normans of their recent conquest, 
and to drive them out of the country, he bore 
a prominent and conspicuous part. He shared in 
the unfortunate issue of all these patriotic efforts, 
and his followers and allies were stripped of their 
estates. The sources of his own power were dried 
up, and, being no longer in a condition formid- 
able to the new government, Eric was taken into 
favor by William, entrusted with important of- 
fices about his-person and in the command of his 
armies, and in his old age was permitted to re- 
tire to his house in Leicestershire, where he 
closed a stormy and eventful life. 

Of the twelfth generation in descent from Eric, 
the Forester, was Sir William Herrick, of Beau 
Manor Park, member of Parliament from 1601 
to 1630, knighted in 1605, who “was a successful 
courtier and politician from 1575, when he first 
attached himself to the court of Queen Eliza- 
beth, by whom he was commissioned on an im- 
portant embassy to the Ottoman Porte, and 
as a reward for his singular diplomatic success 
with the hitherto intractable Turk, he was ap- 
pointed to a lucrative situation in the Exche- 
quer which he held through the remainder of this 
and the following reign of James.” His fifth son 
was Henry, who in all likelihood was the founder 
of the Herrick line of New England after his 
marriage to Editha, daughter of Hugh Laskia, of 
Salem, who bore him eight children. 

The line of Eugene I. Herrick, of Rangeley, 
Maine, is through Joseph Herrick, “a man of 
great firmness and dignity of character,’ who, 
“in addition to the care and management of his 
large farm was engaged in foreign commerce. 
As he bore the title of governor he had probably 
been at some time in command of a military post 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


or district, or perhaps of a West India colony. 
His descendants are numerous, and have occu- 
pied distinguished. stations, often exhibiting a 
transmitted military stamp. Joseph Herrick was 
in the Naragansett fight.’ His first wife was 
Sarah, daughter of Richard Leach, whom he mar- 
ried in 1666-67; his second, Mary Endicott. His 
son, Joseph (2) Herrick, eldest child of his first 
marriage, had a son, Benjamin Herrick, through 
whom the line continued to Benjamin (2) Her- 
rick. Benjamin (2) Herrick married Mary Rich- 
ardson, and their son, Howard Herrick, who set- 
tled in Franklin county, Maine, married Eliza- 
beth Richardson. Benjamin (3) Herrick, son of 
Howard and Elizabeth (Richardson) Herrick, was 
for twenty-three years selectman of the town of 
Fairbanks, Maine, and for one term seryed his 
district in the State Legislature. He married 
Sarah Keizer, of Welded Lincoln pesoty, 
Maine. 

John Fairfield Herrick was the son of “‘Benja- 
min (3) and Sarah (Keizer) Herrick, and father 
of Eugene Ira Herrick, of this record. He was a 
stone mason of the town of Rangeley, and was 
a man prominent in town affairs. He gave his 
allegiance to the Democratic party in politics, 
and served his townsmen as a member of the 
board of selectmen. He married Abbie, daugh- 
ter of Silas and Elmira Spaulding, who bore him 
two children. 

Eugene Ira Herrick, son of John Fairfield and 
and Abbie (Spaulding) Herrick, was born in New 
Vineyard, Maine, July 6, 1863, and died in 
Rangeley, Maine, October 9, 1917. As a lad of 
seven years he began his life connection with the 
town of Rangeley, and in that vicinity he ac- 
quired his general and business education, gradu- 
ating in 1884 from the Rockland Business College. 
When a young man, Mr. Herrick passed several — 
winters in the lumber camps of Maine, there gain- 
ing an experience extremely valuable to him 
when he engaged in lumber operations in later 
life. From 1897 to 1899 he was treasurer of the 
Rangeley Mercantile Company, in the latter year 
forsaking the general merchandise field for lum- 
ber operating and fire insurance dealings. In 1907 
he bought out the interest of Mr. Neal in the firm 
of Neal, Oakes & Quimby, purchasing the entire 
business in 1912.. Disposing of this holding in 
the following year he entered the firm of Fur- 
bush & Herrick, under which name he was active 
in the large*insurance dealings of Franklin county. 
Mr. Herrick’s business life was an open book, 
marked only by energetic prosecution of the 
proposition in hand, and a scrupluous regard for 


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the reputation of his home. His abilities were 
called upon in the public service on numerous 
occasions, and from the time of the erection of 
the Rangeley Village Corporation until his death 
he filled the offices of either clerk or treasurer, 
besides which he was for twelve years a member 
of the board of selectmen, six years as chairman. 
Always an ardent supporter of Democratic prin- 
ciples, that party called him to membership on 
the Democratic State Committee as the repre- 
sentative of Franklin county, and in the ses- 
sions of 1915-16 he sat in the State Senate, the 
first member of his party to fill the Franklin 
county seat in sixty years. The other local or- 
ganizations in which he was most concerned 
were the Round Pond Improvement Company, of 
which he was a director and clerk; the Frank- 
lin County Land Company, in which he filled 
‘the same office in addition to that of treasurer; 
and the Rangeley Trust Company, on whose di- 
rectorate he served. While Mr. Merrick lived 
close to his many friends in the county and State, 
those who knew him in his fraternal orders felt 
the kindness of his nature, the warmth of his true 
hearted friendliness. In the Masonic order he 
was a past master of Blue Mountain Lodge, Free 
and Accepted Masons, of Phillips; master of Kem- 
ankeag Lodge of Rangeley; a companion of 
Franklin Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; a mem- 
ber of Jephthah Council Royal and Select Mas- 
ters; and a sir knight of Pilgrim Commandery, 
Knights Templar, of Farmington. He was a 
thirty-second degree Mason. He was also the 
first chancellor commander of Oquossoc Lodge, 
Knights of Pythias; and a member of the Patrons 
of Husbandry. He was an attendant, with his 
family, of the Baptist church. 

Eugene Ira Herrick married, November 16, 
1892, Alice H. Huntoon, of Rangeley, daughter of 
John and Mehitable (Ross) Huntoon, and they 
were the parents of two sons, Howard and Rich- 
ard Herrick. 


ORLAND EPHRAIM FROST—The position 
held in manufacturing lines by Mr. Frost is one 
that is due entirely to his personal efforts—to 
his tireless devotion to the affairs of increasing 
importance with which he has been associated. 
At the present time (1919) he is owner of the 
business of Mathews Brothers, a firm with which 
he was first connected as superintendent, and he 
is also president of the Waldo Trust Company, 
of Belfast, with other large and important inter- 
ests. Mr. Frost is a son of Jacob L. and Sarah 
(Doe) Frost, his father a carpenter of St. Al- 
bans, where his life was passed. 


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Orland E. Frost was born in St. Albans, Som- 
erset county, Maine, December 14, 1864, and after 
attending the public schools became a student in 
the Maine Central Institute, at Pittsfield. He fin- 
ished his studies in Hinman’s Business Col- 
lege, of Worcester, Massachusetts, and at the 
age of sixteen years he entered the employ of 
the firm of Rice & Griffin, his term of service 
with them covering a period of fifteen years. 
Their line was the manufacture of sash and doors 
and during the last two years of his employ- 
ment Mr. Frost was assistant superintendent of 
the plant, where one hundred and fifty men 
were employed. His next position was as travel- 
ing salesman for the Seldon Cypress Door Com- 
pany, and for one and one-half years he was in 
this employ, being entrusted with special duties 
in systematizing and reorganizing the produc- 
tion and field work of the company, which was 
located at Palatka, Florida. His connection with 
the business of Mathews Brothers began July 26, 
1898, as superintendent, and as opportunity of- 
fered he acquired additional holdings in the 
company until he is now sole owner, with only 
one share of the company’s stock outstanding. 
The company formerly manufactured doors, sash, 
and blinds, while the present operations are in 
the making of box shooks and caskets and in 
ship-building. The Waldo Trust Company, of 
which he is president, is Mr. Frost’s chief inter- 
est outside his private enterprise, and he is also 
a trustee of the Belfast Savings Bank. 

Mr. Frost, a Republican in political faith, is 
deeply interested in public affairs as concerning 
the city and State, and during the war, particu- 
larly in regard to his ship-building activity, patri- 
otically and constantly supported the govern- 
ment. He supported the government financial - 
campaigns with his means and influence and in 
every way realized the obligations of good citi- 
zenship, meeting the special demands made upon 
the heads of financial institutions with ready re- 
sponse. Mr. Frost holds the thirty-second de- 
gree in the Masonic order, and also belongs to 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. With his 
family he is a member of the Baptist church. 

Mr. Frost married (first) in March, 1885, Idella 
F. Merrow, of Hartland, Maine, who died in 1888. 
They were the parents of one daughter, Ethola, 
teacher of musical history in Meredith College, 
North Carolina. He married (second) in Au- 
gust, 1896, Anna Tucker, born in London, Eng- 
land, daughter of William and Isabella (Whitley) 
Tucker, and they have the following children: 
Myrtle, a graduate of Wheaton College, class of 
1918; and Katherine, a student in high school. 


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PHILO H. REED—At the age of eighteen 
years Philo H. Reed came to Aroostook county, 
Maine, and began farming with his father. Ten 
years later, with a capital of $1,000, he began an 
independent business as a farmer and potato buyer, 
raising and selling seed potatoes and selling agri- 
cultural machinery. That was in 1890, and the 
years which have since elapsed, twenty-nine, have 
brought him abundant success from a financial 
standpoint as well as high reputation as Maine’s 
largest potato shipper. Potato houses all over 
Aroostook county form part of his investment, 
and he is a well known specialist in seed potatoes 
which are particularly selected to thrive and pro- 
duce under Aroostook county soil and climate 
conditions. In 1907 he built a handsome resi- 
dence in Fort Fairfield, and there he has since 
made his home. He is a son of Webster and 
Electa (Spaulding) Reed, who at the time of the 
birth of their son, Philo, were living at Madison, 
Somerset county, Maine, on the Kennebec river. 
Later the family moved to Aroostook county, 
forty-two miles north of Houlton. 

Philo H. Reed was born in Madison, Maine, 
January 11, 1862, and there was educated in the 
grade and high schools. His youth was spent on 
the home farm in Somerset county, and after 
1880 on the farm in Fort Fairfield, Aroostook 
county. There he was associated with his 
father in farming operations until 1890, except 
for one season which he spent in the West. In 
1890 he married and settled on his own farm, 
there remaining four years, then sold and bought 
again, finally owning a productive farm of three 
hundred acres. He specialized in potato grow- 
ing, and in addition to raising high quality seed 
potatoes he bought as heavily as his means would 
allow. As he became thoroughly familiar with 
the business and fully aware of its possibilities 
he expanded and reached out for more business. 
The largest individual shipper of seed potatoes 
in New England is his title; in 1918 he sent to 
market one thousand loaded cars. These potatoes 
are gathered and stored in houses built for the 
purpose at different points along the railroads 
of Aroostook county, and then sent to such mar- 
kets and at such times as Mr. Reed decides He 
is also in the automobile business, and in 1917 
built the best and most up-to-date garage in 
Maine. At his farm he has a string of good 
horses which are his delight. He and his sons 
produced from their own farms of three hundred 
and twenty acres, eighty-one thousand bushels of 
potatoes in 1918, which was a satisfactory busi- 
ness in itself without considering the vast quan- 
tity he buys and ships. 


OF MAINE 


Mr. Reed was one of the organizers of the 
Frontier Trust Company of Fort Fairfield, of 
which he is vice-president and director. He is 
also vice-president of the Fort Fairfield Hotel 
Company. He is a Republican in politics. He 
married, in Fort Fairfield, Maine, in April, 1890, 
Myra Louise Foster, daughter of Lincoln and 
Z——— (Bishop) Foster. They are the parents 
of the following children: George W., Elizabeth 
Louise, Walter Manley, Clara, Ralph, Gertrude, 
Hazel, and Clarence. 


ALBION P. TOPLIFF, M.D.—Son of a tal- 
ented physician, it was in the field of medicine 
that Albion P. Topliff found the opportunity for 
the lofty service that enriched his life and en- 
deared him to his fellowmen. For more than 
twenty-five years he practiced his profession in 
Woodfords, now a part of the city of Portland, 
and he filled the many relations into which the 
physician, as no other, is permitted to come with 
unswerving fidelity to the highest ideals of his 
calling and with a sympathy and kindliness un- 
limited. Men and women found in him a skilled 
doctor for their physical ailments, a ready listener 
and wise counselor when troubles were of the 
mind and heart, and a faithful, loyal friend when 
there was need for a word of cheer and a 
sharer of burdens. It is fifteen years since he was 
called from his place, yet among those who knew 
him there lingers strong the memory of his gentle 
spirit and the inspiration of his life, lived in the 
love and approbation of all men. 

Albion P. Topliff was a son of Dr, Calvin Top- 
liff, who was a descendant of an old English fam- 
ily of Lincolnshire, England, born in Hanover, 
New Hampshire. After preliminary education 
Calvin Topliff entered Dartmouth College, situ- 
ated in his town, and received the degree of M.D. 
from the medical department of this institution. 
He established in practice in Freedom, Carroll 
county, New Hampshire, and was there active in 
his profession for forty years, also serving for — 
years on Freedom’s school board. He was past 
master of Freedom Lodge, Free and Accepted 
Masons, and when a chapter of this body was 
organized in Freedom it was named in honor of 
his life and eminent service, Calvin Topliff Chap- 
ter, Royal Arch Masons. His death occurred in 
1867. Dr. Calvin Topliff married Ann Andrews, 
daughter of John A. Andrews, of Freedom, and 
they were the parents of: Jane, Ruth, Rose, 
Frank, Orestes, and Albion P., of whom further. 

Albion P. Topliff was born in Freedom, New 
Hampshire, March 14, 1843, died in Portland, 
Maine, May 8, 1904. After attendance in the 


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public schools he prepared for college at the 
Masonic Institute, maintained by the Masonic order 
at Effingham, New Hampshire. Between this 
period and his course at Dartmouth College, his 
father’s alma mater, whence he was graduated, class 
of 1867, he studied medicine under the preceptor- 
ship of Dr. Topliff, continuing with his father 
until the latter’s death soon afterward. Then he 
continued study at Bellevue Hospital, New York, 
after receiving his degree, beginning practice in 
Freedom, New Hampshire, where he was widely 
known and where his father had served so long 
and faithfully. Until 1871 he was in practice in 
Freedom, during this period finishing a post- 
graduate course in medicine and surgery, and 
from 1871 to 1878 followed his profession in Gor- 
ham, Maine, then coming to Woodfords, where 
his after life was spent. He was a member of the 
Academy of Medicine, the Cumberland Medical 
and the Maine State Medical societies, taking 
part in the gatherings and deliberations of all. 
He was a physician of learning and ability, a tire- 
less student in everything of progress in his pro- 
fession, and was recognized by his associates in 
medicine, as an ornament to his profession. Like 
his father, in many channels of his life, he again 
followed him in his public service, confining his 
office-holding to work on the school boards of 
his different places of residence. He belonged to 
Woodfords Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; 
Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Port- 
land Commandery, Knights Templar. He was a 
communicant of the Episcopal church. 

Dr. Albion P. Topliff married, December 9, 
1875, Caroline B. Adams, daughter of James and 
Anne M. (Agry) Adams, of Maine. James Adams 
filled prominent positions at the Maine bar, prac- 
ticing in partnership with Judge Tenney, of 
Norridgewock, Maine. Children of James and 
Anne M. (Agry) Adams: Elizabeth, who died, 
aged twenty-five years; Walter C., who died aged 
fifty-one years; and Caroline B., of previous men- 
tion, widow of Dr. Albion P. Topliff, residing in 
Portland. Children of Dr. Albion P. and Caroline 
B. (Adams) Topliff: 1. Annie T., married Harry 
L. Whitcher, and has children: Marguerite T. 
and Robert. 2. Florence A., married James G. 
Wallace. 3. Philip, a teacher of stenography, 
married Irene Surrage, of Rochester, New York. 


JOHN C. McFAUL—Among the business men 
of Calais, Maine, and of Bar Harbor, none occu- 
pies a more prominent place than John C. Mc- 
Faul. It has been his good fortune to hold 
many positions of trust, always with credit to 


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himself and to the town where he resides. He 
was born in Pembroke, Maine, October 20, 1879, 
the son of James and Margaret McFaul. He re- 
ceived his early training in the schools of that 
place, graduating from the Pembroke High 
School when nineteen years old. His first employ- 
ment was in 1899, as timekeeper with the New 
England Telegraph & Telephone Company. Hav- 
ing filled this position in a satisfactory manner, 
he was appointed manager of the company’s ex- 
change in Dover-Foxcroft. From there he was 
transferred to Bar Harbor as manager. Having 
gained considerable experience during this time, 
he later became general manager of the Eastern 
Telegraph & Telephone Company, with headquar- 
ters in Calais, a busy, thriving city in Washing- 
ton county. Here Mr. McFaul made his home, 
identifying himself with the leading enterprises 
of the town, both charitable and social, occupy- 
ing several highly honorable positions. He was 
chosen president of the Washington County 
Light & Power Company, then treasurer of the 
Citizen’s. Gas Company of Calais, and later be- 
came treasurer of the Washington County Lum- 
ber Company, this last opening up opportunities 
to become interested in the purchase of timber 
lands, and eventually he became owner of valu- 
able properties in the lumber section of the 
State. Mr. McFaul is one of the directors of the 
International Trust & Banking Company of Cal- 
ais. In addition to this he is a director of the 
First National Bank of Bar Harbor. 

Though a Republican in politics, Mr. McFaul 
has never been an active worker in the party, 
nor has he ever sought to hold any public office 
in either town or State. The only fraternal order 
with which he is connected is the Royal Arcanum; 
but that he finds pleasure in the society of his 
fellowman is evidenced by the fact that he is a 
member of several clubs, one, the St. Croix, of 
Calais, of which he is a director, and in Bar Har- 
bor he holds membership in the Sixty Three Club. 
He is greatly interested in the Calais Hospital, 
being one of the board of trustees. 

Mr. McFaul married, in Boston, February 5, 
1915, Blanche Harriman, daughter of William 
H. and Hannah Harriman. They have no chil- 
dren. 


HORACE FRANK FARNHAM, eleventh in 
line of ancestry since the landing of Ralph Farn- 
ham in 1635, was born in Augusta, Maine, Au- 
gust 31, 1851, and died in Portland, January 6, 
1913. He was the eldest son of Joseph and Mar- 
tha C. (Starkey) Farnham, both of Maine par- 


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entage, his father being for many years a mer- 
chant of Augusta. 

The Farnhams are of English descent, the name 
derived from two words, farn, the German for 
fern, and ham, Anglo-Saxon for home; hence 
Farnhams were a race whose homes were among 
the ferns, and came from Surrey county, Eng- 
Ind, where, about twenty miles from London, in 
the town of Farnham, where one of England’s 
oldest and most historical castles may be found. 
Lord Farnham was a prominent figure in the 
history of England during the war with France. 
Ralph Farnham sailed, with his wife Alice, from 
Southampton, April 6, 1635, the James, 
and after a voyage of fifty-eight days, landed in 
Boston, June 3. From their two sons, Ralph and 
Daniel, all Maine Farnhams descended. The 
Farnhams were brave, grand soliers, and fought 
for their country in both the Revolution and the 
War of 1812, as well as the Civil War. Tall, 
muscular, fair-haired, blue-eyed, intelligent, apt 
and active, they have been ever proved charac- 
teristic of their motto on the Farnham coat-of- 
arms: WNullius addictus jurare 
which translated reads: “Inclined to swear in the 
words of no master.” When Edward VII, then 
Prince of Wales, was in Boston, he met Ralph 
Farnham, who was one of the American officers 
present at General Burgoyne’s surrender, and the 
last survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill. “It 
was interesting,’ said one of the Prince’s friends, 
“to witness a veteran of the Revolution, one hun- 
dred and five years old, shaking hands with a 
Prince whose great-great-great-grandfather was 
on the throne of England when he was born, and 
whose great-grandfather, George III, he had con- 
tended against during the Revolution.” 

Horace Frank Farnham passed his boyhood 
and early life in Augusta, and after completing 
course in the grammar school, decided to learn 
the glazing trade rather than receive a college 
education which his father offered him. He re- 
mained in Augusta until 1872, when he became 
of age, married.and located in: Chicago, Illinois, 
where he was employed as shipping clerk by Goss 
& Phillips. He remained with them until 1874 
when he returned to Maine, settling in Portland 
and entering business with his brother, Charles, 
under the name of Carleton & Farnham, in the 
doors, sash and blind business. Later this was 
changed to H. F. Farnham & Company, with the 
addition of importing glass, and in 1909 the busi- 
ness was incorporated as the H: F. Farnham 
Company, with Mr. Farnham as president, a short 
time after which his health forbid active serv- 


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HISTORY OF MAINE 


ice. He was devoted to his business, 5 A. M. 
often witnessing his arirval at his office where 
he had driven from his home in the Deering dis- 
trict, followed by the finest pair of pointers in 
the country. Possessing both foresight in buy- 
ing and unusual ability in selling, he established 
and built up a large and sucecssful business 
which after more than forty years of exacting 
labor falls into other hands; but a flourishing 
business remains, the result of his able manage- 
ment and untiring industry. His training was 
not secured through the regular educational in- 
stitutions, but he was what we used to call a 
self-made man, entering the business world while 
still a boy and developing in the midst of un- 
remitting toil. But his interests were keen and 
broad and by no means confined to the limited 
sphere of daily work. He loved the open and 
was a true sportsman in the best sense of the 
word. From the time of “ice going out” through 
the partridge and wood-cock season, and later 
big game hunting in the Northern woods, he was 
happy with rod, shot-gun and dogs, or rifle, when- 
ever business or family cares would allow. He 
was also an able correspondent and for some 
years connected with the Lewiston Journal, writ- 
ing under the name of “Songo.” In a letter 
dated October 29, 1898, F. L. Dingley, treasurer 
of the Lewiston Journal Company, writes: “I 
wish you had not been such a success in the door, 
sash and blind business, because if you had not 
been I should have selected you as one of the 
best newspaper men in Maine. It was like a. 
breeze from the lakes and the forest, and the 
wildwood in June, to get your esteemed letter 


on Saturday. I only wish the mood would strike — 


you oftener.” 
art and literature, and his love for the beautiful 
joined with his love for the useful to make a 
well-rounded character. Mr. 
member of all Masonic bodies, including the 
thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. When 
he could no longer physically meet the every- 
day demands of business life, many words of regret 


in the business district with respect and affection. 


and sympathy were spoken, and he is Saal 


He enjoyed the higher things of © 


Farnham was a 


His connection with the New England Fair as 
manager of Rigby Park made his name a famil- — 
iar one all over New England, erect, vigorous and 


handsome, he looked a natural leader, and such — 


he proved himself to be. And he was more than. 
the organizer of the great fair, he was always 
the courteous friend of everybody, the one man 
who never lost his head. In fact he did every- 
thing except make speeches, and he never wil- 


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lingly got into the limelight himself, but helped 
many to find themselves there. And now that he 
has gone to take his place with the “other liv- 
ing we call the dead,” his record among honored 
sons of the “Pine Tree State” stands with those 
men of special gifts and great executive ability. 

Horace Frank Farnham was twice married, hav- 
ing by his first wife four daughters: Florence 
Carleton, Lenore Butler, Sarah Thayer, and 
Maude May. In 1806 he married (second) Kate 
Wheelock Ripley, of Portland, Maine, who sur- 
vives him. Six children were born to them: 
Ralph Newhall, who died in infancy; Frank, John 
Ripley, Katharine, Edward, and Albert Newhall, 
now living with their mother at Brighton avenue, 
Portland, in the beautiful house erected by Mr. 
Farnham. 

The last years of his life were years of lessen- 
ing powers and inactivity, which to a man of his 
temperament were particularly hard to bear, and 
yet there was little complaint. He bore his suf- 
fering with an indomitable spirit, and those about 
him never ceased to wonder at the brave heart 
of the man. There was no ostentatious cour- 
age, it was the quiet, cheerful resignation of the 
man who meets life unflinchingly and yet mod- 
estly. His whole career may best be charac- 
terized by the term, faithfulness. He was faith- 
ful to life’s nearest duties, faithful to the demands 
of his work and home. And to such retiring 
loyalty must go forth our sincerest praise. 


FRANKLIN ROMANZO REDLON — As 
president of the N. E. Redlon Company, Mr. 
‘Redlon is identified with the oldest contracting 
company in the city of Portland. He is a gradu- 
ate of Portland schools, interested in her business 
and financial enterprises, member of fraternal and 
social organizations, incumbent, now and in the 
past, of public office, and in every way measures 
up to the high standard of citizenship that has 
made Portland the thriving, progressive city it is. 
Mr. Redlon is a son of Nathan Elden Redlon, 
born in Buxton, Maine, in 1832, founder, in 1866, 
of the present contracting firm of N. E. Redlon 
Company. Nathan Elden Redlon was for seve- 
ral years a member of the Portland Board of Al- 
dermen, and in 1879 and 1880 represented his 
district in the State Legislature. His wife was 
Alcadania (Cushing) Redlon, daughter of Dr. 
John Cushing, of Lisbon Falls, Maine. 

Franklin Romanzo Redlon was born in Gor- 
ham, Maine, June 17, 1857, and after attendance 
at the public schools, including one year in the 
high school, he entered Gray’s Business College, 


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whence he was graduated. As a youth he learned 
the mason’s trade, beginning at the age of six- 
teen years with the firm of Knight, Green & 
Company, of which his father was a member. 
In 1880 ke was admitted to his father’s firm and 
since that time has been actively engaged in gen- 
eral contracting, at the present time heading the 
N. E. Redlon Company as president. In addi- 
tion to his private interests, Mr. Redlon serves 
the Casco Mercantile Trust Company, of Port- 
land, as director, as well as the Casco and Port- 
land Building and Loan associations. 

Mr. Redlon has been a member of the Board 
of Aldermen of the city of Deering, and during 
the sessions of 1908-1910, represented his dis- 
trict in the State Legislature, in this, as in busi- 
ness, following in the path of his honored father. 
He is a member of the Park Commission of the 
city of Portland, giving to this office the diligent 
service that has characterized his occupancy of 
all positions of public trust and responsibility. 
For several years he was a member of the Port- 
land Light Infantry, although he saw no active 
service with this organization. 

Mr. Redlon is a member of the Portland Club, 
an ex-president of the board of governors, and is 
a communicant of the Episcopal church. His fra- 
ternal orders are the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, and the Masonic, in which his affili- 
ations are as follows: past master of Ancient 
Landmark Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; 
past high priest of Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons; past thrice illustrious master of Portland 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; past com- 
mander of St. Albans Commandery, Knights 
Templar; past grand high priest of the Grand 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of the State of 
Maine; past grand commander of the Grand Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar of the State of 
Maine. Mr. Redlon is an ex-president of the 
Builders’ Exchange and of the Maine Charitable 
Mechanics’ Association. 

Mr. Redlon married, at Portland, Maine, Au- 
gust 24, 1880, Jennie E. Hennigar, of Kennet- 
cook, Nova Scotia, daughter of John A. and Le- 
titia (Densmore) Hennigar, her father a farmer 
of that place, and they are the parents of: 1. Na- 
than, born March 29, 1883, a graduate of Dart- 
mouth College, class of 1906; treasurer and gen- 
eral manager of the N. E. Redlon Company; pres- 
ent adjutant of the Third Regiment, National 
Guard of Maine, serving with the rank of captain 
on the staff of Governor Milliken; married 
Blanche Goding, and has two children: Frank- 


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lin Goding, born October 24, I912, and Nathan 


Carroll, Jr., born May 1, 1917. 2. Lena Fran- 
ces, born March 5, 1888; attended Wayneflete 
School, Portland, and Burnham School, at North- 
ampton, Massachusetts, now (1919) serving with 
the American Expeditionary Forces in France, in 
charge of the Young Men’s Christian Associa- 
tion canteen at Tours. 


ALFRED KING, M.D.—The history of the 
branch of the King family herein set forth, of 
which the professional record of Dr. Alfred King 
is a brilliant part, traces to the earliest period 
of American Colonial history, to John King, who 
settled prior to 1640 in that part of the town 
of Weymouth, Massachusetts, still known as 
King’s Cove, where he was on record as “sea- 
man,” ‘Planter’ and “goodman.” He was of 
English birth and parentage, and came to New 
England with John Humphrey, deputy governor 
of the Massachusetts Colony. 

(1I1)Descent from him is followed through 
Philip King, known as Captain Philip King, of 
Taunton, Massachusetts, a man of influence in the 
community as proved by his impressive funeral 
with military honors. Captain Philip King won 
the friendship of the neighboring Indians to such 
a degree that he and his family were never mo- 
lested thereby. He married, “about 1680, Judith, 
daughter of John Whitman, of Milton, Massa- 
chusetts,’ and they were the parents of seven 
children, among them John, of whom further. 

(III) John King, son of Captain Philip and 
Judith (Whitman) King, was born in Taunton, 
Massachusetts, in 1681, and died, according to his 
graveyard inscription, in 1741, “in his 60th year.” 
Like his father, he was friendly with the In- 
dians, doing humanitarian work among them and 
educating two, Campbell and Occeun, at his 
Own expense, to become missionaries among 
their people. He married, about 1700, Alice Dean, 
of a well known Taunton family, and they had 
thirteen children, one of them, Benjamin, of 
whom further. 

(IV) Benjamin King, son of John and Alice 
(Dean) King, was born in Taunton, Massachu- 
setts, and died in 1803, aged eighty-five years. He 
was representative from Raynham to the General 
Court of Massachusetts in 1774, was a delegate to 
the Provincial Congress, and was possessed of 
a large estate bordering on the river. His first 
wife was Abiah, daughter of Deacon Samuel 
Leonard, his second, Deliverance Eddy, and his 
third, Widow Cobb. There were six children of 
his first marriage, one of them George, of whom 
further. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


(V) George King, son of Benjamin and Abiah 
(Leonard) King, was born in Raynham, Massa- 
chusetts, November 27, 1744. He is described as 
a “powerful, athletic man, with a courageous 
and patriotic spirit.” He served in the Revolu- 
tionary War for a year or more under General 
Washington, at Roxbury and other places. He 
was orderly sergeant and clerk of the Raynham 
company. On the first call for soldiers he rode 
through the town to the accompaniment of fife 
and drum, rallying his townsmen to drive out of 
the country the British, “who were killing Mas- 
sachusetts men.” He was one of twelve ances- 
tors of Dr. Alfred King, who served in the 
Continental army in the Revolution. He married 
Betsey Shaw, daughter of Nathaniel and Eliza- 
beth (Hall) Shaw, and both of their sons who at- 
tained mature years, Samuel, of whom further 
and George, settled in Maine. F 

(VI) Samuel King, son of Sergeant George 
and Betsey (Shaw) King, was born in Raynham, 
Massachusetts, May 18, 1771. He was a carpen- 
ter and builder, also a farmer, and early in life 
moved, with his uncle, Jairus Shaw, to Paris, 
Maine, where he became the owner of large prop- 
erty and gained a position of prominence in the 
town. He and his wife, Sally, daughter of 
Jonathan Hall, were the parents of ten children, 
this line continuing through the eldest son and 
child, Samuel Hall. i 

(VII) Samuel Hall King, son of Samuel King, — 
was born in Paris, Maine, September 4, 1799, and 
died at Portland, Maine, May 6, 1864. He was 
a housewright and farmer, and early in life 
moved to that part of Hebron which is now 
Oxford, Maine. He took an active and influ- 
ential part in the upbuilding of the early town 
of Oxford, and prior to its establishment as a 
separate township served as selectman in Heb- 
ron, later holding the same office in Oxford and 
serving as chairman of the first Board of Select- 
men of that town. He was an interested worker 
in the State Militia, serving through all grades 
up to and including the rank of colonel. In 1845 
he moved to Portland, where he engaged in busi- 
ness. Colonel King married, October 31, 1824, 
Eliza Shaw, daughter of Gilbert and Silene — 
(Cole) Shaw, of Paris, Maine, and of the eighth 
generation from John Shaw, of Plymouth. She 
was born in Paris, Maine, September 2, 1801, and 
died in Portland, June 22, 1875. Colonel Samuel 
Hall and Eliza (Shaw) King were the parents 
of ten children, of whom but two attained ma- 
ture years, Marquis Fayette, of whom further, 
and Henry Melville, born September 3, 1838, 
died June 16, 19109. 


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(VIII) Marquis Fayette King, son of Samuel 
Hall King, was born at Oxford, Maine, Febru- 
ary 18, 1835, and died October 21, 1904. He was 
one of the leading figures in the public life of 
Portland in the latter decades of the past cen- 
tury. He was mayor of Portland, served in 
both branches of the City Council, and was a 
member of the Executive Committee of Maine. 
He was widely known in Masonic circles in 
Maine and was past grand master of the Ma- 
sonic order in the State. He was an honorary 
member of the Old Colony Historical Society 
and of the Maine Historical Society, was presi- 
dent of the Maine Genealogical Society, and 
throughout New England was regarded as an 
eminent genealogical authority. He married, 
March 8, 1856, Frances Olivia Plaisted, born Sep- 
tember 1, 1835, daughter of Samuel Pomeroy and 
Sabrina (Perkins) Plaisted. Samuel Pomeroy 
Plaisted was born in Jefferson, New Hampshire, 
July 27, 1810, and died in Portland, March 18, 
1874; Sabrina (Perkins) Plaisted was born in 
Portland, October 10, 1812, died there July 18, 
1889. Children of Marquis Fayette and Fran- 
ces Olivia (Plaisted) King: Walter Melville, 
Yorn August 5, 1857, died September 18, 1858; 
Luetta, born January 12, 1859; Alfred, of whom 
further; Warren Cloudman, born July 15, 1863, 
married, November 14, 1887, Lizzie Thomas Pen- 
nell; Francis Plaisted, born February 14, 1867. 

(1X) Alfred King, ninth in descent from John 
King, and son of Marquis Fayette and Frances 
Olivia (Plaisted) King, was born in Portland, 
Maine, July 2, 1861, and died in Portland, June 
4, 1916. He received his early education in the pub- 
lic schools of the city of Portland and was grad- 
uated from the Portland High School in the class 
of 1879. The following year he entered Colby 
College, where he pursued the classical course, 
numbering among his classmates men whose 
names later became well known in New England, 
including Asher C. Hinds, member of Congress, 
Wilford G. Chapman, mayor of Portland, and 
Elgin C. Verrill, of Portland. He became a 
member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, 
and was graduated with the degree of Bachelor 
of Arts in 1883. He then entered the Medical 
School of Maine (Bowdoin) from which he was 
graduated Doctor of Medicine in 1886. While 
still a senior at the Medical School he was ap- 
pointed house pupil at the Maine General Hos- 
pital, to fill a sudden vacancy. In 1890 he was 
made adjunct surgeon at the hospital, and in 
1891 became a full surgeon. He retained this 
office until 1907, when he resigned. In appre- 


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ciation of his services he was elected consulting 
surgeon, and continued a member of the staff of 
the Maine General Hospital until his death. 

In 1904 Dr. King, in addition to carrying on 
his work in the hospital, established a private 
hospital in the Deering district of Portland, 
known as Dr. King’s Hospital. This institution 
met with a high degree of success and did much 
toward establishing the prestige of Dr. King in 
medical and surgical circles throughout New 
England. Through his remarkable success in 
handling difficult cases brought to his hospital, 
his reputation as a physician and surgeon of the 
highest ability was built up. In connection with 
it he maintained a training school for nurses. 
He was consulting surgeon of the Webber Hos- 
pital of Saco, Maine. His knowledge of his pro- 
fession was of the broadest, most exact nature, 
embracing not only practical but theoretical 
medicine and surgery. He was deeply inter- 
ested in teaching and rendered valuable service 
as an instructor in the Medical School of Maine. 
From 1899 to 1905 he was demonstrator of anat- 
omy in this institution, from 1905 to 1907 he 
was assistant professor of clinical surgery, in I911 
and i912 lecturer in surgery, and from Ig91I2 
until his death professor of surgery. His promi- 
nence in the field of medicine in Maine was ex- 
ceeded by none, and he was loved as well as 
honored and respected by the profession. His 
long service in the teaching of anatomy, particu- 
larly in the dissecting room, and his practical 
knowledge of pathology were the best possible 
preliminaries to the understanding of surgical 
problems, and to these he added manipulative 
skill of the highest order. Marvelous celerity 
was a striking feature of his operations, but every 
step was taken with a surety that indicated per- 
fect familiarity with the ground to be traversed. 
Honors were plentifully bestowed upon him in 
recognition of his work and achievements, but 
plaudits and distinctions never evoked from him 
a sign of pride; they seemed to him mere inci- 
dents, which he valued only to the extent that 
they enlarged his opportunities for usefulness. 
The value of his work may be adequately judged 
by the fact that a fellowship in the American 
Surgical Association was conferred on him. He 
was also a member of the Cumberland Medical 
Society, the Maine Medical Society, the Interna- 
tional Society of Surgeons, the American Med- 
ical Association, and the American Therapeutic 
Society. 

Dr. King took an active and keen interest in 
the development of the city of Portland, and in 


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its political life. His interest in politics was 
essentially that of the earnest citizen and was 
without the element of ambition. He was with- 
out desire for public office and longed merely 
for the purifying of political methods and the 
raising of standards to such a height that par- 
ticipation in politics might not entail a loss of 
dignity and honor. He was a lifelong Repub- 
lican, a deep student of times and conditions, and 
alive to national, State and civic issues. The 
only public office which Dr. King ever held was 
that of city physician, from 1887 to 1890, one 
which came within the bounds of his profes- 
sional abilities. He was nevertheless active un- 
officially in politics and supported the candidacy 
of Hon. Asher C. Hinds, his former classmate, 
for the United States Congress, taking a lead- 
ing part in the campaign. He also supported the 
candidacy of Colonel Louis B. Goodall, of San- 
ford, for the Republican nomination for Con- 
gress. 

Dr. King found his greatest pleasure and re- 
laxation in agriculture and dairying. His inter- 
est in farming was very deep and extended out- 
side the bounds of his own operations. He had 
a fine concern for the advancement of agricul- 
ture in the State of Maine, and was active in 
propaganda toward this end. Dr. King owned 
an extensive dairy farm in South Paris, Maine, 
which he conducted along the most scientific 
lines. In 1908 he was founder of the Portland 
Farmers’ Club for the purpose of studying and 
bettering conditions of agriculture throughout 
Maine. Of his ambition in regard to the club, 
Colonel Frederick N. Dow, in a meeting held in 
honor of the memory of Dr. King, spoke as fol- 
lows: “I knew something of his hopes in re- 
gard to this club. He looked forward to the 
time wher the club would exert a marked in- 
fluence on the agriculture of the State. His 
hopes were not entirely realized. As I saw him 
working on his farm at one time he worked as 
though he were contributing to this end. Time 


and again he spoke of what might be done for 


the benefit of the agriculture of the State.” 

The following tributes from men high in the 
profession in Maine were paid to Dr. King as a 
physician, patron of agriculture, citizen and man 
at the meeting held in his memory by the mem- 
bers of the Portland Farmers’ Club, October 11, 

1916: 

Those who knew him intimately knew that he had 
a peculiar, almost a fascinating longing for friendship. 
Dr. King has gone. He has left a sweet memory for 
us, and he has also left for our care the Portland 


Farmers’ Club. What are we to do with it? Shall 
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he had?—Dr. Owen Smith, secretary of the Portland 
Farmers’ Club. 

My tribute is to be on what 1 know of his work and 
the intelligence of his work. For originality and per- 
fection of execution there is no one who can exceed Dr. 
King. ‘That has characterized him as a student, as a 
practitioner, and as a teacher.—Dr. John F. Thompson. 

In all the time that I knew him there was neyer a 
time that I thought he was afraid,- either physically 
or morally. He was intellectually honest. And it was 
the balancing of these qualities that gave him bis 
strength. He had confidence in his own strength and 
was without vanity. All through the High School and 
professional life those qualities were predominant. Per- 
haps without that balance one of his make-up would 
have been reckless. Another thing was his disposition 
to do service to the world. In college he always had 
the idea of doing something fine. He never entered a 
place without this thought in his mind. His work 
in politics was natural. He always took an active in- 
terest in civic affairs. I think the first of his active 
work for Mr. Hinds was inspired by his loyalty to the 
man. But although interested in Hinds I do not think 
he would have done a think if it had not been for the 
idea of service—Mayor Wilford G. Chapman, of Port- 
land. 


The joint resolutions of the Portland Farmers’ 
Club were as ‘follows: 

Resolved, That at this, the first meeting of the Port- 
land Farmers’ Club held since the decease of Dr. Alfred 
King, the club records this expression of its high ap- 
preciation of the character of Dr. King, who was its 
founder aud vice-president from its organization. While 
no word spoken here can add to the fame Dr. King 
had won in his chosen profession, nor is it necessary 
to note the high esteem in which he was held as a man 
and a citizen by the community where he had always 
lived and in which he was so well known, this club 
may testify to the qualities of his heart and his head 
which made association with him here at once a pleas- 
ure and an inspiration. He was a man whom none 
could know without respecting and with whom none 
could be intimately associated without loving. 

Resolved, That the officers of this club be requested 
to make such provision that at the first meeting ef the 
elub in October of each year some action be taken by 
way of address or otherwise, tending to preserve the 
memory of Dr. King as the founder of this club. 

Resolved, That the secretary be directed to spread 
these resolutions on the records of the club, to forward 
a copy to the widow of the late Dr. King, ard to the 
daily papers of this city for publication. 


Dr. Alfred King was a prominent figure in 
Masonic circles in Maine, holding the thirty- 
second ‘degree, Maine Consistory. He was a 
past master of Ancient Landmark Lodge and 
was installed master by his father, a Mason of 
great distinction in Maine, upon the twenty-fith 
anniversary of the elder King’s installation as 
master of the same lodge. Dr. King was at one 
time a member of the board of trustees of Colby 
College, his alma mater, for which he cherished a 
lifelong affection. Through the services of his 
patriotic ancestors he held membership in the 
Sons of the American Revolution. Into a life 
of no great length he crowded much endeavor 
and attainment, the whole pervaded by a spirit 
of unselfishness and service that makes his mem- 
ory a thing of rare beauty. 


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Dr. King married, October 26, 1887, Nellie 
Grace True, of Waterville, Maine, daughter of 
Warren M. and Lucretia (Gary) True, who sur- 
vives her husband, a resident of Boston, Massa- 
chusetts. 


ROBERT E. HONE, one of the most pro- 
gressive and successful farmers of Littleton, 
Maine, and an influential citizen of the commu- 
nity, comes of good old Maine stock and is a son 
of Thomas and Elizabeth Hone, old and highly 
respected residents of the town of New Limer- 
ick. The elder Mr. Hone and his wife were na- 
tives of Ireland, the former being a son of 
James Hone, of England, who in turn was the 
son of a Mr. Hone of Scotland. Thomas Hone 
came to the United States early in life and en- 
gaged in farming at New Limerick, Maine, where 
he had also a blacksmith’s shop. He and his 
wife were the parents of the following children: 
Sarah J., Robert E., with whose career we are 
especially concerned; David A.; John J.; and 
Catherine; all of whom with the exception of 
David A. Hone are living. 

Robert E. Hone was born February 18, 1856, 
at New Limerick, and as a lad attended the local 
public schools. He took a two year course of 
study at Houlton Academy, and upon complet- 
ing his studies at the latter institution took up 
farming as an occupation. He has been con- 
sistently engaged in this line of work ever since, 
although for two years he owned and ran a 
store at Littleton. But it is in connection with 
his public career that Mr. Hone is probably best 
known in this region, having held a number of 
important positions of trust in the gift of the 
community. He is a staunch supporter of Re- 
publican principles and policies and is regarded as 
one of the leaders of his party in this part of the 
State. He has served as chairman of the Board 
of Selectmen of the township of Littleton for 
several years, and for twenty consecutive years 
has served in the responsible post of treasurer 
of the township. He was also a member of the 
school board of Littleton, serving as superinten- 
dent of schools for six years and was clerk of the 
township for a similar period. Robert E. Hone 
was re-elected this year as chairman of the Board 
of Selectmen and also as a member of the school 
committee of Littleton. In his religious belief 
Mr. Hone is an Episcopalian and attends the 
Church of the Good Shepherd of that denomi- 
nation at Houlton. 

Robert E .Hone was united in marriage on July 
20, 1910, in the Episcopalian church at Houlton, 


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with Sarah L. Noyse, a daughter of Raymond and 
Angeline (Green) Noyse. They are the parents 
of one child, Raymond Robert E. Hone, born 
February 18, I9i2. 


HENRY WILLIAM POOR—The members of 
the ancient American family of Poor with whom 
this record is principally concerned, Henry Var- 
num Poor and Henry William Poor, both at- 
tained prominence through their connection with 
railroad development in the United States and 
the publication of text-books of railroad infor- 
mation, the various “Poor’s Manuals.” Both 
bore high reputation as students and scholars, 
Henry Varnum Poor, a noted writer on economic 
and political subjects, and Henry William Poor 
an accomplished linguist, and their liveS again 
ran parallel in their unswerving devotion to high 
ideals, their able sponsorship of the right, and 
the uplifting influence they wielded throughout 
long lives of usefulness and honor. Maine is 
the State that gave them birth, and the annals 
of the lives of her citizens are the richer for 
the chronicle of their good works. 

The family of Poor was founded by Daniel 
Poor, who came to Newburyport, Massachusetts, 
from Salisbury, England, in the ship Bevis, in 
1638, the line descending through his son, Daniel, 
and Mary Varnum, his wife; their son, Daniel, 
and Mehitable Osgood, his wife; their son, Sam- 
uel, and Deborah Kimball, his wife; their son, 
Ebenezer, and Susannah Varnum, his wife; to Dr. 
Sylvanus Poor, father of Henry Varnum Poor, 
and Mary Merrill, his wife. In the Merrill and 
Varnum lines present day members of the fam- 
ily hold membership in the various societies re- 
quiring Revolutionary ancestry, in the former 
through the services of Ezekiel Merrill, and in 
the latter through the patriotic activity of John 
Varnum, whose name is on the list of original 
lenders to the Revolutionary government. 

Henry Varnum Poor, son of Dr. Sylvanus and 
Mary (Merrill) Poor, was born in Andover, 
Maine, December 8, 1812, and died in 1905. 
“Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United 
States” was founded in connection with his son, 
Henry W. Poor, in New York, in 1868, his pre- 
vious interest in railroad publications having 
been as manager of the American Railroad Jour- 
nal, from 1849 to 1862. His economic writings 
were of national interest and effect, a treatise 
published at the outbreak of the Civil War on 
“The Effect of Secession upon the Commercial 
Relations between the North and South and upon 
each other” being taken in its first edition by the 


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Department of State for distribution abroad in 
order to strengthen the credit of the government 
by showing that the northern or loyal States 
possessed ample means for carrying the war to a 
successful conclusion, no matter the magnitude 
it might assume. His works on the monetary 
system and the tariff were widely sold and quoted. 
Henry V. Poor was secretary of the corporators 
of the Union Pacific Railroad upon the organ- 
ization of that road, and was_appointed to se- 
cure subscriptions to the capital stock of the 
company to the amount of two millions of dol- 
lars, a trust he capably discharged. His of- 
ficial connection with the road was short, but 
in 1879 he was the author of “The Union and 
Central Pacific Railroads and their Relations to 
the United States,” whose purpose was to dem- 
onstrate that the country was greatly the gainer 
by the advances made to these companies should 
the whole amount be lost. He wrote extensively 
on the above and allied topics, all of his works, 
some of them the result of deep study and long 
research, receiving the attention accorded only 
to the writnigs of men able in the command of 
their subject. His life was one of laborious ef- 
fort, dedicated, not to the acquisition of large 
personal fortune, but to the combatting of de- 
structive tendencies in the national life and to the 
founding of national institutions upon basic prin- 
ciples solid and enduring. 

Henry V. Poor married Mary Wild Pierce, 
daughter of the Rev. John Pierce, D.D., of 
Brookline, Massachusetts, a graduate of Harvard 
University in the class of 1793. 

Henry William Poor, son of Henry Varnum 
and Mary Wild (Pierce) Poor, was born in Ban- 
gor, Maine, June 16, 1844, and died in New York 
City, April 13, 1915. The summers of his boy- 
hood were spent on the old Merrill homestead 
in Andover, Maine, built by Ezekiel Merrill in 
1791 and restored by Henry Varnum Poor, who 
gave zealous care to the preservation of its 
great natural beauties, and in 1849 he came to 
New York with his parents. In New York City 
he attended the public schools and the Mount 
Washington Collegiate Institute, and he pre- 
pared for Harvard University at the Boston Latin 
School. His term at college was during the Civil 
War, and the resulting small classes made the 
work of the students attending unusualfy profit- 
able because of the close personal relations that 
became possible under those conditions. In one 
of James Russell Lowell’s classes Mr. Poor was 
one of but two students studying Italian and 
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HISTORY OF MAINE 


preciate the beauty of these tongues and the rich- 
ness of their classics that their reading remained 
a part of his lifelong recreation. He was grad- 
uated A.B. from Harvard in the class of 1865, 
later receiving his master’s degree. 

Coming to New York City with his father he 
established the firm of H. V. and H. W. Poor, 
beginning the publication of “Poor’s Manual,” 
a work which gained world wide acceptance as 
a text book of railroad information. He ac- 
quired large railroad interests and became en- 
gaged in the importation of steel rails from Nor- 
way in connection with railroad building. The 
firm of H. V. & H. W. Poor was dissolved in 
1880 and in the same year Mr. Poor became a 
member of the firm of Anthony, Poor & Oli- 
phant. This firm, which dealt largely in the 
securities of the railroads which Mr. Poor had 
helped organize, later operated as Poor & Green- 
ough, finally as H. W. Poor & Company, Mr. 
Poor gaining wide recognition through the or- 
ganization and consolidation of numerous suc- 
cessful industrial enterprises. With the appoint- 
ment of a receiver for the firm of H. W. Poor & 
Company in 1908, subsequent to the disastrous 
panic of 1907, Mr. Poor confined himself to his 
publishing interests as president of Poor’s Rail- 
road Manual Company, Inc., publishers of 
“Poor’s Manual of Railroads,’ “Poor’s Manual 
of Public Utilities,’ “Poor’s Manual of Indus- 
trials,’ and ‘“Poor’s Handbook of Investors’ 
Holdings.” 

Mr. Poor’s relaxation from business cares was 
found in a well balanced blending of the studious 
and the athletic. To his family and intimates he 
was known as a purist in language. He knew 
Horace as few men have, appreciated his writ- 
ings, and throughout his life read Greek and 
Latin, also continuing his interesting pursuit of 
Sanskrit, Hebrew, Icelandic, and Russian. He 
loved books and book-making, and acquired a 
unique and carefully chosen library, including a 
first edition of Thomas A. Kempis’ “Imitatio 
Christi,” and many other rare first editions, and 
a collection of Americana, while among his 
specially bound copies were specimens of the 
best American book binding. He was a de- 
votee of the out-of-doors and during his college 
years was a noted athlete, possessing remarkable 
muscular strength. Fishing and hunting were 
his favorite sports in his later years, although 
he was fond of any pursuit that brought him 
close to the works and beauties of nature. He 
was a member of the Hakluyt Society, the 
Grolier Club, the New York Zoological Society, 


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the Museum of Natural History, and the Sons 
of the American Revolution. 

Mr. Poor married Constance Evelyn Brandon, 
daughter of A. R. Brandon, of New York City, 
February 4, 1880, and they were the parents of: 
Henry Varnum, Edith Brandon, married Briga- 
dier-General J. K. Cochrane, of the general staff 
of the British army; Roger Merrill, Pamela, and 
Constance Mary Evelyn. 


MARY P. NOWLAND, the eldest daughter of 
James and Helen A. Nowland, was born in 
Hodgdon, Maine, November 23, 1853. She at- 
tended private schools in Carleton, New Bruns- 
wick, to which place the family moved when 
Mary P. was five years of age—afterward the 
public schools of Ashland, Maine, the town to 
which Adjutant Nowland went with his family 
in 1863 after resigning from the Fifteenth Maine 
Volunteers in which he held an adjutant’s com- 
mission. 

After teaching for some years, beginning at 
the age of sixteen, Miss Nowland went to the 
Normal School at Castine, from which she was 
graduated in 1876. Following this she taught 
in the schools of Stockton, Sedgwick, Deer Isle 
and Bridgeton, then going to her home town, Ash- 
land, in 1878, where she taught the Free High 
School for two years. While teaching in Ash- 
land the Hon. N. A. Luce, State superintendent 
of common schools, offered to her the position 
of assistant in the Madawaska Training School 
at Fort Kent, Maine. Miss Nowland succeeded 
to the principalship of the school on the death of 
its first principal, Vetal Cyr, who wag given 
charge of the school at its establishment. She 
is still teaching in the Training School. 


VETAL CYR, principal of the Madawaska 
Training School, at Fort Kent, Maine, died on 
September 22, 1897, at the age of fifty years. He 
was born in Madawaska, Maine, the son of Solo- 
mon and Pauline (Nadeau) Cyr, a direct descend- 
ant on his mother’s side of the Arcadians. His 
childhood’s home was in Fort Kent, the one lo- 
cality in the Territory of Madawaska, where the 
English language is spoken by any considerable 
number of people and where from the beginning 
schools have been maintained. When the boy 
had grown in knowledge up to the limit of the 
work of the home school, and had sought further 
education in Houlton Academy, he found a friend 
in that broad minded, cultured gentleman, Mr. 
James C. Madigan, and a home in his family, 
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of the Academy, later the distinguished ento- 
mologist of the Massachusetts Agricultural Col- 
lege, Professor M. C. Fernald, he came under 
the influence of a man who intensified his grow- 
ing love of learning and who got such a hold 
upon his confidence and affection as led the pupil 
to follow the master when he was called to a pro- 
fessorship in the young and growing State Col- 
lege at Orono, Maine. 

Vetal Cyr was graduated from the State Col- 
lege of Orono in 1876. And finally it was for- 
tunate that the young Frenchman’s command of 
both spoken and written English had become 
such that employment in some of the best and 
largest rural schools of the State were opened 
to him. And it was while so teaching that he 
came to be known and appresiated by the two 
men, Hon. W. J. Corthell and Hon. N. A. Luce, 
one of whom was to set him finally to his work 
and the other to stand behind him in it almost 
to the end. Such was the preparation of the 
man who was selected to take charge oi the 
Madawaska Training School and its establish- 
ment and to remain in it until his death, nine- 
teen years later. He was a man fitted by birth, 
race, training and personality to make the school 
a success from the start. The good he wrought 
lives after him in the larger, better and more 
fruitful life of those who were under his in- 
struction. The work of Mr. Cyr was crowned 
with the hearty approval and commendation of 
the highest educational and civic authorities of 
the State. He was loved and honored by a host 
of friends, young and old. What more or real 
success could human ambition ask as the crown 
of life? 


JOHN AUGUSTUS DONOVAN, M.D., physi- 
cian and surgeon, was born in Houlton, Maine, Au- 
gust 4, 1841. His childhood and early life were spent 
at his native town, where he acquired the elementary 
part of his education in the district schools and at 
the Ricker Classical Institute, then called the Houl- 
ton Academy. In 1861 he entered St. Dunstans. 
College at Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Ed- 
ward Island. From that institution he returned to 
his native State, having decided in the meantime to 
begin the study of medicine. With that purpose in 
view he prepared to matriculate at the medical de- 
partment of the University of New York, from 
which he graduated in March, 1866. A few weeks 
later on May 1 of the same year, Dr. Donovan began 
the general practice of medicine and surgery in the 
city of Lewiston, Maine, where he is still engaged in 
practice with the same zeal and interest that charac- 


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terized his work in all the years of his practice. In 
1869 Dr. Donovan, feeling the need of further in- 
struction and study in the ever expanding science 
of medical and surgical practice, went again to his 
University alma mater for a period of six months 
at post-graduate work. In 1873, with the same pur- 
pose in view, he left his home and practice to con- 
tinue his professional studies in the hospitals of Eu- 
rope, devoting his attention mainly to surgical work 
and to the diseases of the eye and ear. After fif- 
teen months of continuous work and observation in 
those notable and time-honored institutions, Dr. Don- 
ovan returned to his labors in Lewiston, where he 
intended to limit his practice to eye and ear work, 
but the claims of his former patrons to do their 
general and particularly their surgical service were 
so pressing that he reluctantly abandoned his in- 
tention of becoming a specialist. 

About the years 1885 to 1900 the medical men of 
Lewiston and Auburn, realizing the urgent need for 
hospital accommodation for the two cities and sur- 
rounding country, gave much time and thought to 
securing a desirable site and suitable building for 
hospital purposes. Finally a nucleus was secured by 
the purchase of Mr. Newman’s home, formerly 
known as the Bearce residence on Main street. That 
residence and a lot of land that now forms part of 
the Central Maine General Hospital grounds was 
the hospital necleus so long desired. The purchase 
was made by fourteen physicians of the two cities, 
who gave a joint note to secure the property which 
was taken over later by a corporate body which now 
controls and manages the interests of the institution. 
Thus it happened that the Central Maine General 
Hospital had its birth and the beginning of its activ- 
ities. Surely those physicians who acted as sponsors 
for its existence may justly feel a sense of comfort, 
if not an honest and laudable pride, in beholding 
that beautiful and imposing structure as well as in 
contemplating what it means to have such a house 
of refuge dedicated not only to the relief of suffer- 
ing humanity but to the creation of ways and means 
to prevent disease and to facilitate the progress of 
medical and surgical science. The saddest feature 
of the picture is that so many of the physicians who 
labored so earnestly to make the hospital a glorious 
achievement have already paid the common debt 
that all must pay once, and have gone to await 
the great awakening day. 

In that hospital it was Dr. Donovan's privilege and 
pleasure to labor, to observe, to study and operate 
as major surgeon more than a dozen years. Then 
he retired from the staff service, so that younger 
men might take up the work. Dr. Donovan’s pres- 
ent official relation to the hospital is surgeon emeri- 
tus. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


His standing as a citizen and physician in this 
community is best seen in retrospect for more than 
half a century. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, 
in politics always a Democrat, a kind of faith in- 
herited from his revered father, but has not politi- 
cal ambition except for honest, intelligent and un- 
biased government. Yet he was once induced to ac- 


cept nomination and election to his State Legisla- 


ture as representative. It may seem singular, but it 
is true, that Dr. Donovan accepted nomination prin- 
cipally through the influence of his long time friend, 
the late Dr. B. F. Sturgis, who was as pronounced 
a Republican as Dr. Donovan is a Democrat. 

Dr. Donovan’s father, Jeremiah Donovan, was born 
in Ireland, where he lived to early manhood. He 
came to this country with an older brother, Michal, 
and a sister, Mary. He and his brother settled in 
Houlton, where they fashioned and carved from 
the virgin forests of northern Maine homes and 
competence, gaining all the while the confidence, re- 
spect and lasting friendship of the community in 
which they lived and labored. While thus engaged 
at pioneer life, the brothers suffered many disad- 
vantages, as is apparent, bad roads as we still have, 
no schools for a time for children soon to appear, 
no church of their creed for a long time, but in them 
the old faith was firmly planted and remained undis- 
turbed. Fortunately the brothers, Michal and Jerry, 
were unusually loyal to each other, their homes 
though not adjacent, were conveniently near, so they 
cculd visit often and enjoy that unsullied brother- 
hood which began in infancy and was terminated 
only by death. 

Jeremiah Donovan married Anne Grimeson, who 
was born near Frederickton, New Brunswick. 
There were three children: A daughter, who died 
from accident in childhood; an older son, William, 
who devoted his time mainly to agricultural pur- 
suits; and John Augustus, of this sketch. 

Dr. John A. Donovan married (first) Jennie HL 


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Sullivan, of Winthrop, Maine, the date of the mar- 


riage was January 16, 1872. Three children were 
born, John Bernard, who studied medicine mainly at 
McGill University and graduated at Baltimore; Wil- 
liam Henry, who became a dentist; and Mary Bea- 
trice, the youngest, who died at the age of twenty 
years. 
1908, of acute pneumonia, which she contracted en 
route to Bermuda Island, a sad ending to a 
journey from which much pleasure was anticipated. 
Dr. Donovan married (second) Kate A. Joyce, a 
long time and dear friend of the first Mrs. Dono- 
van, the date of the marriage was October 26, 1900. 


HARRY BANKS SAWYER, a prominent citi- 
zen of Bath, Maine, is a son of Elijah Field and 


Mrs. Jennie H. Donovan died January 9, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


Sarah Noyes (Marston) Sawyer, and was born in 
Bath, December 27, 1863. The Sawyer family is of 
old New England origin, many of its members hay- 
ing become distinguished in public life, in law, in the 
ministry, and in various other callings. The name 
appears a few years after the landing of the Pil- 
grims, and has been an honored patronymic of men 
who have rendered faithful and conspicuous service 
to the State and Nation. It is a matter of record 
that eighteen men from the town of Lancaster, 
Massachusetts, all bearing the name of Sawyer, took 
part in the Revolutionary War, and one company re- 
cruited from that town was offcered from the cap- 
tain down by Sawyers. John Sawyer, or Sayer, as 
the name was sometimes spelled, was a substantial 
farmer and land-holder of Lincolnshire, England. 
He was the father of three sons, William, Edward, 
and Thomas, all three of whom left England and 
came to this country in the ship commanded by 
Captain Parker, and eventually settled in Massa- 
chusetts. 

Harry Banks Sawyer is the ninth in descent from 
William (1) Sawyer, the American progenitor of this 
branch of the family. The line comes down through 
William (2) the son of the immigrant, and through 
his son, Daniel, and his son, William (3), and his 
son, William (4), and his son, William (5), and his 
son, Benjamin, and his son, Elijah Field, the father 
of Harry Banks Sawyer, a prominent figure in the 
industrial and business life of the city of Bath in 
his day. A shipbuilder by occupation, he worked his 
way up to the top of the industry, and at the time 
of his death was the president of the Kelley-Spear 
Shipbuilding Company, builders of steam and sail- 
ing vessels, and during all the years in which he was 
connected with the shipbuilding industry the firm in 
which he was a partner, and of which he was presi- 
dent, constructed and launched a total of three hun- 
dred and forty-four vessels of all kinds, a greater 
number than can be claimed by any builder of 
wooden ships in the country. Elijah Field Sawyer 
married Sarah Noyes Marston, who was born in 
1830, and they had five children: Emma, who died 
young; Ada R., married D. Howard Spear; George, 
who died young; Harry Banks, of further mention; 
and Jennie, who died young. 

Harry Banks Sawyer was educated in the Bath 
public schools, which having finished, he went to 
the Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, 
from which he was graduated in 1286. He then took 
up teaching as a profession, his first position being 
in Washington, D. C., and from there going out to 


St. Paul, Minnesota, where he taught for ten years: 


in the public schools. In 1898 Mr. Sawyer returned 
to his native New England, and was in the groin 


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business for a time, and then became associated 
with the Kelley-Spear Shipbuilding Company, as an 
assistant to his father, who was then the president 
of the company, but who was beginning to feel the 
weight of advancing years. Upon the death of the 
senior Mr. Sawyer, in 1906, Harry B. Sawyer was 
elected treasurer of the company and still occupies 
that office, as well as that of general manager. In 
addition to these duties he also serves as trustee of 
the People’s Safe Deposit and Savings Bank and of 
the Bath Trust Company. In politics he is a R 
publican, and has taken an active part in that field 
of work. He represented the Seventh Ward in the 
Common Council in 1902, and served as alderman of 
the same Ward from 1903 to 1907. He is also prom- 
inent in fraternal circles, a member of Solar Lodge, 
No. 14, Free and Accepted Masons; Montgomery and 
St. Bernard Chapter, No. 2, 
Dunlap Commandery, No. 5, Knights Templar; 
Lodge No. 943, Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks. He also belongs to the Kennebec Yacht Club. 
Mr. Sawyer is a liberal supporter, and with his fam- 
ily is an attendant at the services of the Universalist 
church. 

Mr. Sawyer married, August 22, 1880, Gertrude 
Hannah Frank, daughter of Anthony and Arletta 
Frank, born at Bath, in 1863. One child has been 
born to them, Jennie Mae, at St. Paul, Minnesota, 
June 28, 1894. 


Re- 


Royal Arch Masons; 


and 


FREDERICK P. GRAVES, one of the most 
popular dentists of Saco, Maine, where he has 
been actively in practice for the past thirty years, 
is a native of this State, and has spent his entire 
life here. He is a son of Dr. Stockbridge and 
Frances Ellen (Graves) Graves, of this place, and 
a grandson of Moses. Graves. Stockbridge 


‘Graves was a physician in Saco for a great many 


years, and was well and favorably known through- 
out the region. He and his wife were the parents 
of the following children: Frederick P., with 
whom we are here concerned; Roscoe S.; and 
Martha Ella, who became the wife of Charles L. 
Nickerson. Dr. Stockbridge Graves died at his 
home here, October 12, 1916, and his wife, Feb- 
ruary I5, 1909. 

Born January 25, 1866, at Bath, Maine, Dr. 
Frederick P. Graves attended the schools of Saco 
for the elementary portion of his education, and 
after preparing himself for college at these insti- 
tutions entered the Dental College at Harvard 
University. He graduated from this school with 
the class of 1888 and gained his degree there. In 
the autumn of the same year he came to Saco, 
where he established himself in practice, and 


HISTORY 


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where he has made his home ever since. He has 
built up a very large practice, and has taken an ac- 
tive part in the life of the community so that he 
is a well known and much respected citizen. He 
is a prominent and popular Free Mason, and is a 
member and past master of Saco Lodge, No. 9, 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; York Chap- 
ter, Royal Arch Masons; Maine Council, Royal 
and Select Masters, of which he is past thrice il- 
lustrious master; and Bradford Commandery, 
Knights Templar, and is past commander of the 
last named body. 

Dr. Graves was united in marriage, October 12, 
1898, at Saco, with Josephine Leavitt, a daughter 
of Captain F. W. and Sarah (Grant) Leavitt, of 
Saco. To Dr. and Mrs. Graves one son has been 
born, Laurence L., February 25, 1901. 


CAPTAIN CHARLES WESLEY KEYES, 
U.S. A., late of Farmington, Maine, where his death 
occurred, June 16, 1906, was a native of the town 
of Wilton in this State, his birth having occurred 
in that place, February 1, 1831. He was the 
youngest child of Sampson and Mehitable (But- 
terfield) Keyes, and the grandson of Isaacher 
Keyes, of Westford, Massachusetts, where the 
family had resided for many years. The Keyes 
family is of English origin and came to this 
country in early New England days. Sampson 
Keyes, the father of our subject, married (first) 
Betsey F. Little, of Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, 
who died about 1810, after which he married Me- 
hitable Butterfield, born in Dunstable, New 
Hampshire, the mother of Captain Keyes. Samp- 
son Keyes was a blacksmith and farmer, and 
owned a large and valuable farm in the west part 
of Wilton, Maine. He was a prominent member 
of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a man 
who enjoyed the esteem and regard of the entire 
community. 

Captain Charles Wesley Keyes received his 
education at the public schools of Wilton and the 
Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents Hill, Maine. 
Upon completing his studies at the last named 
institution, he learned the trade of scythe finisher 
at the establishment owned by his brother, Cal- 
vin Keyes, at East Wilton. He remained for 
twelve years there, and then, in 1862, volunteered 
for service in the Civil War. He entered as ser- 
geant in Company B, Twenty-eighth Regiment, 
Maine Volunteer Infantry, and most of the time 
served as hospital steward from the date of the 
muster in, September 10, 1862, to the muster out, 
August 31, 1863. From November to of the latter 
year until the following February he was a pri- 


OF MAINE 


vate in the Second Regiment, Maine Volunteer 
Cavalry. He was honorably discharged by 
reason of promotion on the twenty-seventh of 
that month, and received a commission as first 
lieutenant in the Thirty-second Regiment, Maine 
Volunteer Infantry, April 2, 1864. In September 
of the same year he was by reason of wounds 
honorably discharged. On January 20, 1865, he 
joined the Maine Coast Guard and was second 
lieutenant in that body till July 7, 1865. Hostili- 
ties being over at that time, he was mustered 
out, but the taste he had gained for military life 
was strong and he entered the regular army, July 
26, 1866, as second lieutenant in the Forty-fourth 
United States Infantry. He was accepted June 
I, 1867; was placed on the unassigned list May 
31, 1870. He was for gallant and meritorious con- 
duct in ‘two different engagements brevetted cap- 
tain of infantry, March 2, 1867. In 1904 he was 
made a full captain under the United States 
Government law. Captain Keyes saw much ac- 
tive service as a soldier and was in some of the 


greatest engagements of the war, taking part in 


the battles of Fort Butler, Louisiana; the Wilder- 
ness, and Spottsylvania Court House. He was 
wounded in the left leg at the battle of Spottsyl- 
vania Court House, and in consequence lost this 
member by amputation near the knee. While in 
active service in the regular army, he served for 
several months on a general court martial under 
the presidency of General Ricketts, and was also 
on the staff of General W. H. Emory. He: also 
served as assistant superintendent of War De- 


partment buildings at Washington, D. C., and 


later, for two years, was under General O. O. 
Howard in his work among the Freedman’s 


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Schools of Kentucky. After the close of active 
service, Captain Keyes returned to Maine, where 


he purchased the Farmington Chronicle, and was 


proprietor and editor of that journal for about 


twelve years, only retiring when failing health 
compelled him to give up the strenuous life he had 
led. In politics Captain Keyes was a Republican, 
and at one time was postmaster of East Wilton, 
Maine, but gave up this office when he again en- 
listed in the army. For seven years he was a 
trustee of the University of Maine, and was also a 
trustee of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary at Kents 
Hill for a considerable period. He served as 4 
member of the Board of Health of Farmington, 
and was generally prominent in the life of that 
place. Captain Keyes was a member of Maine 
Lodge, No. 20, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons; Franklin Chapter, No. 44, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons, and the Grand Army of the Republic, which 


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he joined in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1869. He 
later, upon his return to the North, became a 
member of John F. Appleton Post, No. 25, Grand 
Army of the Republic, and held the rank of adju- 
tant there. He was likewise for many years a 
companion of the first class in the Loyal Legion. 

Captain Charles Wesley Keyes was united in 
marriage (first) September 30, 1858, with Juliette 
Curtis Lord, eldest daughter of the Rev. Isaac 
Lord, of the Maine Methodist Episcopal Confer- 
ence. Her death occurred July 25, 1868, at Wash- 
ington, D.C. On January 10, 1878, Captain Keyes 
married (second) Harriet Elizabeth Park, eldest 
daughter of Elisha Park, of Chesterville, Maine, 
who survives him. Previous to her marriage Mrs. 
Keyes had been preceptress of the Maine Wes- 
leyan Seminary at Kents Hill. 

Elisha Park, father of Mrs. Keyes, was born 
in Jay, Maine, May 31, 1812, and died November 
19, 1900. He was educated in the public schools 
of Dixfield, where his parents removed when he 
was a child, and upon completing his studies there 
he engaged in the lumber business. He was a Re- 
publican in politics, and for a time served as town 
treasurer. He was a member of no church but 
was a supporter of the Methodist Episcopal 
church. Elisha Park married, November 12, 1845, 
Betsey Walton, a native of South Chesterville, 
where she was born, September 22, 1820, a daugh- 
ter of Moses Walton, Jr., a prosperous farmer and 
town official. Elisha Park and his wife were the 
parents of four children as follows: Harriet Eliza- 
beth, who became the wife of Captain Keyes; 
Clara, wife of Henry B. Merry, lumberman and 
wool buyer of North Anson, Maine; Eva, who re- 
sides with her sister, Mrs. Keyes; May Florence, 
who became the wife of Professor Bradford O. 
MclIntre, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, who holds the 
chair of English literature at Dickinson College. 

Captain Keyes remained a member on the re- 
tired list of the regular army till his decease, and 
never lost his interest in military matters. Two 
nephews on whom his mantle seems to have fal- 
len, are officers, the one in the army, the other in 
the navy. They are Colonel E. W. Niles, U.S. A., 
and Lieutenant-Commander E. K. Niles, U. S. N., 
graduates respectively of West Point and Annap- 
olis Academies. 


GEORGE S. HOBBS—Among the very old 
families of the “Pine Tree State,” that which 
bears the name Hobbs occupies a high place and 
has given many of its sons to distinguished serv- 
ice in the community. The name itself is of ex- 
tremely ancient English origin, and belongs to 


that class of names which is derived from nick- 
names and diminutives. In this particular case, 
from the nickname Rob or Hob, from the Chris- 
tian name Robert. It was founded in this coun- 
try by a young Englishman, who came to New 
England somewhere about the year 1650, although 
we cannot be sure of the precise date. He was 
typical of that extraordinarily enterprising gen- 
eration, and not content with merely coming to a 
new world must needs venture forth into the 
great north woods, far from the center of coloni- 
zation, in search of a new home. Thus it was 
that he came to Dover, New Hampshire, where he 
received a grant of land in 1657 and another in 
1658, and where he continued to live up to the 
time of his death, which occurred some time be- 
fore July 4, 1698. The date of his marriage is un- 
known, but it occurred in Dover some time prior 
to 1661. The maiden name of his wife was Han- 
nah Canney. She was a daughter of Thomas Can- 
ney, who occupied an important place in the 
affairs of the town. Henry Hobbs and his wife 
lived in that part of Dover known as Sligo. 
From New Hampshire the family early migrated 
into Maine, several members coming at differ- 
ent times and settling in various regions of the 
State. 

The ancestor of the Mr. Hobbs with whose 
career we are particularly concerned was Joseph 
Hobbs, who came to Wells, Maine, as early as 
1766 from Dover. Mr. Hobbs’ father, Cyrus Hall 
Hobbs, was born in Wells, where the family had 
lived steadily in the interim. Cyrus Hall Hobbs 
was a prominent man in the community and fol- 
lowed the two occupations of farming and lum- 
bering. He married Clementine Mildram, who 
like himself was born in Wells, Maine; their 
deaths occurred, his in 1893 and hers the year 
preceding. They were the parents of six chil- 
dren, as follows: William J., a prominent railway 
man in New England and now vice-president of 
the Boston & Maine Railroad; Jane, died in in- 
fancy; George S., the subject of this brief no- 
tice; Anna, who became the wife of Herbert W. 
Davis, of Nashua, New Hampshire, special agent 
of the Boston & Maine Railroad; Frank S., who 
resides in Boston and is superintendent of the 
Boston Division of the New Haven road; Wal- 
ter L., of Brookline, Massachusetts, who is asso- 
ciated with Estabrook & Company, bankers, of 
Boston. 

Born November 10, 1859, at Wells, York county, 
Maine, George S. Hobbs attended the Berwick 
Academy at Berwick, Maine, for his general 
education. After completing his studies at this 


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institution, he took a special commercial course 
at Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, New 
York. Graduating from this well known school, 
he secured, on February 1, 1878, a position with 
the Eastern Railroad of Massachusetts, which has 
since become a portion of the Boston & Maine 
system. He began work in a clerical capacity, 
and served in the railroad service of the United 
States in various ports. On October 20, 1897, Mr. 
Hobbs, whose railroad experience was very wide, 
was offered the post of auditor with the Maine 
Central Railroad, which position and that of 
comptroller he held up to 1908, when he was ap- 
pointed second vice-president in charge of its 
traffic department. In this most important of- 
fice Mr. Hobbs has done much to develop the 
efficiency of his road, and the Maine Central owes 
not a little to the masterly manner in which 
he has handled the affairs of the traffic depart- 
ment. But while railroading is primarily Mr. 
Hobbs’ business, he follows another occupation 
for pleasure merely, to which he devotes a very 
considerable portion of his time. He owns and 
operates a model farm at Wells, where he raises 
a fine strain of live stock, and where he spends 
the summer months. Mr. Hobbs, while not an 
active participant in public affairs, has always been 
keenly interested in political issues, both local and 
general, and is a staunch supporter of Republican 
principles and policies. He is affiliated with the 
Masonic fraternity and is a member of several 
important clubs, among which should be men- 
tioned the following: The Cumberland Club, the 
Portland Club, the Bramhall League, the Eco- 
nomic Club and the Portland Farmers’ Club, all 
of Portland. In his religion he is a Unitarian, 
and attends the First Parish church of that de- 
nomination in Portland. 

George S. Hobbs married (first) in 1883 Mary 
P. Adams ,of Salem, Massachusetts. Two children 
were born of this union: Marguerite and Elea- 
nor, both of whom are graduates of Vassar Col- 
lege, and make their residence together in New 
York City. Mrs. Hobbs died in March, to11. Mr. 
Hobbs married (second) November, 1913, Ja- 
net Webb, a daughter of the late Judge Nathan 
Webb, of Portland. 

Mr. Hobbs is a most public-spirited citizen, 
and there are very few movements of any import- 
ancé undertaken with the city’s interests in view 
with which he is not identified. He is a man of 
strong, almost Puritanic virtues, but his fellows 
never feel any inconvenience from the some- 
what stern tone of his morality, since it is only 
himself that he applies it to, only himself whom 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


he insists upon living up to his ideals. For every 
other man this is tempered with a large and wise 
tolerance, the tolerance of the philosopher who 
realizes that it is only himself for whom he is 
responsible and that, although others may, and 
should be influenced in all ways possible in the di- 
rection of the right, yet more than this is vain 
and that no one man has a right to formulate a 
code of ethics for his fellows. He is a man of 
deep sympathy for his fellows, especially all such 
as have suffered misfortune of any kind, and to 
these he is always ready to extend a helping hand. 
In his treatment of his fellows, he is able to 
meet all men on a common ground, and his judg- 
ment of them is not influenced by any condi- 
tions of an exterior nature. All men are equal 
to him, and it never occurs to him to ask if they 
are rich or poor, high or low. This lack of re- 
spect for the accompaniments of fortune is a 
quality greatly admired by all men, who feel an 
instinctive trust in those who possess it, and it 
is probably this as much as anything that ac- 
counts for the popularity which Mr. Hobbs en- 
joys. In all the relations of life his conduct is 
irreproachable, and he might well be consid- 
ered as a model of good citizenship and worthy 
manhood. 


JUDGE JOHN J. KEEGAN, one of the well 
known lawyers of Bath, Maine, was born at Tres- 
cott, Washington county, Maine, the son of 
Thomas and Katherine (Andrews) Keegan, the 
former now retired. He attended the public 
schools of his native place, and graduated from 
the high school in 1903. He then pursued the 
study of law at the University of Maine, was 
graduated and admitted to the bar in 1907, and 
since that time has practised his profession. For 
about six months he was: in the office of Peter 


Charles Keegan. Mr. Keegan was appointed mu- 


nicipal judge by Governor Plaisted in 1912, 
and he was re-appointed in 1916. Judge Keegan 


is a Democrat in his political convictions, and 


is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He 
is a member of the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks, and of the Knights of Columbus, 
also a member of the Kennebec Yacht Club, and 
the Colonial Club. He is the chairman of the 
local exemption board of Sagadahoc county. 
Judge Keegan married, November 12, 1913, 
at Bath, Maine, Margaret J. Lundrigan, daugh- 
ter of Thomas J. and Margaret (Magill) Lundri- 
gan, of Bath. Her father was for a long time 2 


watchman at the yards of the Kelley-Spears Ship- 


building Company. 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


WILLIS ALLEN TRAFTON—Wiillis Allen 
Trafton, who is known in Auburn, Maine, on ac- 
count of his progressiveness and public-spirit, and 
who as treasurer of the Dingley-Foss Shoe Com- 
pany, is a prominent figure in the business world 
here, is a native of Alfred, Maine, where his 
family has resided for many years. He is a son 
of Freeman E. and Ruth Annie (Knight) Trafton, 
his father having been like himself a native of Al- 
fred. Freeman E. Trafton was a retail meat 
dealer in that town, of which he was a life-long 
resident, and conducted a successful business until 
the time of his death, which occurred when he 
was but thirty-six years of age. Willis Allen 
Trafton was himself born at Alfred, February 11, 
1876. He attended in early childhood the public 
schools of his native place, but when nine years 
of age was brought by his mother to Auburn. 
This was in the year 1885, a few years following 
his father’s death. In Auburn he attended school 
for three years and then in 1888, though but 
twelve years of age at the time, he was obliged 
to go to work in order to assist in the support 
of the family, consisting of his mother and his 
two younger brothers. The financial circumstan- 
ces of the family had grown poorer since the 
death of his father, seven years before, and the 
lad, in spite of his youth, felt his responsibilities 
keenly. He found an opportunity to take a posi- 
tion as errand boy in the office of the Barker 
Mill, and remained with this concern three 
years, but left them to take a superior position 
of pay-roll clerk, though only sixteen years of 
age. Shortly afterward he went with the First 
National Bank of Auburn, working first there in a 
clerical capacity, but afterward being advanced to 
the position of bookkeeper and finally to that 
of teller. He remained with this institution some 
seventeen years and then, in the month of De- 
cember, 1909, left to accept the post of treas- 
urer with the Dingley-Foss Shoe Company. He 
has continued in this important position up to 
the present time, and is now regarded as among 
the most capable figures in the business world 
of the city. In his politics Mr. Trafton is a Re- 
publican as far as national issues go, but in con- 
nection with local and municipal affairs he is in- 
dependent, casting his vote and worting for the 
success of the candidate he believes to be the 
best, regardless of party affiliations. He is ac- 
tive in fraternal circles here and especially so in 
connection with the Masonic order, having taken 
the thirty-second degree in Free Masonry. He 
is affiliated with Tranquil Lodge, No. 29, An- 
cient Free and Accepted Masons; Bradford Chap- 


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ter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons; Dunlap Coun- 
cil, No. 8, Royal and Select Masters; Lewiston 
Commandery, No. 6, Knights Tempiar; and Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine of Lewiston. Mr. Trafton and his 
family attend the High Street Congregational 
church, to which he is a liberal benefactor. 

Willis Allen Trafton was united in marriage 
November 15, 1905, at Auburn, Maine, with H. 
Frances Dain, a daughter of William C. and 
Helen (Wiggin) Dain, of this city. Four children 
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Trafton as fol- 
lows: Stephen Dain, born May 13, 1907; Helen 
Ruth, born December 26, 1909; Mary Frances, 
born August 24, 1917; and Willis Allen, born No- 
vember 13, 1918. 


ARTHUR E. SCRUTON, the successful and 
progressive merchant and business man of Lewis- 
ton, Maine, is a member of a family which has 
resided in this country for many years, but was 
originally of Irish derivation. 

The immigrant ancestor was one Thomas Scru- 
ton, who came from Ireland to the United States 
at an early period and settled in the State of 
New Hampshire. It was not long afterwards, 
however, that the family removed to Maine, and 
it was here that Edwin F. Scruton, the father 
of Arthur E. Schuton, was born in 1859. Mr. 
Scruton, Sr., was a native of Lewiston, where he 
resided during his entire life, and where he was 
engaged in a successful dry goods business for 
some thirty years. He was also very prominent 
in the public affairs of the city and served as an 
alderman and as overseer of the poor there. He 
was very actively connected with politics and 
was one of the leaders of the Republican party in 
Lewiston. He was closely identified with the 
local organization thereof. His adherence to this 
party, however, was ended abruptly at the time 
of the formation of the Progressive party, which 
he joined, and of which he continued a staunch 
supporter until his death, October I9, 1913, when 
fifty-four years of age. He married Eldora M. 
Niles, who survives him, and is now living in 
Lewiston. To. Mr. and Mrs. Scruton, Sr., three 
children were born, as follows: Sarah, who died in 
early childhood; John Y., who is now engaged in 
the printing business with his brother, and mar- 
ried Lena Stevens, of Auburn, by whom he has 
had one son, John Y., Jr.; Arthur E., with whose 
career we are here especially concerned. 

Born September 20, 1892, at Lewiston, Maine, 
Arthur E. Scruton, the youngest son of Edwin 
F. and Eldora M. (Niles) Scruton, has made his 


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home in that city. It was here that he received 
his education, attending first the public schools, 
and graduating from the high school in 1IgI1, 
and then the Yarmouth Academy, where he stud- 
ied during the year 1912. After completing his 
education at these institutions, Mr. Scruton en- 
tered the mercantile establishment of his father, 
and continued to be engaged in the clothing busi- 
ness under the firm name of J. Y. Scruton & Son 
until the year 1913. The father died in this year, 
and Arthur E. Scruton thereupon sold the cloth- 
ing store and became a partner of his brother, 
John Y. Scruton, in the year 1914. It will be 
recalled that John Y. Scruton was engaged in 
the printing business, and it was in this enterprise 
that Arthur E. Scruton engaged. He is at present 
so engaged, and the concern has now developed 
to large proportions. Mr. Scruton is a staunch 
Republican and has long been active in his sup- 
port of that party. He is also an enthusiastic 
advocate of out-door sports and took part in 
baseball and track athletics during his term in 
school. He was commissioned second lieutenant 
in the Eighth Company of the Maine Coast Artil- 
lery, National Guard, January 10, 1916, and is at 
the present time (July 5, 1917) acting as a mus- 
tering officer for Battery Nelson Dingley, Milli- 
ken Regiment, and is preparing to enter the 
regular service. He is a member of the Masonic 
order, and of the Calumet Club, Lewiston. 


CHARLES J. DUNN was born in Hough- 
ton county, Michigan, July 14, 1872. He was 
brought to Maine when a child, and since has lived 
in this State. He was educated by tutors and at Blue 
Hill (Maine) Academy. He read law with the Hon- 
orable Edward E. Chase, at Blue Hill, and with 
Messrs. Hale & Hamlin, at Ellsworth, and com- 
menced practice at Orono, March 17, 1892. Mr. 
Dunn has been a member of the Legislature; judge 
of the Oldtown Municipal Court, 1903-1911; dele- 
gate-at-large to the Republican National Convention, 
1908-1916; appointed justice of the Supreme Judicial 
Court, February 6, 1918; member of the Maine Bar 
Association and of the American Bar Association ; 
director of the Merrill Trust Company, Oldtown 
Trust Company,-Maine Real Estate Title Company; 
trustee of the Eastern Maine General Hospital; and 
treasurer of the University of Maine. 

Mr. Dunn married Alice Isabel Ring, December 
16, 1896, and two children were born of this mar- 
riage: Barbara, and Lillian Ring. 


DANIEL JAMES SAWYER—For more than 
half a century Daniel J. Sawyer was a municipal 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


officer of Jonesport, Maine, and for two terms he 
served his senatorial district in the State Senate. 
Eighty-five years was the span of his life, and for 
nearly that entire period he was one of the active, 
progressive merchants and shipbuilders of Maine. 
The firm, D. J. & E. M. Sawyer, was one of the 
well known, influential firms of Eastern Maine, and 
until 1890 they were largely engaged in shipbuilding. 
Daniel J. Sawyer sprang from the Cape Elizabeth 
branch of the numerous Sawyer families of Maine 
and New Hampshire, John Sawyer removing from 
Cape Ann, Massachusetts, in 1719, settling on “the 
Neck” opposite Portland, called Cape Elizabeth. The 
same year the town of Portland granted him the 
privilege of the ferry on the Cape side, which he 
kept for many years. The family remanied at Cape 
Elizabeth until another John Sawyer, probably a 
great-grandson of John Sawyer, the ferryman, — 
moved to Jonesport, Maine, where Daniel Sawyer 
was born. Daniel Sawyer settled in Jonesport, on 
the Atlantic Ocean, in Washington county, Maine, 
and there his son, Daniel J. Sawyer, was born. 
Daniel J. Sawyer was a grandson of John Saw- 
yer, born at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, who later set- 
tied in Jonesport. He had sons, John, Daniel, Eben, 
and daughters, Hannah and Peggy. Daniel Sawyer, 
second son of John Sawyer, was born in Jonesport 
Maine, May 1, 1791, died December 5, 1879. His 
years, eighty-eight, were spent at Jonesport, his ac- 
tivities including both boat building and farming. 
He was a Whig in politics, and a man of ston 
character. He married Mary Bagley, born in Lib- 
erty, Maine, May 10, 1801, died May 15, 1861. They 
were the parents of: Lois W., born June 6, 1821 B 
Daniel James, to whose memory this review is ded- 
icated; Levi B., born March 28, 1826; Rebecca, Sep- 
tember 21, 1828; Lydia, December 8, 1833; Anne B., 
February 3, 1836; Mary A., May 21, 1838; Edward 
M., March 26, 1840; and Frances E., October 4, 1844. 
Daniel James Sawyer, eldest son and second child 
of Daniel and Mary (Bagley) Sawyer, was born in 
Jonesport, Maine, April 2, 1824,.and died June 10, 
1g09. He was educated in Jonesport schools and 
until reaching man’s estate was his father’s as- 
sistant. He early entered business life and was 
prominently associated with the business growth and 
general welfare of Jonesport. He began his busi- 
ness career as a merchant and boat builder, and later 
began the business of shipbuilding, which he con- 
ducted very successfully for many years. In 1874 
he formed a partnership with his brother, Edward 
M. Sawyer, the brothers continuing ship building in 
connection with a very large retail mercantile busi- 
ness under the firm name, D. J. & E. M. Sawyer. 
For sixteen years their ship yard at Jonesport was 


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a veritable hive of industry, ships following each 
other “overboard” with astonishing regularity, own- 
ing and controlling at one time forty-three wooden 
vessels. But wooden shipbuilding declined and fell 
in Maine, as elsewhere, and in 1890 they launched 
their last vessel, a schooner bearing the name of 
the senior member of the firm, “D. J. Sawyer.” 
When the weight of years grew heavy Mr. Sawyer 
retired from active business. 

Mr. Sawyer affiliated with the Republican party 
from its birth, and was one of its founders in the 
State of Maine. He always held true to the prin- 
ciples of that party and was one of its staunchest 
adherents. He held many of the town and munici- 
pal offices during his active years, and in 1877 was 
elected State Senator. In 1879 he was elected to suc- 
ceed himself, and during his four years in the State 
Senate bore himself with dignity and honor. He was 
essentially a business man and had no interests out- 
side his business, his home, and his public duties. He 
was for many years a member of the Congregational 
church, and died in that faith. 

Daniel James Sawyer married in Jonesport, June 
5, 1858, Emeline B. Glover, born in Waterboro, Mass- 
achusetts, April 14, 1836, died in Jonesport, July 1, 
1902, daughter of Willard and Emeline (Packard) 
Glover, her father a minister of the Gospel. Mr. 
and Mrs. Sawyer left no children. 


FRANKLIN ORLANDO COBB—There is no 
name more distinguished than that of Cobb in the 
annals of the State of Maine, nor none which can 
claim a more honorable antiquity. It was founded 
in this country by Elder Henry Cobb, of Barnstable, 
Massachusetts, who is believed to have come from 
Kent, England, in which case it is probable, although 
there is no documentary evidence to support the 
theory, that he was connected with the landed fam- 
ily of that name which had its seat at Cobbe Court 
in that county. He appears to have become a Sep- 
aratist in early youth, and was a member of the much 
persecuted congregation who under the leadership of 
the Rev. John Lothrop came from London to the 
New World. From this worthy progenitor there 
have descended numerous lines bearing the name, 
and the family is now spread over a large part not 
only of the New England States but of the entire 
United States, and has been represented in several 
generations by men of distinction in their various 
communities. It has played a particularly prominent 
part in Maine and is represented at the present time 
by many men successful in business and professional 
life, who display in their persons the admirable traits 


which they have inherited from their hardy ances- 
tors. 


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A member of this family who well deserves men- 
tion is Orlando G. Cobb, a native of Abbott, Maine, 
born in 7846. He removed as a young man to Dex- 
ter, Maine, where he engaged in a contracting busi- 
ness to which he later added a mercantile line and 
became well known in the community. He made 
Dexter his home until his death in December, 1973, 
at the age of sixty-seven years. He married, in 
Dexter, Ruth Blake, a native of that place, whose 
death occurred before that of her husband. 
were the parents of three children, as iollows: 
Bertha, who died at the age of twenty-seven years; 
Franklin Orlando, of whom further; and Stanley A., 
who is in active practice as a dentist in Waterviile, 
Maine. 

Franklin Orlando Cobb was born July 7, 1870, at 
Sangerville, Penobscot county, Maine. At the age 
of ten years he removed with his parents to Dexter 
Maine, and it was in the latter place that he gained 
his elementary education, attending for that purpose 
the local public schools. Here he remained until he 
reached the age of eighteen, having in the meantime 
cecided to make dentistry his career in life. Ac- 
cordingly, he studied this subject under the precep- 
torship of Dr. Blanchard and then entered the Phila- 
delphia Dental College. Later he went to Baltimore. 
Maryland, and practiced for a time in that city, and 
also practiced for short periods in Pittsburg and 
Erie, Pennsylvania. It was in 1895 that he finally 
came to Portland and established his office on the 
corner of Oak and Congress streets. He has been 
in practice in that city for twenty-two years, has 
met with a very gratifying success and built up a 
large and remunerative practice. He is also the 
owner of considerable real estate interests in Port- 
land, and built the first apartment house in that 
city which is known as the Waymouth. 
Republican in politics, but his profession makes such 
exacting demands upon his time and attention th 
he is unable to take any part in local politics. He 
a member of the Masonic Order, being affiliated 
with the lodge, with Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons; Portland Council, Royal ard Select Mas- 
ters; St. Alban Commandery, Knights Templar; and 
Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Port- 
land Club, the Portland Athletic Club and the State 

treet Parish Club, all of Portland. He attends the 
State Street Congregational Church, and has been 
active in advancing the interests of that body in tke 
community. é 

On October 8, 1895, at Painsville, Ohio, Dr. Cobb 
was united in marriage with Amy Caroline Marsh, 
a native of that place and a daughter of Stephen D. 
Marsh, a life-long resident of Painsville, now de- 


epee 
They 


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ceased. To Dr. and Mrs. Cobb three children have 
been born, as follows: Ruth Caroline, February 16, 
1899; Madeline, May 14, 1901; and Franklin Or- 
lando, Jr., November 24, 1903. 

Dr. Cobb is a man of a type which is valuable in 
any community. Perfectly content with the ideal 
which he had set for himself, he has striven to per- 
fect himself in his chosen calling, and being of a 
keen intellect and progressive character he has 
climbed to the top of his profession and also in busi- 
ness interests. 


DANIEL BILLINGS HINCKLEY, pioneer 
iron manufacturer, was one of the early business 
men whose energy and integrity established an in- 
dustry which gave an impetus in the days of the 
young republic to the prosperity of Bangor, Maine, 
a place where his descendants still reside. His name 
is worthy of a high place in any local history of his 
State, for he did much to upbuild its trade and 
manufacturing connections. 

He was born September 13, 1800, at Hardwick, 
Massachusetts, the son of Barnabas and Mary 
(Billings) Hinckley. His father was a farmer, and 
the son received the usual education of the neigh- 
borhood in the country schools of the locality. He 
was an ambitious lad and like all self-made men led 
by an energetic spirit. He learned his business with 
his uncle, his mother’s brother, Samuel Billings, who 
was the owner of a large iron-works in Hardwick, 
Massachusetts. He then started in business for 
himself, establishing an iron foundry at Bucksport, 
Maine, in 1827. In 1833 he removed to Bangor, and 
with that city he was henceforth identified. He was 
the founder and senior member of the firm of Hinck- 
ley & Egery, which became known throughout the 
State and for a long period had connections in all 
parts of the Union where there was a lumbering in- 
terest. The saw-mill machinery turned out by the 
firm of Hinckley & Egery was sent even to Califor- 
nia, and here in 1849 a branch establishment was 
organized. Mr. Hinckley was an old line Whig, and 
was one of the charter members of the Second Na- 
tional Bank of Bangor, Maine. He was a Unitarian 
in his religious beliefs. A descendant of two Colon- 
ial governors, and of several of the Mayflower pil- 
grims, Mr. Hinckley’s lineage was of pure New 
England stock. 

Mr. Hinckley married; April 8, 1830, at Hard- 
wick, Massachusetts, Mary Ann Gorham, a descend- 
ant of Elder Brewster, of John Howland, and of 
Governor Thomas Prince. She was the daughter of 
Elnathan and Edith (Farwell) Gorham. Of their 
six children three only survived childhood: Daniel, 
born June 4, 1831; Samuel Billings; Frank. born 
July 9, 1844. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


ERNEST SAUNDERS, who has developed the 
largest floricultural business in Maine, and who is 
regarded as one of the most public-spirited citizens 
cf Lewiston, is a member of an old New England 
family, which has resided in Maine for four genera- 
tions and prior to that time was of Massachusetts. 

The first of the name to come to the “Pine Tree 
State” was Jonathan Saunders, the great-grandfather 
of the Mr. Saunders of this sketch. He was born at 
Tewksbury, Massachusetts, in 1776, and came to 
Maine as a youth. He settled at Norway, Maine, 
and was living there as a young unmarried man at 
the time of the incorporation of that town in 1797. 
He continued to make it his home during the re- 
mainder of his natural life and eventually died there 
in 1838. He was married about the year 1800 to 
Susannah Weeks, of Gray, Maine, who died Janu- 
ary 23, 1827, at the age of forty-five years. They 
were the parents of four children, as follows: Ann, 
born November 30, 1802, died April 16, 1883; To- 
seph, mentioned below; John, born November 7, 
1806, died in Norway, June 20, 1874; Isaac, born 
July 24, 1814. 

Joseph Saunders, the grandfather of Ernest Saun- 
ders of this sketch, was born October 8, 1804, at Nor- 
way, Maine. While still a young man he removed 
to Poland, where he became the owner of a large 
farm, which he conducted for the greater part of his 
life. He married Charlotte Merrow, of Minot, 
Maine, and they were the parents of one child, 
Samuel Woodbury, mentioned below. _ 

Samuel Woodbury Saunders was born at Poland 
Maine, April 13, 1832. The childhood of Samuel 
Woodbury Saunders was passed upon his father’s 
farm, and he learned at an early age to assist with 
the work of the place. Shortly after his birth the 
family moved to Norway, Maine, where he resided 


and the Norway Academy, and after graduation fro ma 
the latter institution, he taught in the district schools. 
He was unusually precocious as a youth and early | 
took part in local affairs, being elected a selectman 
when but twenty-one years old. The life to which 
he had been trained at his father’s homestead was 
one that he found greatly to ‘his taste, so it is not 
strange that he determined to follow farming on 
his own account when the time came for a decision 
in regard to his future career. He accordingly set” 
to work to secure a farm property for himself and 
soon became the owner of such a place, which he set 
about improving with the greatest energy. It was 
characteristic of Mr. Saunders that whatever he 
took up he did it with all his might and the preyail- 
inv opinion emong others that the farmer is inclined 
to be unduly slow and conservative, whether true 


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or false in the average case, was certainly not true 
in his. He was a progressive and active man who 
was always ready to accept new kmowiedge and 
methods in his business, yet possessed of that quiet 
shrewdness that made him difficult to deceive. He 
made a great success of his farm and remained at 
work upon it until forty-five years of age and was 
one of the prominent figures in the section. Alw 

- enterprising and ready to undertake a new venture 
that appealed to his good judgment as promising, \ir. 
Saunders then became associated with the concern 
“American Encyclopedia” 
1 the market and became a traveling agent for 
‘work. His belief both in the character of the 
ppedia and his own ability to dispose ci it 
justified in the event and he was soon able to 
call himself a success. After following 
or scme time and meeting with very considerable 
financial return, Mr. Saunders once more took i 
agricultural work and this time devoted himseli t 
the cultivation of nursery stock on a large Le 
Once more he was successful and soon developed a 
very large and remunerative business. selling the 
products of his nursery throughout this prosperous 
agricultural district where there was a great market 
for such wares. So great was his success, indeed, 
that while yet a comparatively young man he was 
able to retire entirely from active business and 
passed his later years in well earned leisure. 

Coming from Poland as a young man, Mr. Saun- 
ders made his home at Auburn for a time; but finally 
came to Lewiston and here resided until the close 
of his life, one of the most conspicuous figures in the 
general affairs of the place. For Mr. Saunders did 
not confine his energies or attention to the conduct 
of his own successiul business operations. He was 
too intelligent and too far seeing in his sympathies 
and interests to make a mistake only too common 
among some of our successful men of the day. It 
has already been stated that at twenty-one he was 
elected to the office of selectman, and, although he 
afterwards rather avoided than sought office, he con- 
tinued keenly interested in politics and was some- 
thing of a leader in the various communities where 
he made his home. He was a staunch supporter of 
the principles and policies of the Republican party 
and his voice carried weight in the councils of its 
local organization. He had begun as a Whig in the 
early days, but found himself so entirely in harmony 
with the attitude of the younger party towards the 
great issues of the day, he accordingly joined its 
ranks shortly after its organization. He was also 
prominent in social and fraternal circles in this city 
and was a member of Excelsior Commandery, V. O 
G. C. In his religious belief Mr. Saunders was a 


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Congregationalist, and for many years was a promi- 
nent member of the First Congregational Church 
at West Auburn, which he joined during his resi- 
dence at that place. He was very active in the 
work of the congregation, and for a long period 
held the office of trustee and also taught in the 
Sunday school there. 

Samuel Woodbury Saunders was married (first) 
to Fanny N. Haskell, of Sweden, Maine, daughter 
oi Cephas Haskell, of that place. Mrs. Saunders died 
some years later and he married (second) April 20, 
1875, Mary Elizabeth Meserve, who survives him. 
Mrs. Saunders is the daughter of William Cate Me- 
serve, a native of» Jackson, New Hampshire, and 
Hannah (Coffm) Meserve, born at Lowell, Maine. 
Mr. Meserve made his home at Jackson for a num- 
ber of years but later removed to Waterford, Maine, 
and still later to Lawrence, where his death occurred 
August 20, 1874. He was-a farmer by occupation 
and also carried on the business of making shoes. 
He was a Republican in politics and a Methodist in 
religion and for many years was a steward in hi 
church. Two children were born of Mr. Saunder’s 
first union; Anson, born in 1861, and died at the 
age of two years and seven months; and Ernest, of 
this review. By the second marriage three children 
were born as follows: Fanny Blanche, who became 
the wife of Harry Stetson, president of the Lewis- 


n 


ton & Auburn Trust Company; Stella May, who 
resides with her mother and assists her brother, 
Ernest, in the conduct of his large business; Charles 


ith hi 


M., married Annie Proctor, and is associated w S 
elder brother in his business. Mrs. Saunders is a 
woman of unusual character 
many years gave her husband, 
type of companionship, but material assistance im 
the management of his affairs. Her daughters in- 
herit much of her practical grasp of affairs and have 
played no small part in the development of the ! 
horticultural business of which their brother 
is the head. 

Born October 22, 1871, at Auburn, Mai 
Saunders lived with his parents in that 
had reached the age of eight years. 
time he attended school in Auburn, but the major 
part of his education was received after he had gor 
with his parents from there to Lewiston. From ee 
age of eight to sixteen he attended the public schools 
of the latter city, and then began learning his pres- 
ent business, albeit in an extremely primitive manner 
at first. He began by keeping a ‘small garden in 
what was then his father’s home, but which 
grown to be his enormous establishment at 
Main street, Lewiston. In addition to his 
house, which stood on a comparatively small lot, 


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there was also a vacant field at that time and here « 


Mr. Saunders began the cultivation of plants under 
glass, his first attempts being with nothing more 
ambitious than cold frames. He possessed, however, 
the first qualification of the successful business man 
of being able to successfully market his products 
and thus the business grew rapidly from these small 
beginnings until it is now the largest in the State. 
At the present time (1917) he is the owner of four 
mammoth greenhouses, which contain some fifty-two 
thousand five hundred square feet, all under glass, 
and which are equipped with the most modern facili- 
ties for carrying on scientific floriculture. These 
houses are heated by three great boilers, which sup- 
ply steam to all parts of the plant, and their care 
together with the marketing of the plants and flowers 
necessitates the employment of between twelve and 
twenty hands, according to the needs of the season. 
Mr. Saunders owns and operates a motor truck for 
the delivery of his products, and his business 
now extends far beyond the limits of his home 
town. In addition to his business Mr. Saunders has 
of recent years interested himself in real estate de- 
velopment and has invested largely in residential 
properties in Lewiston. The upper part of Main 
street has been the scene of these development pro- 
jects and in that quarter he has built a number of 
handsome modern residences of which he is the 
owner. He is also the treasurer and trustee of the 
Mount Auburn Cemetery, a director of the Manufac- 
turers National Bank, and a trustee of the People’s 
Savings Bank of Lewiston. One of Mr. Saunders’ 
recent enterprises, with which he is meeting his cus- 
tomary success, is the development of a great apple 
orchard, upon a fine farm located at Greene. This 
project gives every promise of meeting with the high- 
est success and of extending Mr. Saunders’ reputa- 
tion into another department of agriculture. It will 
be interesting to quote from an article appearing in 
the Industrial Androscoggin County upon the subject 
of Mr. Saunders’ achievement in floriculture. 
While floriculture may be considered as an industry, 
it is far from being merely mechanical, for successiul 
results depend largely upon the skill and knowledge 
ot the operator. These important distinctions, com- 
bined with business ability and progressive methods, 
have placed BParnest Saunders, Lewiston’s largely oper- 
ating florist, among the foremost floriculturists of New 
England. The products of Mr. Saunders’ greenhouses, 
flowering plants, cut flowers, rare ferns, etc., and many 
varied memorial offerings are in constant and large 
demand throughout the entire northern New England. 
A visit to the spacious greenhouses, modern to the iast 
word in equipment, reveals vast areas of growing plauts 
With their thousands of buds and flowers, not only 
a deeply impressing sight but a mighty object lesson 
of man’s scientific knowledge to compel nature to yield 
tp her choicest treasures. To enumerate the products 


would be to name many varieties of flowers, roses, 
carnations, pinks, violets, lillies—all in bewildering 


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and beautiful array, and as well, fancy ferns and dec- 
orative greens in profusion. 

The production of memorial offerings is a distinct 
branch of the business, and has made the fame of Mr. 
Saunders quite as wide spread as have his eut flower 
products. These memorial offerings by the most skilled 
arrangement, the result of trained and experienced 
ability, reach the acme of perfectoin. They embrace 
a wide range in clusters and wreaths and floral designs, 
eften startling in conception and the originality of the 
ideas expressed. i j 

Mr. Saunders has not confined his attention to the 
business world, however, or even to what may be in 
a measure regarded as his hobby, the science of 
floriculture. He is a man of too broad a mind and_ 
too wide sympathies not to take an active part in 
many departments of the community’s life. He has 
been a leader in the public affairs of the city and has 
served for three years as a member of the Board 
Aldermen of Lewiston. He is at the present time 
president of that board and is taking a most effectivi 
part in placing the city government on the best busi- 
ness basis and in seeing to it that the interests of th 
ccmmunity-at-large are always kept as the pare 
mount consideration of the government. He is als 
a prominent figure in social and fraternal circles an 
is particularly active in connection with the Masoni 
Order, in which he has taken the thirty-second de 
gree of Free Masonry. He is a member of Ashla 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and 
two years has been master thereof; of King Hirai 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Lewiston Command 
ery, Knights Templar; Maine Consistory, Sovere 
Princes of the Royal Secret; and Kora Tem 
Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shri 
He is also affiliated with the local lodges of the Im 


‘Order of Red Men, the Knights of Pythias, 
Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks, and is a charter member 
the last named body. He is a Congregationalist in 
his religious belief. ‘ 

Ernest Saunders was united in marriage, June 
1906, at Auburn, Maine, with Mary Crawshaw, a 
tive of Lewiston, born September 28, 1872, a dai 
ter of John M. and Helen (Budlong) Crawsh 
Mr. and Mrs. Saunders are the parents of three c 
dren, as follows: Fannie Estelle, born May 15, 19 
Mary Elizabeth, September 17, 1910; and Ernest, 
November 4, 1913. 


FREEMAN GEORGE DAVIS, one of 
progressive and up-to-date wholesale merchai 
and business men of Lewiston, Maine, and — 
who, despite early obstacles, has made his 
to a position of prominence in the business wo 
comes of old “Pine Tree State” stock. He is a 
son of George W. and Philena (Carle) Davis, bo 


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of whom were natives of Sangerville, Maine, 
where they were born, lived and died. George W. 
Davis was a prominent man in the community, 
and his death occurred at the age of seventy-six 
years and that of his wife at the age of seventy- 
eight years. They were the parents of seven chil- 
dren, as follows: Annie, who died in infancy; 
Mary A., who became the wife of O. Copeland, 
of Portland; Ellen, who was the widow of A. J. 
Sands, of Sangerville; Freeman George; H. J., of 
Auburn, Maine; Almeda, now the wife of F. P. 
Leighton; Effie, who married O. S. Swanton, of 
Portland, Maine. 
Born at Sangerville, Maine, July 17, 1864, Free- 
man George Davis, fourth child of George W. and 
Philena (Carle) Davis, passed his childhood and 
early youth in his native town. It was there 
that he attended the public schools and so gained 
the elementary portion of his education. He soon 
after entered French’s Business College at Lewis- 
ton, thus making his first acquaintance with the 
city where his business career was to be laid. He 
was twenty years of age when he graduated from 
this institution, and shortly afterwards he entered 
the wholesale grocery business in association with 
Messrs. Curtis & Record, with the firm name of 
Curtis, Davis & Record. As time went on, Mr. 
Davis gradually came to have more and more con- 
trol of the concern, and eventually bought the 
interest of his senior partner, Mr. Curtis. After 
this the business was conducted under the style of 
Davis & Record for a number of years and finally 
in 1902, he also bought Mr. Record’s interests and 
organized the present firm of F. G. Davis & Com- 
pany. From the outset the enterprise flourished, 
and of recent years it has come to be regarded as 
one of the largest and most important concerns of 
its kind in the entire region. As time went on 
the demands of the business grew so large that 
the original quarters became quite inadequate, and 
in 1911 Mr. Davis built the present handsome 
four-story building in which the enterprise is 
now found. It now possesses the capacity of one 
hundred and fifty carloads and is equipped with 
all the latest devices both for the efficient hand- 
ling of the business and for safety, such as auto- 
matic sprinklers, etc, to safeguard the very 
| valuable supplies which he always keeps there. 
In addition to this store at Lewiston, Mr. Davis 
also conducts a general store at Hebron, known 
as the Hebron Trading Company, and here he has 
| also met with a most enviable but well deserved 
success, 

Mr. Davis’ activities are by no means confined 
to the conduct of his private business, however, 


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and he is a well known figure in practically every 
department of the city’s life. He is affiliated with 
a large number of important organizations here, 
among which should be mentioned the First Au- 
burn Trust Company, of which he is a director 
and stockholder. He also interests himself ac- 
tively in local affairs and is a staunch supporter 
of the Republican party. The demands made upon 
his time and energies by his business are natur- 
ally great, but such time as he can spare he gives 
to political work and was for three years actively 
identified with the city government, for two years 
as a member of the Common Council and for one 
as a member of the Board of Aldermen. He is 
also a member of a number of fraternal organi- 
zations and other similar societies in this re- 
gion, among which should especially be men- 
tioned the Masonic order, the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows, while he is a charter member of 
the Commercial Travelers’ Association at Lewis- 
ton. While his business interests are all con- 
nected with Lewiston, Mr. Davis makes his home 
in the neighboring city of Auburn and here too 
has exhibited a wide public spirit in his dealings 
with the community. In his religious belief he 
is a Congregationalist, and attends the First 
Church of this denomination at Auburn, of which 
he is a member. 

Mr. Davis married (first) in 1884, Mary Alice 
Stanchfield, whose death occurred in the year 1909. 
Two children were born of this union: Lena Alice, 
who is now the wife of J. Harry Daly, who is as- 
sociated with the firm of F. G. Davis & Com- 
pany in the capacity of traveling salesman; and 
Frank Carl, of Auburn, where he engaged in busi- 
mess as the manager of the out-of-town shipping 
department of his father’s concern. He married 
(second) in 1910, Etta L. Crooker. 

It is always pleasant to witness the achieve- 
ment of men who have combined their own per- 
sonal advantage with the advancement of the 
common weal, and who have labored for ends in 
which such a combination may be found. It seems 
to be growing less possible to enjoy this pleasure 
today, when business ideals are narrowing and the 
leaders in our financial world are coming to con- 
sider less and less the effects of their operations 
upon the fortunes of others. But with such men 
as Mr. Davis, the spectacle may be seen at its 
best. With such men as he the altruistic is at 
least as strong a motive as the personal, and he 
would have found it difficult to conceive of an ob- 
jective which did not include the good of his fel- 
lows at least incidentally. It is the glory of the 


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great figure of the period, which is so intimately 
associated with the origin and development of 
New England mercantile interests, that this is 
true of them almost without exception, that the 
thought of subserving their own interests in op- 
position to that of their respective communi- 
ties, or even without reference thereto, never en- 
ters their heads, but that they always consider 
the growth of the great enterprises which arise 
out of their efforts quite as much as a means of 
increasing the prosperity of these communities as 
of lining their own purses. Of Mr. Davis it may 
be said that he seems especially endowed by na- 
ture for the part he plays, that his mental equip- 
ment is adapted perfectly to the particular line 
of work he engages in, and that, above all, he 
possesses that rather rare faculty of perceiving 
the quality of his own talents and of putting them 
to use in the direction in which they would prove 
most effective. The personality which his associ- 
ates know is not less endowed with graces than 
his character with virtues, with the result that 
there are but few who can boast of a circle of 
freinds at once as large and devoted as that pos- 
sessed by him. He is without doubt one of the 
most popular men in his community, and a model 
of citizenship and public-spiritedness. 


THOMAS EDWARD McDONALD—One of 
the well known insurance men of Portland, Maine, 
is Thomas Edward McDonald, who has become 
most closely identified with its life and at the 
present time conducts a successful insurance busi- 
ness there. He is a son of Thomas and Martha 
(Caddoo) McDonald, his father having been a na- 
tive of Ireland, where he was born at Temple 
More, County Tipperary, and his mother was born 
in Port Neuf, Quebec. 

Born December 30, 1862, at Port Neuf, Quebec, 
Thomas Edward McDonald came with his parents 
to the United States while still an infant. His 
father and mother settled at Cleveland, Ohio, and 
it was in that city and in Ontario, Michigan, that 
Mr. McDonald formed his earliest association and 
where he passed his childhood and early youth. 
His education was gained mainly at the hands 
of his father, who was a school teacher. Upon 
completing his studies he secured a position as 
bookkeeper for the Grand Trunk Railroad at their 
offices at Port Huron, Michigan. He then be- 
came connected with the Young Men’s Christian 
Association at Detroit, Michigan. In the year 
1899, however, he withdrew from this position and 
came to Portland, Maine, and has made that city 
his home and the scene of his active business ca- 


reer ever since. It was in 1894 that he took up 
his present line of business, and on January 1, 
1900, became connetced with the Mutual Life 
Insurance Company, of New York. He was made 
manager for the State of Maine in 1907 and holds 
that responsible office at the present time (1917). 
Mr. McDonald does not confine his attention to 
his business activities, however, but is prominent 
in social and fraternal life as well. He is par- 
ticularly active in the Masonic order and is affili- 
ated with Portland Lodge, No. 1, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons, of which he is past mas- 
ter; Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons, in which he is past high priest; St. Alban 
Commandery, No. 8, Knights Templar, of which 
he is past commander; and is now deputy mas- 
ter of Portland Council, and a member of Kora 
Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of 
the Masonic Board of Trustees and of Maine Con- 
sistory; also a member of the Portland Club, the 
Portland Athletic Club, the Montjoy Club, the 
Economic Club, the Davy Crockett Big Game 
Club and various other organizations. 

Mr. McDonald was united in marriage, October 
27, 1885, at Kingston, Ontario, with Esther John- 
ston, a native of that city and a daughter of Oli- 
ver and Mary (Abernathy) Johnston. Mr. and 
Mrs. Johnston, who are now deceased, were na- 
tives of New York City. To Mr. and Mrs. Mc- 
Donald have been born two childern, as follows: 
Bhima Gertrude, born June 18, 1888, now the wife 
of Dr. James M. Sturtevant; and Edward Regi- 
nald, born 1891, at present an agent of the Mutual 
Life Insurance Company, being associated with © 
his father in business. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald 
and their children are all members of the Chest- 
nut Street Methodist Episcopal Church. 


HARRY RUSSELL COOLIDGE—The name 
which stands at the head of this article is that of 
a member of the Pittsfield bar, who, despite the 
fact that he has numbered but fourteen years as 
a resident of that city, has made for himself a 
leading position in the ranks of the legal fra- 
ternity. In the sphere of politics Mr. Coolidge is 
well known, having served as assistant clerk in 
the House of Representatives, and with the — 
church life of his community he is actively asso- 
ciated. 

John Coolidge, founder of the American’branch 
of the family, came from England in 1639 and — 
settled at Watertown, Masachnusetts. ; 

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1790 migrated to Livermore, Maine. He married 
Lucy Wythe. 

Thomas (2) Coolidge, son of Thomas (1) and 
Lucy (Wythe) Coolidge, was of Livermore. 

Albion Coolidge, son of Thomas (2) Coolidge, 
was also of Livermore. 

Franklin W. Coolidge, son of Albion and Han- 
nah (Philbrick) Coolidge, was born at Livermore, 
Maine, where he engaged in mercantile business. 
He married, at Jay, Maine, Cora H., born at Win- 
throp, Maine, daughter of Andrew and Angelica 
(Fuller) Campbell, and they are the parents of 
two children: Harry Russell, mentioned below, 
and Emma B. Mr. Coolidge, who has now retired 
from business, is still living at Pittsfield. Mrs. 
Coolidge belongs to the Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, and is a descendant from Dr. Ful- 
ler, of the Mayflower. 

Harry Russell Coolidge, son of Franklin W. and 
Cora H. (Campbell) Coolidge, was born Decem- 
ber 15, 1879, at Livermore, Maine, and received 
his earliest education in the public schools of his 
native place, passing thence to the high school 
and then entering Westbrook Seminary. From 
this instiution he graduated in 1898, and later 
matriculated in the law department of the Boston 
University, graduating in 1902 with the degree of 
Bachelor of Laws. In August, 1903, he was ad- 
mitted to the bar. 

Without delay Mr. Coolidge opened an office in 
Lewiston, but at the end of a year removed, in 
1904, to Pittsfield, where he has ever since been 
engaged in the active practice of his profession. 
In 1907 he was admitted to the bar of the United 
States Supreme Court. During the years which 
have elapsed since Mr. Coolidge became a resi- 
dent of Pittseld, he has established an enviable 
reputation as a general practitioner. He is a mem- 
ber of the frm of Manson and Coolidge, and holds 
the position of attorney for the Pittsfield National 
Bank. 

As an adherent of the Republican party Mr. 
Coolidge is actively identified with matters po- 
litical, and from 1905 to 1907 filled the office of 
assistant clerk in the House of Representatives. 
He belongs to the County Bar Association and 
affiliates with the Masonic fraternity to the chap- 
ter degree, and also with the Eastern Star. He 
is a member of the Universalist parish, serving 
as chairman of the board of trustees and hav- 
ing held the office of vice-president of the State 
Universalist convention. 

The career of Harry Russell Coolidge has, al- 
most from its inception, been associated with 
Pittsfield, and it is to be hoped, in the interests 


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of his profession and of the general public, that 
it will long continue to be so. 


WILLIAM WEBSTER ROBERTS — The 
Roberts family, of which William Webster Rob- 
erts, the successful business man and progressive 
citizen of Portland, Maine, is a member, can 
claim an honorable antiquity in the “Pine Tree 
State,” where for a number of generations it 
has occupied an enviable position in regard and 
esteem of the several communities in which it has 
resided. The Mr. Roberts of this sketch belongs 
to the Portland branch of this family, and is a 
son of Reuben D. Roberts, who was a native of 
that city. Mr. Roberts, Sr., was one of the pio- 
neer bakers of the city and carried on a suc- 
cessful business here for a number of years prior 
to his death, which occurred in 1852. He mar- 
ried Rachel Webster, a native of Freeport, Maine, 
and one child was born of this union, namely, 
William Webster, of whom further. 

Born November 14, 1840, at Portland, Maine, 
William Webster Roberts spent his childhood in 
his native city, and it was there that he gained 
his education, attending the local public schools 
for this purpose. While little more than a youth, 
however, he went West and spent six years in 
Ohio, between 1864 and 1870. In the latter year, 
however, he returned to the East and soon be- 
came identified with the line of business in which 
he is still interested. In 1870 he secured a cleri- 
cal position with the firm of Dresser & Ayer, sta- 
tioners, and two years later, so great were his 
services, that he was admitted as a partner, under 
the firm name of Dresser, McClellan & Company. 
The name of the firm was shortly after changed 
to that of Mosher, McClellan & Company. Not 
long afterwards Mr. Roberts severed his connec- 
tion with this company and became clerk for 
Hall L. Davis, who was engaged in the same line 
of business and remained until 1902. In that year 
the present corporation of the William W. Rob- 
erts Co. was formed, with Mr. Roberts in the 
office of treasurer. This prospered highly from 
the outset and now conducts one of the most 
successful stationery businesses in Portland and 
the surrounding country. Mr. Roberts has contin- 
ued to hold the office of treasurer up to the pres- 
ent time (1917) and it has been due in a large 
measure to his capable handling of its affairs that 
the concern has grown to its present large pro- 
portions. Mr. Roberts devotes practically his en- 
tire time and attention to its affairs and has 
given it a reputation and standing second to no 
business enterprise in the community. While Mr, 


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Roberts is not a politician in any sense of the 
word, he has taken interest in public affairs and 
is a staunch supporter of Republican principles 
and policies. He was for two years a member of 
the common council of the city and served in 
that responsible capacity with efficiency and dis- 
interestedness. Mr. Roberts has always been a 
prominent figure in the social and fraternal life 
of Portland and more especially so in his affili- 
ation with the Masonic order, in which he has 
taken the thirty-second degree. He is a mem- 
ber of the Ancient Landmark Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons; Mt. Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons; Council, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters; Portland Commandery, Knigts Templar. 
He is also a member of the local lodges of the 
Maine Lodge of Odd Fellows; of the Knights of 
Pythias; and of the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks. In his religious belief Mr. Rob- 
erts is a Universalist and attends the church of 
that denomination in Portland. 

William Webster Roberts was united in mar- 
riage, September 3, 1862, at Medford, Massachu- 
setts, with Arabella Waterman, a native of that 
town and a daughter of Eban and Sarah (Rog- 
ers) Waterman, old and highly honored members 
of the community. Both Mr. and Mrs. Water- 
man are now deceased, their death having occur- 
red at Medford, Massachusetts, where for many 
years Mr. Waterman carried on the business of 
ship building with a high degree of success. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts three children have been 
born, as follows: 1. Lora Josephine, whose death 
occurred at the age of nineteen. 2. George Clin- 
ton, who now resides at North Yarmouth, Maine, 
where he is engaged in farming; married Nancy 
G. Kimball and they are the parents of two chil- 
dren, Pauline Alice and Marion. 3. Alice Mc- 
Clellan, who is now the wife of Allen O. Goold, 
of Portland, and they are the parents of one 
child, Gilbert Goold. 

William Webster Roberts is a man in whose 
character the strong and gentle are very hap- 
pily blended. In the matter of those fundamen- 
tal virtues upon which all real character is based, 
honesty and courage, he is almost a Puritan in 
his demands and neither himself falls away from 
the ideal nor can find any use for the man who 
does. Outside of this, however, he is extremely 
tolerant in his judgments and the most com- 
panionable of men. He is perfectly devoted to 
his home and to the best interests of his family, 
finding the greatest happiness in that most inti- 
mate relation. He spends all the time he can 
by his own hearth in the bosom of his family and 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


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is often heard to remark that he loves his home 
and his business. His religion is a very vital 
matter with him and plays an active part in his 
every day affairs. It is his sincere effort to 
model himself upon the great precepts that are 
voiced by his church, and he succeeds beyond the 
common and is a fine example of good citizenship 
and virtuous manhood. 


BENJAMIN THOMPSON, lawyer, was born 
at Brunswick, Maine, October 13, 1857. He was 
educated in the Brunswick schools, with a special 
business course in Lewiston, Maine’ He became 
a resident of Portland in 1871; and on January I, 
1878, he entered the law office of Webb & Has- 
kell, composed of the late Hon. Nathan Webb, 
afterwards judge of the United States District 
Court, and Hon. Thomas H. Haskell, afterwards 
an associate justice of the Supreme Court of 
Maine. Mr. Thompson was admitted to the 
Cumberland bar, October 18, 1881, since which 
time he has been constantly engaged in the prac- 
tice of law in Portland, Maine, and Boston, Mas- 
sachusetts. Upon Mr. Haskell’s appointment to 
the Supreme Court, Mr.Thompson became asso- 
ciated with Edward Woodman, Esq., under the 
name of Woodman & Thompson, and they so 
continued until January 1, 1890. Mr. Thompson’s 
practice has been principally in the trial of mat- 
ters pending in the Federal Courts, and largely 
pertaining to maritime affairs. He is quite fre- 
quently engaged in the trial of admiralty cases 
before the United States District Court for the 
District of Massachusetts, and in the United — 
States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First 
Circuit. As this branch of the law necessarily 
relates to matters occurring in nearly every part 
of the world, it has been necessary for him to be- 
come familiar with International Law. 


HALBERT PAINE GARDNER, whose career 
is identified with the town of Patten and the city 
of Portland, Maine, and who, as a man in the 
prime of life, has made himself prominent in the 
affairs of the State, is a native of Patten, Maine. 
He is a type that we associate with the idea of 
New England and of the wonderful progress that 
it has made during the century subsequent to 
our birth as a nation, the type that has brought 
about the marvelous progress by its undaunted 
courage, its unfaltering patience and its intelli- 
gence, skill and enterprise. Mr. Gardner is a 
member of a very well known Maine family, and — 
a son of Colonel Ira B. Gardner, who was ac-— 
tively identified with large lumber and mercan- 


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tile interests in various locations up to the time 
of his decease, and who lost his arm at the battle 
of Winchester in the Civil War. 

Halbert Paine Gardner was born February 15, 
1867, and passed his childhood and early youth 
in his native town, Patten. He was a student in 
the public schools of Patten and Patten Academy, 
completing his studies at the age of sixteen, when 
he accepted a position as bookkeeper in the gene- 
ral lumber and mercantile establishment con- 
ducted by his father, remaining with him until |: 
attained his majority, and then removed to the 
city of Boston, his intention being to secure bet- 
ter educational advantages. After a period of 
study in that city, he went West and remained for 
some time in the State of Colorado, where he be- 
came interested in mining operations. Eventu- 
ally, however, he returned to Patten, Maine, an! 
finally came to Portland, Maine, where he at pres- 
ent makes his home. Mr. Gardner has been ex- 
tremely active in the public affairs of Portland, 
and has also played no small part in the politics 
of the State for a number of years. He was a 
staunch member of the Republican party until the 
National Convention of 1912, and was a delegate- 
at-large from the State of Maine to the Republi- 
can National Convention at Chicago in the year 
1912. He served four terms in the State Legis- 
lature as representative and senator from Pat- 
ten and Penobscot county. He also served his 
party in numerous ways, and is regarded as one 
of its leaders in the State. On July 31, 1912, he 
was elected chairman of the meeting of Progres- 
sive Republicans of the State of Maine, which 
took place in Portland, and was later elected Na- 
tional Committeeman of the Progressive party. 
In 1914 this party did him the honor to make him 
its candidate for the governorship of Maine, and 
in 1915 and 1916 he acted as a member of the 
State and National committees of that party. Mr. 
Gardner is a remarkable public speaker and a 
most effective political campaigner, and is always 
to be found taking an active part in politics in 
support of the cause in which he believes. Mr. 
Gardner is also a conspicuous figure in the social 
and fraternal circles in Portland, is a member of 
the local lodges of the Masonic Order and the 
Knights of Pythias, and is also affiliated with the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, United States 
of America, Maine Division, and of the Sons of 
Veterans in that State. He was the first man 
to urge upon Congress the support of recommen- 
dations made by the army and navy for military 
Preparedness by a _ resolution unanimously 
adopted by the Sons of Veterans of Maine. 


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On October 11, 1893, while residing in Patten, 
Maine, shortly after his return from the West, 
Mr. Gardner was united in marriage with Adel- 
aide Darling, of Ashland, Aroostook county, 
Maine, a daughter of Hiram and Emma Darling, 
who have been deceased for a number of years, 
but who during their lifetime were distinguished 
residents of that region. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner 
are the parents of two children: Helen Pauline, 
born January 20, 1897, attended the Wayneflete 
School of Portland and Dana Hall School, Wel- 
lesley, Massachusetts; and Dorothy, born Octo- 
ber 16, 1900, a student of the Wayneflete School. 

There is always something instructive in the 
record of such men as Halbert P. Gardner, the 
public spirited and successful citizen of Portland, 
Maine, because in them we see typified the ear- 
nest and unwearied effort that inevitably spells 
success, because the achievements that we dis- 
cover there are not the result of a brilliant tour 
de force, but of the quiet, conscientious applica- 
tion of the talents and abilities with which nature 
has endowed them to the circumstances at hand, 
because the position and fortune which they have 
gained seem almost to be no more than.an inci- 
dent to a by-product of the consistent perform- 
ance of duty which forms its own end and objec- 
tive. This is instinctively realized by those who 
come in contact with Mr. Gardner, who is not so 
much thought of by the community in the charac- 
ter of a man of wealth and position, as in that 
of a wise, philanthropic citizen, whose best advice 
and counsel in all emergencies may always be had 
for the asking. 


HARTLEY C. BANKS, the popular and effi- 
cient mayor of Biddeford, Maine, where his birth 
occurred August 8, 1865, and with the life and affairs 
of which he has been intimately connected for many 
years, is a member of a family that has made its 
home in this State for a long period. He is a son 
of Cyrus K. and Abigail S. (Works) Banks, and 
a grandson of John Banks, of North Saco, Maine. 
The father, Cyrus K. Banks, was born at that 
place, December 19, 1835, and as a young man en- 
gaged in the trucking business in Biddeford. 
Later he became interested in lumber, and for 
the last forty years had dealt extensively in that 
commodity. He married Abigail S. Works, and 
they were the parents of the following children: 
Otis C., Fred F., Nellie M., Hartley C., Frank 
E., Hattie E. and Earnest J. The elder Mr. Banks 
died February 19, I9II. 

The early life of Hartley C. Banks was spent 
in his native city of Biddeford, and as a lad he at- 


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tended the local public schools for his education. 
Upon completing his studies at these institutions 
he began to work for his father, who had been 
engaged in the lumber business at Biddeford a 
number of years, and when the latter died he and 
his brother, Frank E. Banks, assumed the busi- 
ness and have continued it to the present time. 
It has now reached large proportions, and under 
the name of Banks Brothers, is well. known 
throughout the entire region. Mr. Banks has in- 
terested himself in the general business welfare 
of the community, and in his capacity of second 
vice-president and director of the Business Men’s 
Association has done very effective work in as- 
sisting and promoting its development. He has 
always been keenly interested in local affairs, and 
as a member of the Democratic party, early be- 
came prominent. In the year 1914 he was elected 
a member of the Board of Aldermen and served 
in that capacity during that and the two years fol- 
lowing. It was in 1917 that he was elected mayor 
of the city of Biddeford, and is at the present 
time (1918) giving this place a splendid busi- 
ness administration and winning the general praise 
of the community. He is a member of Laconia 
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
Hartley C. Banks was united in marriage, April 
6, 1892, at Biddeford, with Eugenia M. Preble, a 
daughter of Edward P. and Melissa (Merrill) 
Preble, of Saco. They are the parents of two 


children: Merton F., born July 27, 1894, and 
Carleton H., born May 5, 1900. 
HERBERT NATHANIEL PINKHAM, the 


prominent insurance man of Portland, Maine, 
comes of old Maine stock, his father having been 
Nathaniel Pinkham, who was born in 1821 in 
this State in the town of Harpswell. He was a 
man who followed the sea and had risen in that 
roughest and most perilous of callings to the post 
of master mariner, and for some years com- 
manded vessels in the foreign trade. Later in life, 
however, he became a farmer and lived at Fal- 
mouth, Maine, where eventually he died in the 
month of January, 1908. He married Sarah 
Haskel, like himself a native of Harpswell, Maine, 
who died at Cumberland Center in the year 1886. 
They were the parents of six children, as fol- 
lows: Frederick N., who was killed in the year 
1879 in an accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad; 
Frank B., who was lost at sea in 1880; Herbert 
Nathaniel, whose career forms the subject matter of 
this brief sketch; Aulena J., who became the wife of 
F. W. Hamilton, of Cumberland Center, Maine; 
Susan E., who became the wife of Charles S. 


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Wilson, of West Falmouth, Maine; and Georgia 
A., who died about 1890. 

Born June 27, 1857, at Harpswell, Maine, 
Herbert Nathaniel Pinkham, third child of Na- 
thaniel and Sarah (Haskell) Pinkham, passed but 
the first four years of his life in his native place. 
In 1861 his parents removed to Falmouth, Maine, 
where he lived until the year 1869 and he then 
accompanied them to Cumberland. It was in the 
latter place that his education was received and 
there that he attended the Greely Institute, from 
which institution he graduated with the class of 
1875. He then studied for a year at Gray’s Busi- 
ness College in Portland, where he took a com- 
mercial course and was graduated in 1876. From 
that time on he made his home at Portland, and 
established himself in the insurance business 
there, a line which he has followed uninterrupt- 
edly for forty years. He has carried on this busi- 
ness in partnership, first with Mr. F. H. Morse un- 
der the firm name of Morse & Pinkham from 1883 
to 1889, when the firm-of Dow & Pinkham was or- 
ganized. His partner, Sterling Dow, died in 1892 
after which a corporation was formed under the 
same title to continue the business and has con- 
tinued to the present time. The concern has its 
offices at No. 35 Exchange street, Portland, and 
transacts a very large business, enjoying the repu- 
tation of absolute reliability and integrity. Mr. 
Pinkham is also active in other departments of 
the community’s life, and is affiliated with a num-— 
ber of important organizations there. In 1878 
and 1879 he was a member of the Old Portland 
Cadets and he is a member at present of Portland 
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 

Mr. Pinkham was united in marriage, Novem- 
ber 10, 1880, with Sarah E. McMaster, a native 
of Portland and a daughter of Samuel and Cad- 
die (Skillins) McMaster, who during their life 
were highly respected residents of the city but 
have now been deceased many years. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Pinkham the following children have been born: 
Ethel C.; Eleanor M., who resides with her paren 
in Portland, and is at present assistant superin- 
tendent of the Sunday school of the Williston 
Congregational Church; Sarah B., who became 
the wife of Edward S. Anthoine, of Portland; 
Herbert N., Jr., who is now an editorial writer 
on the Boston Journal and resides in that city; 
Helen N. and Elizabeth, who reside with their 
parents; and Dorothy E., who at the present 
time attends the Portland High School. ; 

The Pinkhams are among the very old New 
England families, it having been founded as early 
as the year 1637, at Dover Point, New Hamp- 


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shire, by one Richard Pinkham, who came from 
Plymouth, England, and settled there. Members 
of the family removed from that place at an early 
date and settled in Maine, where, at the village 
of Harpswell, Elijah Pinkham, the paternal 
grandfather of the Mr. Pinkham of this sketch 


Me lived and died. 


ALFRED MORTON GILMORE SOULE— 
The man whose name furnishes the title of this 
article needs no introduction to his fellow-citi- 
zens of Augusta, nor indeed to anyone within 
the limits of the State of Maine. As chief dep- 
uty of the Bureau of Inspection, Department of 
Agriculture, Mr. Soule is influentially connected 
with a group of interests vital to the well-being 
of the entire community. 

Alfred Morton Gilmore Soule was born No- 
vember 7, 1879, in Woolwich, Maine, and is a son 
of Alfred Merritt and Agnes Delano (Gilmore) 
Soule. The education of Alfred Morton Gilmore 
Soule was received at Lincoln Academy, Bowdoin 
College and the Medical School of Maine. 

In April, 1907, Mr. Soule first entered the serv- 
ice of the Department of Agriculture and in 
1914 he was appointed Chief Deputy of the Bu- 
reau of Inspection, Department of Agriculture of 
Maine, charged with the enforcement of the Pure 
Food and Drug Law and also the laws regulat- 
ing the sale of commercial feeding stuffs, com- 
mercial fertilizers, fungicides and insecticides. 
This very responsible office he has since continu- 
ously filled with an efficiency which has secured 
highly beneficial and gratifying results. The poli- 
tical principles favored by Mr. Soule are those ad- 
vocated by the Republican party. He is vice- 
president of the Association of American Dairy, 
Food and Drug Officials, Food Administrator for 
Kennebec county and a member of the State Ad- 
visory Board of the United States Food Adminis- 
tration, the State Fuel Wood Committee, the As- 
sociation of Food Control Officials, the American 
Public Health Association, the American Associa- 
tion of Economic Entomoligists and the Ameri- 
can Academy of Political and Social Science. He 
belongs to the Committee of Food Production 
and Conservation for Maine. Among the other 
Organizations in which Mr. Soule is enrolled are 
the Maine Historical Society, the Maine Academy 
of Science and the Zeta Psi, Theta Nu Epsilon 
and Alpha Kappa Kappa fraternities. He affili- 
ates with Lincoln Lodge, No. 3, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons and the Patrons of Husbandry, No. 
68. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church. 


Mr. Soule married, September 4, 1907, Mary 
Emily, daughter of William Henry and Mary 
Emily (Weston) Hilton, of Damariscotta, Maine, 
and they are the parents of the following chil- 
dren: Gilmore Weston; Mary Morton; Frances 
Gilmore; William Hilton; and David Bradford. 

It would be difficult to exaggerate the import- 
ance of the office which Mr. Soule fills with such 
rare competence, and his native State has reason 
to congratulate herself that interests essential to 
her very existence are entrusted to one so worthy 
of the confidence reposed in him. 


WILLIAM OWEN PETERSON—The Peter- 
son family has resided in Maine for many years, 
its members having made distinguished places for 
themselves in the life of the various communi- 
ties with which they have dwelt. There are vari- 
ous branhces in different parts of the State, but 
the line with which we are concerned at the 
present time was living at the town of Bowdoin- 
ham, in the early part. of the nineteenth century. 
It was here that John H. Peterson, the father of 
William O. Peterson, was born September 28, 
1833, though he afterwards removed to the town 
of Bath, and still later to Brunswick, Maine, 
where his death occurred March 1, 1915. In his 
youth he was a mechanic by trade, but was turned 
from this line of work by an accident, which 
more or less disabled him, and thereupon engaged 
in the grocery business, in which he made a very 
considerable success. He married Abbie Neal 
Woodside, a native of Brunswick, born June 20, 
1835, and died at the age of seventy-five years. 
They were the parents of four children, as fol- 
lows: William Owen, of whom further; Nellie A., 
who resides at Brunswick; Frederick and Emma, 
both of whom died in early childhood. 

Born August 13, 1857, at Bath, Maine, William 
Owen Peterson, oldest child of John H. and Ab- 
bie Neal (Woodside) Peterson, passed his child- 
hood and early youth there. He received an edu- 
cation there, attending for this purpose the local 
public schools. He then removed to Brunswick, 
Maine, with his parents, and there studied at the 
high school, from which he graduated in 1873. 
Here he was prepared for college and immediately 
after matriculated at Bowdoin College. He did 
not, however, complete his course at that institu- 
tion, remaining there during the years 1873 and 
1874, at the end of which period he withdrew and 
began working for his father in the latter’s gro- 
cery establishment. He continued at this work 
until the retirement of the elder Mr. Peterson in 
1889, upon which William O. took over the man- 


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agement of the business and continued it on his 
own account until 1898. This was the year of the 
outbreak of the Spanish-American War, and im- 
mediately Mr. Peterson sold his business and ac- 
companied his regiment, which was in State mili- 
tia, he being major. After the war Mr. Peterson 
spent two years as a commercial traveler, and in 
1901 moved to Portland. Here he took up the 
insurance business, and is at present (1917) car- 
rying on a very successful enterprise in that line. 
He represents the National Life Insurance Company 
and holds the office of cashier in that concern. 
Mr. Peterson has always taken a keen interest in 
military matters, and at the present time holds 
the rank of colonel in the Maine Coast Artillery. 
He owns a delightful summer cottage on Casco 
Bay, where he spends his holidays. He has al- 
ways been devoted to out-door life, and in his 
youth was a well known rifle shot. Mr. Peter- 
son is affiliated with a number of organizations 
of a social and fraternal order, among which 
should be mentioned the local lodge of the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Society 
of United Spanish War Veterans. His wife is a 
member of the Universalist church in Portland, 
and active in advancing the cause of the same 
there. 

William Owen Peterson was united in mar- 
riage, June 3, 1880, at Bowdoinham, Maine, with 
Mary D. Cheney, a native of that town, a daugh- 
ter of Abiel H. Cheney, a practicing physician 
there, and Caroline L. (Curtis) Cheney, his wife. 
Mr. and Mrs. Cheney died at the age of sixty- 
four and fifty-three, respectively. Mr. Cheney was 
a native of Springvale, while Mrs. Cheney was 
born at Bowdoinham. To Mr. and Mrs. Peter- 
son one child has been born, a son, John Arthur, 
February 21, 1884, in Brunswick, Maine. In the 
year 1902 he graduated from Deering High 
School, and is now connected with the firm of R. 
G. Dun & Company. 

Mr. Peterson’s many sterling qualities make 
him a splendid type of the useful citizen who 
places public interests before private ones. A 
gentleman of the old school, possessing the more 
inflexible ideas of a past generation where ques- 
tions of ethics and practical conduct are con- 
cerned, he is singularly free from the corres- 
ponding prejudices, a man of the day, a progres- 
sive business man in all matters where the meth- 
ods of the present do not cross swords with his 
convictions of the right, and his influence is a 
most potent one and what is even rarer a:ways 
exerted in the cause of good. In the end, it is 
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these are noteworthy enough, that his real power 
lies, and it has been said of him that not until 
one knows him personally can he form a judgment 
of his actual worth. Behind the things a man 
does lies the still more important thing what he 
is, and it is from this final, fundamental term most 
of all that the virtues go forth from Mr, Peter- 
son to affect the world about him. He does much, 
but he is more, and it is in his good citizenship 
and worthy and virtuous manhood that the chief 
value lies. 


FRANK NELSON JORDAN, one of the most 
progressive and sucessful merchants of Lewiston, 
Maine, while not a native of that city, comes of 
good old “Pine Tree State” stock, and was born 
in the town of Trenton. He is a son of John 
Wilson Jordan, also a native of Trenton, Maine, 
born April 4, 1847. He was a seafaring man in 
his youth, but save for the time spent upon the 
sea he made Trenton his home and there died, 
September 15, 1915.. After retiring from his life 
on the sea, Mr. Jordan, Sr., followed farming as 
an occupation until the close of his life, and was 
well known and highly thought of in the com- 
munity. He married Susie J. Nichols, a native of 
Buxton, Maine, born January 3, 1842. Mr. Jor- 
dan, Sr., is survived by his wife, who still resides 
at Trenton, in the old Jordan home. Two chil- 
dren were born to them, Frank Nelson, with 
whose career we are especially concerned, and a 
daughter, Bertha Ethelyn, who is now the wife of 
Joseph W. Remick, of Trenton. 

Born October 17, 1877, at Trenton, Maine, 
Frank Nelson Jordan passed his childhood and 
early youth in his native place. He obtained the 
elementary portion of his education at the local 
public schools, and afterwards attended the Blue 
Hill Academy, at Blue Hill, Maine, from which 
he graduated in 1896. He then entered the Bry- 
ant & Stratton Commerical School at Boston, 
Massachusetts, where he took a business course, 
which occupied about eight months, after which 
he secured a position with the E. E. Gray Com- 
pany, of Boston, which operated Food Depart- 
ment Stores. Here he learned the details of this 
business, and then joined the Mohican Company 
with which he has continued associated up to the 
present time. This was in the year 1910 and im- 
mediately afterwards Mr. Jordan came to Lewis- 
ton, where he took charge of the present store 
of that company, situated at No. 217 Main street. 
This establishment is the largest of its kind in 
Maine and everything in the line of food is sold 
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there continually and an enormous business is 
transacted. Mr. Jordan, as head of this great con- 
cern, is a very influential figure in the mercan- 
tile and business world of Lewiston. He also 
takes an active part in many other departments 
of the city’s life, and is in all respects a public- 
spirited and energetic citizen. Nowhere is his 
public spirit more obvious than in connection 
with his membership in the Chamber of Com- 
merce of Lewiston. Besides being a member of 
this organization, he is a director and has done 
not a little to promote business interests and en- 
terprises of all kinds in the city and the sur- 
rounding region. He is a conspicuous figure in 
the social life of the community and is a mem- 
ber of many clubs, among which should be men- 
tioned the Rotary Club and the Advertising Men’s 
Club. He is also affiliated with the Masonic or- 
der, and has been greatly interested in military 
matters. While a resident of Boston, Mr. Jordan 
was a member of the Coast Artillery Corps for 
a period of some six years, and was discharged 
upon his coming to Maine with the rank of ser- 
geant. In his religious belief Mr. Jordan is a 
Congregationalist, and he attends the Pine Street 
Church of that denomination of Lewiston. He 
is a man of strong religious instincts, and has 
done not a little to advance the cause of his 
church in the community. 

Frank Nelson Jordan was united in marriage 
at Malden, Massachusetts, September 30, 1912, 
with Eliza Ann Crowe, a native of Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, and a daughter of Louis and Mar- 
tha (Money) Crowe, old and highly respected 
residents of that place. Mr. Crowe is deceased, 
but Mrs. Crowe survives him and at present 
makes her home at Melrose Highland, Massachu- 
setts. 

Frank Nelson Jordan is one of the best type 
of New England business men, whose reputation 
for integrity and probity in all his transactions 
is unimpeachable. Of great energy and ready re- 
source in every emergency, his great enterprise 
continues to grow uninterruptedly during his en- 
tire career. He is extremely public spirited and 
always keeps the interests of the city in mind 
and constantly aims at serving them. He has 
won, not only the respect and admiration of his 
fellow citizens, but their affection as well, and 
there are very few who might claim so large a 
circle of friends or such devotion on the part of 
those who make it up. We have a term which 
Originated in this country to express a particular 
type of man who, though not peculiar to our- 
selves, is probably more common here than any- 


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where else in the world. The term is that of 
“self-made man,” which expresses with a certain 
pungent precision common to popular phrases a 
type with which we are all familiar. It is diffi- 
cult to discover a better example of what is meant 
by the term than in the person of Mr. Jordan. 


GEORGE J. KEEGAN—A native of Van 
Buren, Maine, and an attorney of that place, Mr. 
Keegan, is of the third generation of his family 
in that locality, grandson of James Keegan, who 
was born in Slane, county of Meath, Ireland, Feb- 
ruary 15, 1803, and who sailed from Dublin, Au- 
gust 3, 1826. He landed at Green Island in the 
St. Lawrence river, September 15, 1826, and after 
bec, moved to the Madawaska Territory, arriving 
one month in River Du Loup, Province of Que- 
October 16, 1826. The following spring he took 
up land immediately below Van Buren Village, 
all of which is still owned and occupied by his 
descendants. He was a farmer in calling and hav- 
ing become a citizen as the result of the Web- 
ster-Ashburton Treaty of August 9, 1842, he affili- 
ated with the Democratic party and continued 
therein throughout his entire life, with the excep- 
tion of the period from the beginning of the Civil 
War until about 1870, when he voted with the 
Republican party, believing it his duty to sup- 
port the administration during the trying time 
of the war and the reconstruction era. He served 
a term as commisisoner of Aroostook county and 
in 1871 was elected register of deeds for the 
northern district of Aroostook, an office he filled 
for about fourteen years, resigning at the age of 
eighty-three years. His death occurred on_his 
original farm, April 4, 1892. He married, Janu- 
ary 31, 1832, Lucy Parent, who was born at St. 
Mary’s, county of Beauce, Province of Quebec, 
March 13, 1811, died November 1, 1894. Children 
of James and Lucy (Parent) Keegan: Rose Annie, 
born December 3, 1832; John, born December 
I, 1834; Thomas, of whom further; James, born 
April 4, 1838; Catherine, born May 28, 1840; Mary, 
born April 17, 1842; Elizabeth Ann, born Janu- 
ary 13, 1844; Michael, born April 9, 1846; So- 
phia, born November 3, 1848; Peter Charles, born 
May 13, 1859. 

Thomas, son of James and Lucy (Parent) Kee- 
gan, was born August 9, 1836. His occupation 
was that of farmer and for forty years he was 
the first selectman of his town, also representing 
his district in the Maine Legislature for several 
terms. He married, at Van Buren, Maine, August 
31, 1852, Eugenie Du Bay, a direct descendant of 
Maturin Du Bay, who emigrated to Canada from 


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La Chapelle Detrer, Eveche de Lucon, France, 
in 1631, settling at Ouelle river, Canada, and ma- 
ternally a direct descendant of Louis Habert, who 
emigrated to Canada from Paris, France, in 1617, 
becoming the first settler of the city of Quebec 
and one of the most active pioneers in its devel- 
opment, his residence the first built in the upper 
city. (See Dictionnaire Genealogique des Familles 
Canadiennes, by Tanguay.) Children of Thomas 
and Eugenie (Du Bay) Keegan: Joseph A., born 
August 16, 1855; Lydia M., born February 11, 
1870, married Walter Greenier; Omar C., born 
April 24, 1872, married Caroline Daigle; Addis E., 
born August 14, 1874, married Alice Frank; An- 
nie M., born August 15, 1876, married Eugene 
Jacques; James J., born September 18, 1878, mar- 
tried Marie L. Bourgoin; Evie R., born March 5, 
1881, now Sister Marie Eucharie, a Sister of 
Mercy; Lucy, born September 9, 1883, now Sis- 
ter Marie Eugenie, a Sister of the Good Shep- 
herd; George Joseph, of whom further. 

George Joseph, son of Thomas and Eugenie 
(Du Bay) Keegan, was born at Hamlin, Aroos- 
took county, Maine, October 5, 1885. He was 
early thrown on his own responsibility and his 
present high standing in the law shows how well 
he rose to the occasion. When George J. Kee- 
gan was fourteen years of age, his father, not 
satisfied with his record at the Van Buren Col- 
lege Preparatory School, told him “to go back to 
school and work or go out and earn his own liy- 
ing.” He chose the latter course and immedi- 
ately secured employment as a mule driver on 
railroad construction work. At the age of eighteen 
while employed as a lumber surveyor, he was 
active in unionizing his fellow workmen, and later 
was instrumental in organizing a strike which 
proved to be the turning point in his career, as 
legal complications arising from the arrest of a 
large number of strikers, including himself, di- 
rected his attention to the field of law, which he 
determined to make his profession. After hav- 
ing been engaged as a wood worker, an electri- 
cal worker, a street car conductor, and teacher, 
during which time he devoted every spare mo- 
ment to study, he finally entered the University of 
Maine College of Law, completing his course in 
1913 and immediately was admitted to the bar. 
Since that time Mr. Keegan has conducted a suc- 
cessful practice in Van Buren, and has gained 
worthy reputation among his professional breth- 
ren and the general public for ability and integ- 
rity. In his political faith he is a Democrat, and 
is town agent for Van Buren, also bail commis- 
sioner. He is a trustee of the Van Buren Light 


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and Power District and the Van Buren Water 
District. From his college years Mr. Keegan is 
a member of the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, 
and a communicant of the Roman Catholic 
church, a fourth degree member of the Knights of 
Columbus, of which he is a past State advocate 
and past grand knight. 


FRANK BAILEY WOODBURY WELCH— 
Among the successful business men of Port- 
land, Maine, in the present generation, the name 
of Frank Bailey Woodbury Welch stands out as 
an example of one whose entire career is fol- 
lowed with the most scrupulous concern for the 
rights and interests of others, who never wit- 
tingly harmed a fellow, even a rival in business, 
and who has an unsullied reputation for unim- 
peachable integrity and uprightness in all his 
dealings. Frank Bailey Woodbury Welch is a 
son of Alvin Francis and Mary A. (Bailey) 
Welch, and is a member of an old and prominent 
Maine family. His father was a native of Casco, 
Maine, where he passed his entire life, dying there 
at the age of sixty-five years. He held a posi- 
tion as steamship steward on one of the coastwise 
vessels plying between Portland and New York 
City for many years. He married Mary A. 
Bailey, who still resides at Portland at the age 
of eighty years, and they were the parents of two 
children, Frank B. W., and Bertha May, who be- 
came the wife of Judge George F. Gould, of 
Portland. 

Mr. Welch was born November 27, 1868, at 
Mason City, Iowa, where his parents were resid- 
ing at the time, and four years later returned 
with them to Portland, where he has made his 
home ever since. It was in Portland that he re- 
ceived his education, attending the local public 
schools for this purpose, and where at the age 
of eighteen years he began his successful business 
career. 


he remained for sixteen years. 
chased a stencil company, 


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remunerative business in that region. 


Mr. Welch does not confine his activities to his — 
business interests, however, but is a prominent 
figure in the public life of Portland and in many ~ 


other departments of its affairs. He began while 
quite a young man to play an active part in local 


politics, and in 1903 was elected a member of the — 


His first position was with a local book © 
store, the firm of Loring, Short & Harmon, where — 
In 1907 he pur- | 
to which he gave © 
the name of the Welch Stencil and which is at the — 
present time located at No. 24 Plumb street, Port- — 
The concern is incorporated with Mr. — 
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common council of the city. In the following 
year he was returned to this body and became its 
president, an office which he held during that 
term. In 1905 and 1906 he was elected to the 
Board of Aldermen and as member of that body 
rendered an important service to the community- 
at-large. In 1915 Mr. Welch became city clerk 
of Portland and is now serving his second year 
in that important and responsible office. Another 
aspect of the life of Portland with which he has 
been closely identified has been that connected 
with the military organizations of the city and 
State, and he has now served for twenty years in 
the National Guard of Maine. In the year 1890 
he enlisted as a private in the Coast Artillery and 
was one of the first to volunteer for the Spanish- 
American War in 1898. He eventually became 
colonel of the Coast Artillery and has been an 
important figure in its affairs. Mr. Welch is a 
member of many important social and fraternal 
orders, among which should be mentioned the 
Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, the Sons of Veterans, the Maine So- 
ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
the Society of Spanish War Veterans and the 
Portland Athletic Club. In his religious belief 
Mr. Welch is an Episcopalian and attends St, 
Stephen’s Church in Portland. 

On February 3, 1903, Mr. Welch was united in 
Marriage at Portland, Maine, with Carry Cook 
Horr, a native of Portland and a daughter of 
Henry J. and Ellen L. (Gould) Horr, now both 
deceased. 

Mr. Welch is a typical man of business, of the 
kind that has made New England famous and 
placed her so high among the industrial re- 
gions of the world. He cannot be classed with 
the type of men which is becoming more and 
more dominant in contemporary business life, 
whose interests in their own achievements are 
so narrow that they forget the welfare of the 
community, but with that more gracious type 
which is growing smaller, whose operations never 
dull their public spirit, and who aim at the 
advancement of the whole community quite as 
much as their own. He is the kind of man at 
whom the community can and does point with 
that of gratitude and admiration for the bene- 
fits which his activities have conferred upon 
it. Not less conspicuous than his public are his 
Private virtues, which render him a beloved hus- 
band and friend, and wins him a host of compan- 
ions with whom his relations are of the warm- 
est. Both he and Mrs. Welch are conspicuous 
figures in the social life of the city, and have won 


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a well deserved reputation as delightful and hos- 
pitable hosts. Their charming home is the 
abode of cultivation and refinement as well as of 
those more homely virtues which form the only 
stable foundation for home life. 


WESLEY MORRILL SNOWW—The Snow 
family is a very old one in Maine and many of 
its members have held distinguished places in the 
life of the “Pine Tree State” during the many 
years it has resided there, while today it is spread 
throughout the entire region. It is represented 
at the present time by Wesley Morrill Snow, of 
Portland, the progressive and successful business 
man so well and favorably known to a large cir- 
cle of friends and associates. Mr. Snow is a 
son of Reuben Swift and Candace (Morrill) 
Snow, who for many years were prominent fig- 
ures in the life of Scarboro. It was there that 
Reuben Swift Snow was born, and during the 
greater part of his life he carried on agricultural 
operations on the valuable farm owned by him 
in that region. Mr. Snow, Sr., was a native of 
Milbourne, Quebec, Canada. They were the par- 
ents of four children, as follows: Edith, who died 
in infancy; Reuben, Jr., who resides in Portland, 
where he is engaged in the real estate business; 
Lottie B., who resides in the old Snow home at 
Scarboro; and Wesley Morrill. 

Born November 27, 1879, on his father’s home- 
stead at Scarboro, Maine, Wesley Morrill Snow 
has all his life resided in Cumberland county and 
has become thoroughly identified with the life and 
affairs of that region. His childhood was passed 
in his native place, where he attended the public 
schools until he had attained the age of eighteen 
years. Upon completing his studies at these in- 
stitutions, he entered Gray’s Business College at 
Portland, where he took a commercial course 
and studied bookkeeping. Immediately upon 
graduating from this institution he secured a posi- 
tion as bookkeeper with the firm of C. H. Thomp- 
son & Company, who were engaged in a large 
grocery business in Portland. Here he remained 
for a period of some three years, and at the ex- 
piration of that period secured a position with W. 
P. Carr and became a partner of that concern. 
This company was known as W. P. Carr & Com- 
pany and continued in business for a period of 
eight years after which the interests were pur- 
chased by Mr. Snow and the name was changed 
to that of W. M. Snow & Company. Under this 
style the business is being conducted with a high 
degree of success today, and it is at the present 
time in a process of rapid development. Besides 


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his activity in the business world, Mr. Snow is a 
prominent figure in several other departments of 
the city’s life, and he is closely identified with 
everything connected with athletics and out-door 
sports and pastimes in the city. He is an enthu- 
siast for out-door life of all kinds, and is particu- 
larly fond of hunting and fishing, spending all his 
spare time in this manner. He is a member of the 
local lodge, Knights of Pythias, and is a staunch 
supporter of the principles and policies of the 
Republican party. In his religious belief Mr. 
Snow is a Congregationalist and is identified with 
the State Street Congregational Church, being 
very active in the work of the same. 

On June 17, 1909, Wesley Morrill Snow was 
united in marriage with Blanche Ryder, a native 
of Orrington, Maine, a daughter of Benjamin 
and Rosilla (Powers) Ryder, both of whom are 
now deceased. Mrs. Snow, on her maternal side, 
is related to the late Governor Powers, of Maine, 
and is a member of an extremely distinguished 
family. Mr. and Mrs. Snow are the parents of 
one child, Natalie Ryder, born May 5, Iota. 

While the life of Mr. Snow may not have been 
in any way noteworthy for strange and startling 
vicissitudes of fortune nor for those brilliant 
achievements over which the pages of history 
love to linger, it is the record of a simple career 
in which the distinguishing marks are a simple 
devotion to duty and a broad-minded affection for 
his fellows. It is a life at once the type and the 
model of the class of men upon whom the 
strength of the community is founded. In all 
his relations with his fellow-men he exhibits a 
healthy and wholesome manliness which wins in- 
stant good feeling and respect, so that he has 
scarcely an enemy and a great host of friends and 
well wishers. There is nothing that makes so di- 
rect an appeal to men as a manly, unfearful out- 
look on life, one not afraid to speak out its be- 
liefs, yet shrinks from hurting unnecessarily. 
These are the qualities which mark Mr. Snow in 
his dealings with men, and which account for his 
wide popularity. Perhaps there is no single re- 
lation of life that is more a test of a man’s essen- 
tial worth than that most intimate one supplied by 
the home, and here, as elsewhere, Mr. Snow meas- 
ures up to the highest standard. 


HORACE C. CHAPMAN—A man of advanced 
years of varied experience, and from 1889 until 
his death twenty-six years later, proprietor of the 
Bangor House, Horace C. Chapman was one of 
the best known hotel men in the State of Maine, 
having for seven years, 1882-1889, been proprietor 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


of the “Thorndike” at Rockland. This veteran 
of the hotel business was also a veteran of the 
Civil War, and a man highly regarded by a wealth 
of friends. He was the twelfth child of Captain 
William Chapman, and a grandson of Nathaniel 
Chapman, a soldier of the Revolution and a lineal 
descendant of Edward Chapman, the miller of 
Ipswich, who is believed to have come from near 
Hull, England, and to have landed in Boston in 
1642. The name Chapman is of Saxon origin from 
Ceapman—a chapman—a merchant. The name 
appears as early as 1216, in Whitley Abbey, a 
Captain Benjamin Chapman then receiving grants 
of land. Several of the name came early to New 
England, and it is not clear that they were re- 
lated. An Edward Chapman was at Windsor, 
Connecticut, in 1662; John, at Boston, 1634; Rob- 
ert, at Saybrook, 1640; William, at New London, 
1669; Ralph came in 1635 and was at Duxbury in 
1640. This line descends from Edward Chapman 
of Ipswich, a miller who does not appear to have 
been related to any of the others. He died April 
18, 1678, leaving a will-and male issue. 
Nathaniel Chapman, a lineal descendant of Ed- 
ward Chapman, the “miller of Ipswich,’ Massa- 
chusetts, was born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, 
died January 2, 1819, and became a resident of 
Ipswich, Maine. He was a Revolutionary soldier, 


serving as a private in Colonel James Wesson’s 


army, his pay account showing service from Janu- 
ary I, 1777, until December 31, 1779. He served 
in Captain Joseph Pettingill’s company, Colonel 
Wesson’s regiment, and also in Captain Putnam’s 
regiment. He married Sally Gott, and they were 
the parents of twelve children, this review follow- 
ing the career of Captain William Chapman, their 
first born. 

Captain William Chapman was born in King- 
field, Franklin county, Maine, in 1800, died in 
Newburg, Maine, October 30, 1869. He removed 
to Newburg, Maine, in 1827, and there resided 
until his death, forty-two years later. By occupa- 
tion he was a farmer. In politics he was a Whig, 
and always interested in public affairs. His mili- 
tary title was gained through service in the Maine 
Militia. Captain Chapman married, May 24, 1823, 
Elizabeth Morrill, born March 29, 1804, died August 
3, 1871, daughter of John and Abigail (Weeman) 
Morrill, of Newburg, a niece of Anson P. Morrill, 
and a descendant of John Morrill, of Kittery, 
Maine. Captain and Mrs. Chapman are the par- 
ents of thirteen children: Thomas Morrill Chap- 
man, born July 18, 1824, died November 5, 1868, 
leaving issue; Alfred Chapman, died unmarried 
at the age of twenty-five; William A. Chapman, 


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died unmarried at the age of twenty-four; Charles 
Davis Chapman, born February 20, 1828, died April 
12, 1887, a veteran of the Civil War; Elizabeth, 
married (first) Rufus Gilmore, (second) George 
C. Orne; Henry Clay Chapman, born January 10, 
1832, killed by a train at Oil City, Pennsylvania, in 
1873, married Mary Emmeline Bickford, and left 
issue; Augustus Peasley Chapman, born March 
15, 1834, died November 30, 1889, married Mary 
Emma Hayes, and left five daughters; Hannah 
M., born September 30, 1835, died September Io, 
1901, married Frank Glendenning, of Eureka, Cali- 
fornia, no issue; Adolphus J. Chapman, born July 
4, 1837, died September 16, 1893; a veteran of the 
Civil War, first lieutenant and adjutant of the 
Fourteenth Regiment, Maine Volunteers; mar- 
ried Melinda C. Doane, and left two daughters; 
Martha, born September 2, 1839, died October 15, 
1871, married William Simpson, of Newburg, 
Maine, and had a daughter, Edith E.; Milton C., 
born June 16, 1841, died October 5, 1903, a vet- 
eran of the Civil War, sergeant of Company A, 
First Maine Cavalry, a member of the Maine 
Legislature, and the holder of many other offices, 
married Rosina Newcomb and left two sons, 
Clarence L. and Doctor Henry M. Chapman; 
Horace C. Chapman, to whose memory this re- 
view is dedicated; Marie Abbie Chapman, married 
Professor Brown, and died in California, without 
issue. 

Such are the antecedents of Horace C. Chap- 
‘man, twelfth child and ninth son of Captain Wil- 
liam and Elizabeth (Morrill) Chapman. He was 
born in Newburg, Maine, January 24, 1845, died 
in Bangor, Maine, February 19, 1915. He was 
educated in the public schools of Newburg, and 
Hampden, Maine, and while yet a minor enlisted 
in Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, Maine Vol- 
unteer Infantry, serving from February 27, 1865, 
until August 28, 1865. After receiving honorable 
discharge from the army he settled in Hampden, 
Maine, and learned. the harness maker’s trade. 
After becoming master of his trade he located in 
' Winterport, Maine, there remaining until 1874, 
running his own harness shop quite successfully 
until 1870, when in partnership with Henry T. 
Sanborn, he became manager of the Commercial 
Hotel, but retaining his harness business. In 1874 
he sold out and moved to Rockland, Maine, where 
he operated a harness shop until 1882. In that 
year he became proprietor of the ‘Thorndike” 
Hotel, so continuing until 1889. After surren- 
dering the management of the “Thorndike” in 
1889, he located in Bangor, Maine, there purchas- 
ing the Bangor House lease of F. O. Beal, and 


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assuming the management of that popular house 
of entertainment. He continued as the success- 
ful manager of the Bangor House until his death. 
He was an executive director of the Merrill Trust 
Company of Bangor, and interested in other busi- 
ness enterprises of that city which was for so long 
his home. 

Mr. Chapman was a Republican in politics, and 
a Unitarian in religious faith, He was a member 
of lodge, chapter, council and commandery of the 
Masonic order. For one year he was president of 
the Tarratine Club, of which he was long a mem- 
ber. He married, October 23, 1867, at Winterport, 
Maine, Lydia A. Rich, born in Winterport, March 
20, 1845, died in Bangor, Maine, March 8, 1913, 
daughter of Charles P: Rich. Mr. and Mrs. Chap- 
man were the parents of two children: Harry At- 
wood Chapman, born July 19, 1869, was educated 
in Rockland public schools and Rockland Busi- 
ness College, and is now (1919) proprietor of the 
Bangor House, having succeeded his honored 
father; Clara R. Chapman, born July 12, 1871, 
educated in Rockland public schools and Villa 
Maria Convent, Montreal, Canada. 


ISAAC LA FORREST ROBBINS—The late 
Isaac La Forrest Robbins, who throughout his 
entire lifetime was a resident of his native city, 
Lewiston, was a man of prominence and influence 
in the community, active in business, political and 
fraternal circles, and his death deprived the city 
of Lewiston of one of its influential citizens. 

Isaac La Forrest Robbins was born in Lewis- 
ton, Maine, January 2, 1868, and he died June 1, 
1917. He attended the public schools of Lewis- 
ton, but was compelled at an early age, owing to 
the fact that his father died when he was an in- 
fant, to assist in earning his own livelihood and 
therefore had to relinquish his studies sooner 
than the majority of boys. His first position was 
in the hardware store of a Mr. Day, of Lewiston, 
and he served there in a clerical position for 
about five years, resigning in the year 1888. In 
the meantime, however, he accumulated a consid- 
erable sum of money, saved from his weekly 
wages, and with this he established himself in the 
coal and wood business, which met with success 
almost from the outset, increasing rapidly in vol- 
ume and importance, and in due course of time 
Mr. Robbins attained a position cf prominence 
in the mercantile world of the city, remaining the 
active head of the business until his death, and 
since then it has been conducted by his nephew, 
Emery Russell. In addition to this enterprise, 
Mr. Robbins was prominently affiliated with a 


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number of other concerns. He was the owner of 
the Wakefield Brothers Drug Store located on 
Lisbon street, one of the pioneer drug concerns 
in the city. He was also a member of the firm of 
Ferguson Brothers & IJ. L. Robbins, who were 
extensive buyers of horses and operated a sales 
stable in Lewiston. 

In addition to his business interests, Mr. Rob- 
bins was actively connected with public affairs. 
He was one of the prominent public men of 
Lewiston, and has been credited with doing more 
for the Republican party in that city than any 
other man in the past seventeen years. In 1916 
he was a candidate on the Republican ticket for 
mayor of Lewiston, and for many years was a 
member of the City Council. When he was first 
elected to that body he was known familiarly as 
“The Boy Orator,” being the youngest member 
of the Council at that time. Mr. Robbins was a 
great horseman, and he was usually chosen to act 
as marshal in all public parades and other gath- 
erings of a similar nature. He was the possessor 
of a wonderful horse-hair bridle, which was very 
costly, being braided of pure horse hair and 
which took nine hundred and seventy days in the 
operation. It is famous among horsemen, and is 
now on exhibition in the Ricker Historical Rooms 
at Poland Springs. Mr. Robbins became a mem- 
ber of the Lewiston Fire Department when twen- 
ty-seven years of age, and was afterwards elected 
captain of the Hook and Ladder Company there. 
In his religious belief he was a Universalist. He 
held membership in the order of Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Improved 
Order of Red Men, and the Order of Owls. 

Mr. Robbins married, March 28, 1915, at Lewis- 
ton, Maetta Taylor, born in Malden, Massachu- 
setts, March 4, 1881, daughter of John Henry 
and Elizabeth (Burns) Taylor. Mr. Taylor was 
a native of England, born in London, March 24, 
1845; he accompanied his parents and two broth- 
ers to this country, being then seven years of age, 
and they located in Boston, Massachusetts. For 
seven years Mr. Taylor was a member of the 
regular army of the United States, and in 1866 
was presented with a gold emblem in recognition 
of an act of bravery performed by him while 
serving in the Civil War under the command of 
General Carlton. Mr. Taylor died May 8, 1g16. 
His wife, Elizabeth (Burns) Taylor, a native of 
Lynn, Massachusetts, now resides in Malden, 
Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were the 
parents of seven children, four of whom are liy- 


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ing, as follows: Lillian J., who became the wife 
of George S. Robinson, of Lewiston; William D., 
a nurse at the Massachusetts State Hospital at 
Tewksbury, Massachusetts; Maetta, widow of Mr. 
Robbins; Rebecca, who became the wife of 
Charles Austin, of Malden, Massachusetts. Mrs. 
Robbins is a trained nurse, having graduated from 
the Central Maine General Hospital in 1906. 


GEORGE C. FOGG, one of the best known 
and most influential lumber dealers of his region 
of the State, is a man whose career has carried 
out the best traditions of a family which is one 
of the oldest in New England. The substantial 
and sturdy qualities of the stock have been 
handed down in unbroken line from father to son, 
even as the great tracts of land which they ac- 
quired from the original inhabitants, and have 
passed from one hand to another only through 
the devisal of will. The origin of the Foggs 
goes back in England to the remotest antiquity, 
the family having been long domiciled in the 
island, when their names were put in the Domes- 
day Book compiled by the commissioners of Wil- 
liam the Conqueror in 1086. The name is also 
found as land-owners in the Rotula Hundredorum 
prepared by King Edward I on his return from 
Palestine. The probabilities very strongly con- 
cur with the tradition that they were of those 
Danish freebooters who settled in England after 
the forays which made their name so great a 
terror. The name was then Fogh, according to 
the story, but settling in Kent, the most Eng- 
lish or rather the most Saxon of the counties, 
they lost all the Danish peculiarities of their 
brethren in Northumbria, who to the present day 
show the characteristics of their Scandinavian 
origin. By a strange chance the name, which 
was once a common one in England, has become 
almost extinct in the mother country, though 
the stock has numerous representatives in New 
England. 

Samuel Fogg, the progenitor of most of that 
name in America, came about 1630 from Exeter 
to Boston. The tradition is that he came with 
John Winthrop, who was the first governor of 
the Massachusetts Bay Colony, in the Arabella, ar- 
riving at Salem, June 12, after a voyage of al- 
most two months and a half. Later he went 
further North, and settled at Hampton, New 
Hampshire, and his descendants have owned land 
along the New Hampshire coast and in York 
and Cumberland counties in Maine for two and 
a half centuries. He married (first) December 
10, 1652, Anne Shaw, of Hampton. From this 


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marriage there were two sons and a daughter. 
Mrs. Shaw died in 1661, and he then married (sec- 
ond) December 28, 1665, Mary Page, daughter 
of Robert Page, of Hampton. Her father was 
one of the prominent men of the place, and a 
large land-owner, as well as a member of the 
General Court. Of this marriage there were 
two sons. 

Daniel Fogg, the youngest son of Samuel and 
Anne (Shaw) Fogg, was twelve years old when 
his father died. He was apprenticed to a black- 
smith, and stayed in Hampton until he was twen- 
ty-seven years old. He then removed to the 
Spurwink river, in Scarboro, Maine, and there 
worked at his trade. He received grants of 
land from the town, and in 1684 he married Han- 
nah Libby. From these two most of the Foggs 
of Maine are descended. As was customary 
among persons of means in those days, the Foggs 
owned many negro slaves, and the name is a 
common one with the negroes of that section, 
the old custom being for the servants to take 
the name of the master. Daniel Fogg was born 
April 16, 1660, and died in 1755, at the age of 
ninety-five, having lived to see four generations 
of his descendants spread throughout that part 
of the State. He left Scarboro, Maine, after the 
break up of that settlement by the Indians, about 
1690. He then returned to New Hampshire, ac- 
cording to tradition, settling on an island in the 
Piscataqua river, near Portsmouth, and here he 
remained until 1750. In that year he returned 
to Maine, settling this time at Kittery (now 
Eliot) on a farm which he purchased and which 
is still in the possession of his descendants. Here 
he lived until his death. He was one of the 
original members of the Congregational church 
when it was organized at Kittery, in 1721. 

Of the family of this stalwart pioneer, George 
C. Fogg, the son of James Henry Fogg, was 
born in Biddeford, Maine, October 4, 1868, and 
as a boy was sent to the local schools of the 


town. He was then fitted for a place in the 
business arena by a course at the business col- 
lege at Portland. After leaving school he worked 


for two years on the street railroad, and then be- 
came connected, together with his father, with 
the buying and selling of horses. Later they 
turned their attention to the lumber business, 
and at the present time Mr. Fogg is one of the 
largest lumber dealers in the country, holding a 
very large tract of timber land. He is inter- 
ested in fraternal association, and is an Odd Fel- 
low, and is a popular Mason, a member of Dun- 
lap Lodge, York Royal Arch Chapter, Maine 


Council, and Bradford Commandery. He is 
president of the Biddeford Building Company. 
He is a director in the Shipbuilding Company, 
and is president of the Greenwood Cemetery As- 
sociation. 

Mr. Fogg married Fannie Roberts, of Saco, and 
their children are: Marcia and Donald. 

James Henry Fogg, the father of George C. 
Fogg, and himself the son of James Fogg, was 
born in Saco, Maine, June 18, 1835, and in his 
early life was in the wholesale meat business, 
buying at that time large numbers of cattle. In 
this he was later joined by his son, George C. 
Fogg, as previously mentioned. With him also 
he became interested in the lumber business. He 
married Lydia Haley, January 1, 1860, and their 
children are: Charles Henry, of Greensburg, 
Pennsylvania; Frederick R., deceased; George C., 
of present mention; and a daughter deceased. 
James Henry Fogg, died December 29, IgII. 


TABER DAVIS BAILEY—In the forefront 
of the able and progressive lawyers of Bangor, 
Maine, Taber Davis Bailey is a conspicuous fig- 
ure. He was born at Oldtown, Maine, April 5, 
1874, son of Charles Alanson and Frances Ellen 
(Davis) Bailey. His father was a prominent 
lawyer in Maine, and filled several offices in the 
gift of the people, having been sent to the Maine 
Legislature in 1870, and having served as county 
attorney for Penobscot county for eight years. 
He was judge of the Municipal Court of Bangor 
for four years. As a young man he had served 
in the Thirtieth Maine Regiment, rising from 
the ranks to a second lieutenant’s commission. 

Taber D. Bailey attended the public schools 
of Bangor, and graduated from the high school 
in 1892. From this he entered Bowdoin College, 
and received from that institution his degree of 
Bachelor of Arts in 1896. Upon leaving college 
he entered at once on the study of the law in 
the offices of the firm of Davis & Bailey, ex- 
Governor Daniel F. Davis being the senior mem- 
ber, and his father, Charles A. Bailey, being the 
junior member. This was an excellent prepara- 
tion for his profession, as the work of the firm 
was not only large, but extremely diversified 
in character. Young Mr. Bailey took advantage 
of his unusual opportunities and his success 
shows that he made use of the valuable experi- 
ence that lay in his way. In August, 1898, he 
was admitted to practice in the courts of the 
State of Maine, and by the-age of thirty-five he 
was established in a large and growing practice, 
pleading his cases in the State and Federal courts. 


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Besides his law practice Mr. Bailey is very ex- 
tensively interested in timber lands and timber 
transactions of different kinds. 

Mr. Bailey has, like his father, taken a keen 
interest in political matters, and has held several 
offices in the service of the community and State. 
From 1897 to 1900 he was a member of the City 
Council, and in 1901 was president of the Com- 
mon Council. In 1902 and 1903 he was city 
solicitor of Bangor, and 1913 and 1914 he was 
sent to the Maine Senate, and in 1917 and 1918 
served as president of the Senate. Mr. Bailey 
is a member of the Odd Fellows, of the Knights 
of Pythias, and the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks, having served the latter order in 
1914 as exalted ruler. He is also a member of 
the Tarratine Club, of the Conduskeag Country 
Club, and of the Bangor Yacht Club. He is a 
member of All Souls’ Congregational Church. 

Mr. Bailey married, at Bangor, Maine, June 17, 
too1, Leila M. McDonald, daughter of Isaac and 
Abethany McDonald. 


HARRY STEVENS COOMBS, man of affairs 
and successful business man, comes of good old 
“Pine Tree State” stock. He is a son of George 
M. Coombs, who was born at Brunswick, Maine, 
November 27, 1851, the son of John and Hannah 
(Morse) Coombs, who like himself were natives 
of Brunswick, where the father was engaged in 
business as a shipbuilder. At the age of seven- 
teen years George M. Coombs came to the city 
of Lewiston, worked for two years as a car- 
penter and then, when still lacking two years oi 
his majority, engaged in business independently 
as an architect. He finally built up a large and 
prosperous business, and until the time of his 
death remained- most actively engaged in this 
line. Mr. Coombs took an active part in the 
public affairs of Lewiston and was elected to 
both branches of the Municipal Government, be- 
ing at first a member of the Common Council 
and later a member of the Board of Aldermen. 
He was exceedingly energetic and took a leading 
part in framing the city ordinance of his time. 
Mr. Coombs married Clara Coffin, who died 
August 4, 1916, at the age of sixty. They were 


the parents of the following children: Fred 
Hamilton, who resides in Lewiston; Harry 
Stevens. 


Born October 27, 1878, at Lewiston, Maine, 
Harry Stevens Coombs has passed practically his 
entire life in his native city. He attended the 
local public schools for the elementary portion 
of his education, and was prepared for college 


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at the Lewiston High School, and at the Nichols 
Latin School of Lewiston, from which he grad- 
uated in 1897. Mr. Coombs then matriculated 
at Bowdoin College, where after establishing a 
record for scholarship and general character, he 
was graduated with the class of 1901, taking the 
degree of Bachelor of Arts. Immediately upon 
completing his studies at the last named institu- 
tion, the young man entered his father’s office 
and there very rapidly picked up the details of 
the architectural profession, and remained thus 
employed until the death of the elder man, in 
the year 1909, when he assumed entire control 
of the business. Mr. Coombs has operated the 
same with a high degree of success, many of the 
largest and handsomest buildings in Lewiston 
having been erected from his plans, and among 
those should be mentioned the Central Maine 
General Hospital. His reputation was not con- 


fined to his home city, however, and he has been — 


sought as an architect in the surrounding region. 
In the neighboring city of Auburn, he has 
erected among others the handsome building of 
the Webster Grammar School, which is conceded 


to be one of the finest schools in the State of 


Maine, being in much the same class among 
schools as the Central Maine General Hospital 
is among institutions of its own line. Mr. 
Coombs also erected the Municipal Building at 
Rumford, Maine, besides many other important 
edifices. In his political belief, Mr. Coombs is 
a Republican, and like his father takes an active 
part in public affairs. He has been in the past 
a member of the Board of Education in Lewiston 
and has given no little time and thought to the 
educational problems of the city. 
is also quite prominent in fraternal life and is af- 
filiated with the Masonic Order. He is a mem- 


ber of Ashlar Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 


Masons; King Hiram Chapter, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons; Lewiston Commandery, Knights Templar; 


and Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles 
While in college Mr. 


of the Mystic Shrine. 
Coombs became a member of the Delta Upsilon. 
In religious belief he is a Congregationalist. 


Harry Stevens Coombs was united in marriage, 


October 1, 1902, at Bath, Maine, with Jane B. 


Coombs, a daughter of Isaiah S. and Margaret 


(Lord) Coombs, of Bath, where Mrs. Coombs 


was born. . Isaiah S. Coombs was for many years © 


engaged in the shipbuilding business at Bath. 


AUGUSTUS NOBLE BERRY, the founder of 
the large industrial enterprise known as the 
Berry Paper Company, at Lewiston, Maine, and 


Mr. Coombs 


a 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


one of the most successful business men of that 
place, is a native of Lowell, Massachusetts, where 
he was born January 3, 1842. He came as a 
child with his parents to the “Pine Tree” State, 
his first home here being the town of Andover, 
where he spent his boyhood and early youth. 
Here it was that he received his education at the 
local public school, after which he continued to 
reside with his parents until he had attained his 
majority. At the age of twenty-one he returned 
to his native State and engaged in business there 
with a Mr. J. N. Allen, of Boston, under the firm 
name of J. N. Allen & Berry. For thirty years 
he continued to be thus occupied, but eventually 
the association was severed and he came to 
Maine once more. Here he settled in Auburn 
in the year 1892, and founded in that city the 
Berry Paper Company, in association with his 
son, Edgar M. Berry. In 1808 he retired from 
active management of this concern, but to this 
day retains a financial interest in the business. 
Mr. Berry was very active in other departments 
of the community’s life, and was a conspicuous 
figure in social and fraternal circles here. He 
was a prominent member of the Masonic frater- 
nity and took an active part in the work of that 
great order. During his youth Mr. Berry was 
excessively fond of all sorts of outdoor sports 
and pastimes, but was particularly famous as a 
hunter of large game. He never allowed a spring 
or autumn to pass without taking a hunting trip, 
and his prowess on these occasions was well 
known to all his associates. In his religious be- 
lief Mr. Berry is a Universalist and attends the 
church of that denomination at Lewiston. 
Augustus Noble Berry was united in marriage 
at Andover, Maine, with Miss Lora J. Newton, a 
native of that town. Mr. Newton met his death 
while serving his country in the Civil War. Mr. 
and Mrs. Berry were the parents of six children 
as follows: George Augustus, who now resides 
at Melbourne, Australia, where he represents a 
shoe company as salesman; Alice, who became 
the wife of William Boothby of Auburn, Maine; 
Irene, who died in the year 1898 at the age of 
twenty-three; Frank, who died in infancy; Edgar 
M., who was born on January 15, 1879, mentioned 
below; Ethel Augusta, who became the wife of 
| John M. Littlefield, of Lewiston. 
| Edgar M. Berry is a graduate of the Edward 
| Little High School at Andover with the class 
_ of 1897 and of a Schenectady business college in 
\1898. After completing these courses he assisted 
his father in the organization of the Berry Paper 
\Company and after the elder man’s retirement in 


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1898, assumed entire control of this great busi- 
ness. He is at the present time actively engaged 
in its management and is still further develop- 
ing its interests. Like his father, Edgar M. 
Berry, is a Mason, and he is also a prominent 
figure in the social world of Lewiston. He mar- 
ried on July 6, 1903, Miss Florence I. Hinckley, 
a native of Rangeley. They are the parents of 
one child, Norman Augustus Berry, born Novem- 
ber II, 1905. 

It is not always easy to discover and define the 
hidden forces that have moved a life of ceaseless 
activity and large success; little more can be 
done than to nete their manifestations in the 
career of the individual under consideration. In 
view of this fact, the life of the distinguished 
manufacturer and public spirited citzen, Augus- 
tus N. Berry, of Lewiston, Maine, affords a strik- 
ing example of well defined purpose, with the 
ability to make that purpose subserve not only his 
own ends but the good of his fellow men as 
well. In addition to his long and creditable ca- 
reer in his exacting business, he has also proved 
himself an honorable member of the body politic; 
rising in the confidence and esteem of the pub- 
lic, and in every relation of life he never fell be- 
low the dignity of true manhood or in any way 
resorted to methods that invited criticism or 
censure. He is essentially a man among men, 
having ever moved as one who commanded re- 
spect by innate force as well as by superior abil- 
ity, and-his life and labors eminently entitle him 
to representation among the representative men 
of his city. To the more basic virtues of essen- 
tial honesty and courage, Mr. Berry adds a de- 
lightful personality with those graces of bearing 
and manner, those amenities of social intercourse, 
in themselves no inconsiderable virtues. Spring- 
ing as they do from a broad tolerance and sym- 
pathy for one’s fellows, they are closely related 
to that Christian charity without which, we are 
told, the other virtues are vain. And charitable 
Mr. Berry is, giving liberally to all worthy phil- 
anthropic movements. 


JOHN B. PELLETIER—One of the well 
known lawyers of his section of the State, John 
B. Pelletier boasts a French ancestry, being a 
son of Beloni and Delina (Michaud) Pelletier, 
both now deceased. He was born March 2, 1882, 
at Cyr Plt, Maine, and after attending the 
district schools went to Van Buren College, from 
which he was graduated in 1809. He was also 
a student at the House of Philosophy in Montreal, 
Canada, and afterwards read law in the Hon. 


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Peter Charles Keegan’s office, and took the course 
in law at the Bangor Law School. He was ad- 
mitted to the Maine bar in 1909, and has since 
become one of the successful attorneys of the 
State. 

Mr. Pelletier has held a number of posts in- 
dicating the confidence and esteem of his fellow 
citizens. In 1911 he was sent to represent his 
district at the Maine Legislature, and served the 
town of Van Buren as tax collector in the term 
of 1906-7, and from 1915 to 1918 he was town 
clerk, and during the year 1918 was chairman of 
the board of selectmen. He is auditor of the 
Van Buren Trust Company. In his religion Mr. 
Pelletier is a Roman Catholic, and he is a mem- 
ber of Madawaska Council, No. 1635, of the 
Knights of Columbus. 

He married at Van Buren, Maine, January 9, 
I19IiI, Rose M. Dionne, a daughter of Louis and 
Agnes (Powers) Dionne, and they have two chil- 
dren: Matrine, born January 10, 1916, and Jus- 
tine, born November 1, 1918. 


FREEMAN EVANS SMALL, M.D., late of 
Portland, Maine, where his death occurred at 
his home, March 19, 1909, was one of the most 
prominent medical practitioners in the city, with 
the life of which he was most intimately asso- 
ciated for a great number of years. He was a 
son of Henry A. and Fannie D. (Evans) Small, 
old and highly respected residents of Stoneham, 
Oxford county, Maine, and it was at that place 
their son, Dr. Small, was born, July 24, 1854. 
Dr. Small obtained the elementary portion of his 
education at the local public schools of Stone- 
ham, and later attended Gould’s Academy, at 
Bethel, Maine, where he was prepared for col- 
lege. He then entered Amherst College, where he 
took the usual classical course and was graduated 
with the class of 1877. He had in the meantime 
made up his mind to adopt medicine as a profes- 
sion and with this end in view matriculated at 
Maine Medical School at Brunswick, and was 
graduated there in 1879 with his medical degree. 
After the completion of his studies Dr. Small 
went to the town of Rumford Center, Oxford 
county, and there established himself in prac- 
tice. He was very successful there but in spite 
of the fact did not feel wholly satisfied, as he 
believed that a greater opportunity awaited him 
in a larger city. Accordingly, after remaining 
for about seven years at Rumford Center, he 
came, in 1886, to Portland, where he began to 
practice immediately. Once more he was very 
successful, and in a short time built up a large 


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and widespread practice that extended into many 
parts of the city and even beyond. He re- 
mained permanently located here and only death 
terminated his active and useful career. He 
opened an office opposite Lincoln Park and there 
he made his headquarters until the close of his 
life. He gained a great reputation as an able 
and learned physician, and for many years was a 
member of the staff of the Maine General Hos- 
pital in this city. He was also connected with 
the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, during the 
first few years of the existence of that institu- 
tion. Dr. Small was always keenly interested in © 
the general welfare of the profession of which ~ 
he was sa distinguished a member, and was ac- ~ 
tive in the work of many of the societies and other 
organizations of a professional character. He © 
was a member of the Portland Medicai Club, 7 
the Cuinberland Medical Society, the Maine Med- 
ical Scciety, the American Academy of Medicine 
and the American Public Health Association. © 
Besides these professional organizations he was 
affiliated with the Masonic Order, having taken 
the thirty-second degree. He was a member of 
Blazing Star Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons; Chapter, Council, Commandery, Temple, | 
and Consistory. In politics he was a Republican, 
but the demands made upon his time and ener- 
gies by his professional duties made it impos- 
sible for him to take an active part in public” 
affairs such as his abilities no doubt fitted him | 
for. He was a public spirited citizen, a true 
friend, a devoted husband and father and an hon- 
orable and virtuous man. 
Mr. Small was united in marriage, at Rumford 
Center, Maine, 1879, with Mary E. Hoyt, daugh- | 
ter of Rev. Patrick Hoyt, a well known divine 
of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Small 
is a woman of the greatest culture and is deeply 
devoted to her family. One child was born to _ 
Dr. and Mrs. Small, a daughter, Lida Isabelle; 
born at Portland, and attended school here dur 
ing her girlhood. She was afterwards a stude nt 
at Mount Holyoke College, from which she was 
graduated with the class of 1910. She then took 
up teaching as a profession and has taught im 
a number of important institutions since tha 
time. Her first position was in the West Hamp 


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academic department. She next taught at th 
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Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine, and at the same 
time makes her home with her mother at Port- 
Jand. She is a woman of the highest cultivation 
and intelligence, and has proved herself a very 
able teacher. 


ROGER A. GREENE was born September 26, 
1887, in Hoosick Falls, New York, and is a son 
of George Edward Greene, also of that town. The 
father was a native of Cambridge, New York, 
where he was born in 1860, but later removed to 
Hoosick Falls, where for a number of years he 
has been established as one of that community’s 
most prominent lawyers, and where he has also 
taken an active part in local affairs. George Ed- 
ward Greene is at the present time serving in 
the capacity of superintendent of the street rail- 
Weys of the town, and is also associated with 
a number of large business enterprises in that 
region and is president of the water power com- 
pany there. He married Mary Elizabeth Foster, 
and they became the parents of six children, as 
follows: Lilla A., who became the wife of Ralph 
T. Simmons, of Troy, New York; Roger A., of 
further mention; Margaret, who is the wife of 
Homer O. White, of Ossining, New York; Mary, 
who resides with her father at home; and Foster 
and Paul, both of whom died in infancy. Mrs. 
Greene died in 1903. 

Roger A. Greene received his education in the 
public schools of his native city and attended 
both the grammar grades and the high school 
there. After leaving school he secured a posi- 
tion with the Schenectady Power Company, and 
there worked for a time, but while thus engaged 
he held to an ambition long cherished by him 
of winning for himself a more advanced educa- 
tion than he had yet received. his ambition 
was given a practical point by his desire to take 
up a professional career, and with this end in 
view, as soon as he found his way clear to do 
so, he entered the Marietta Academy at Marietta, 
Ohio, where he studied until he was prepared for 
college. He then matriculated at the Marietta 
College, where he applied himself to the usuai 
classical courses and made a name for himself 
as an excellent scholar. During this time, how- 
ever, his attention was coming to be more an! 
more centered on the law, and eventually he left 
Marietta College to enter the law school of the 

| University of Pennsylvania, from which he grad- 
uated with the class of 1913. Mr. Greene was 
, admitted to the bar in the same year as he was 
graduated, and it was then that he came to 
Lewiston, Maine, where he at once established 


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himself in the practice of his profession and has 
continued actively therein until recently. Mr. 
Greene has won an enviable reputation as a ca- 
pable and learned attorney, as well as one who 
has obviously set out to maintain the best tra- 
ditions of the bar. 

It has not been entirely in connection with his 
professional practice that Mr. Greene has made a 
place for himself, but he has interested himself 
in the affairs of the general community. He is 
a member of the Republican party and was its 
candidate for county attorney in 1916. Mr. 
Greene lost this election, but in March, 1917, was 
elected city solicitor for Lewiston, and until he 
entered the United States Army filled that office 
with a high degree of efficiency. Before coming to 
Lewiston, Mr. Greene had been actively inter- 
ested in military matters, and for two years was 
a member of the Second Regiment, New York 
National Guard. This interest and this activity 
he continued in Lewiston, and in June, 1917, he 
organized the Nelson Dingley Battery of Heavy 
Field Artillery to form a part of a regiment of 
heavy artillery of the Maine National Guard. 
Mr. Greene was chosen captain of this battery. 
After six weeks’ training Captain Greene was 
sent with one hundred men to an artillery camp 
at East Boxford, Massachusetts. The ranks of 
his company were filled to war strength of one 
hundred and eighty-one men, and it became the 
Trench Mortar Battery of the Fifty-first Artil- 
lery Brigade, Twenty-sixth Division, United 
States Army. This company left in October, 
1917, for service in France, beng the first Trench 
Mortar Battery to leave the United States. 

Mr. Greene has always been a strong advocate 
and enthusiast for outdoor sports of all kinds 
and is himself an unusually fine athlete. He was 
a member of the football teams of both Marietta 
College and University of Pennsylvania, and al- 
though devoted to athletics in every form, per- 
haps finds his chief pleasure in this game. He 
is well known in this connection throughout the 
region, and since his coming to Lewiston has 
coached a number of different football teams with 
remarkable success. He was coach for Bates 
College for the years I913, 1914 and 1915, and did 
much to develop that team, as well as proving 
a stimulus to athletics generally in the college. 
In 1916 he was coach for the Colby College foot- 
ball team, which paid a tribute to the efficiency 
of his instructions by becoming the State cham- 
pion in that year. 

Mr. Greene is well known in club circles in 
Lewiston, and is a member of the Calumet Club, 


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and now holds the office of treasurer. He is 
also affiliated with the Masonic Order, and while 
in college became a member of the Sigma Chi, 
and the Phi Delta Phi, legal fraternity. In his 
religion belief he is a Congregationalist, and ac- 
tive in the work of this church, having done not 
a little to advance its interests in the community. 
The purposes of the country in this great war 
have appealed to Mr. Greene with unusual 
strength, and he has proved his enthusiasm for 
democracy and his fundamental patriotism by the 
work which he did in connection with the artil- 
lery battery. 

Mr. Greene has, of course, not yet reached the 
height of his successful career, his age being 
only thirty years, but his character and ability 
have already given him an enviable reputation 
and made him one of the prominent figures in 
the life of the city. His sterling qualites of 
character, integrity, industry and a strong sense 
of justice, have done even more than that for him, 
having won for him a host of friends and ad- 
mirers. 


GEORGE ALBERT MURCHIB, one of the 
important men in his section of the State of 
Maine, inherits the sturdy virtues of his Scotch 
ancestry. , His grandfather, Andrew Murchie, 
came from Paisley, Scotland, to St. Stephen, New 
Brunswick, on the east bank of the St. Croix 
river and opposite Calais, Maine, about 1784. He 
brought with him from Scotland the enterprise 
and thrift that belong to the fortunate holders 
of a birthright in that conservative but deter- 
mined nation that won the respect of the world 
in their stand for the rights of religious and per- 
sonal liberty. He married, in the province of 
New Brunswick, Janet, daughter of Colin Camp- 
bell, of the noted Campbell clan of Scotland. 
Andrew Murchie was among the original “Loy- 
alist founders of the Settlement of Quoddy,” 
which became the thriving town of St. Stephen, 
and he carried on a farm which afforded his fam- 
ily a very respectable support. 

James Murchie, a son of Andrew and Janet 
(Campbell) Murchie, and father of George Albert 
Murchie, was born in St. Stephen, New Bruns- 
wick, August 16, 1813. He was sent to the com- 
mon school of St. Stephen, and assisted his father 
in the farm until he had passed his majority by 
two years. In 1836 he married Mary Ann, 
daughter of John Grimmer, of St. Stephen. His 
father-in-law subsequently served as collector of 
customs for the port of St. Stephen. James 
Murchie after his marriage engaged in farming 


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and in cutting and marketing logs during the win- 
ter season. He obtained a permit from the gov- 
ernment to cut logs on the common lands of the 
Province of New Brunswick on paying a small 
sum per square mile for the privilege, and he soon 
became the largest single operator in timber in™ 

the woods of the province, which logs he readily 

sold to the various mill owners. He continued 

this business for eighteen years, when he re- 

tired with a fortune of $20,000. With this as a . 
capital he began the manufacture of lumber in 
Calais, Maine, and in connection with that busi- 
ness carried on a general store. He was cap- 
tain of a company of local militia of the proy- 
ince; was justice of the peace, and held offices 
in the local government of the Province of Ste- 
phen. He built or purchased several vessels 
for the prosecution of his business beyond the 
confines of the home yards, and his son, John 
G. Murchie, became a captain of his first vessel 
when he had attained the age of twenty-one years, © 
having studied navigation for that purpose. In 
1862 he launched the bark Bessie Simpson, and — 
Captain John G. Murchie was transferred to the 
command of the new bark Mary Rideout. As busi- 
ness increased, Mr. Murchie admitted his sons one 
by one, his sons, John G. and William A. Mur- 
chie, becoming partners in 1862, and Captain 
James later, and the name of the firm became 
James Murchie & Sons, which grew to be one of 
the most extensive business concerns in the State 
of Maine, with home office and yards in Calais. 
In 1903 the business was incorporated as James 
Murchie’s Sons Company, Calais, Maine. In the 
Dominion of Canada their mills are located at 
Benton Deer Lake, Edmunston, and Fredericton. 
The corporation is a large owner of timber lands 
in Maine, New Brunswick, and Quebec. Mr. 
James Murchie was one of the stockholders of 

the New Brunswick and Canada Railway, and 
the difficulties he met and overcame in carrying 
out this work were apparently insurmountable. 
He was one of the builders of the church at Old 
Ridge, New Brunswick, and of the cotton mill 
at Milltown, New Brunswick, the second largest 
in Canada. a 


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He was a member of the Legislature 
of the Province of New Brunswick in 1874; he 
supported the non-sectarian school system and 
was a member of the Legislature up to 1878. Mr. 
Murchie was married twice, his first wife, Janet 
(Grimmer) Murchie, having died in 1857. He 
married (second) in 1860, Margaret, daughter of 
Jackson Thorpe, of St. George, New Bruns- 
wick, and he had altogether by his two wives, 
thirteen children, of whom George Albert Mur- 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


chie of the present sketch was the seventh child, 
and a son of his father’s first wife. 

George Albert Murchie was born at Old Ridge, 
New Brunswick, September 16, 1849, and died at 
St. Stephen, New Brunswick, July 1, 1914. His 
early education was gained at the public schools, 
later taking the business course at.Bryant & Strat- 
ton’s Commercial School, Boston, Massachusetts. 
Growing up ina family which had the large timber 
interests already mentioned, Mr. Murchie was from 
his early youth drawn into the current of the 
lumber business of the firm of James Murchie & 
Sons, which was later to be incorporated as the 
James Murchie’s Sons Company. 

Like his father, Mr. Murchie was a man of civic 
spirit and felt that the duties of a citizen in- 
cluded service to the State and community. 
Though his business cares were onerous and 
pressing, he took his share in political matters 
and faithfully fulfilled whatever office he under- 
took. After moving to Calais he became a mem- 
ber of the Board of Aldermen, servng in 1889, 
1890 and 1891. In 1892 he was elected mayor 
and served until 1896. He served in the Maine 
Legislature for three terms, and in the House in 
1897 and 1899, and in the Senate in 1901. He was 
a member of the governor’s council in 1903.and 
1905 under Governor John F. Hill, and William 
T. Cobb. 

Mr. Murchie was always an active and inter- 
ested member of the fraternal organizations. He 
was a past master of Victoria Lodge, Free and 
Accepted Masons; St. Croix Chapter, Royal Arch 
Masons; St. Croix Council, Royal and Select 
Masters; Hugh de Payens Commandery, Knights 
Templar, all of Calais, and belongs also to the 
Delta Lodge of Perfection of Machias, the 
Knights of Pythias, and the St. Croix Club. He 
was a Universalist in his religious beliefs. 

Mr. Murchie married at Milltown, New Bruns- 
wick, December 30, 1880, Cora H. Harmon, born 
in Milltown, August, 1852, a daughter of Daniel 

Harmon, a well known lumberman of that region. 
_ Their children were: James, deceased; Helen W.; 
Harold H., born March 8, 1888, a graduate of 
Dartmouth College, and of Harvard Law School, 
now practising law in Calais, married in I913, 
Jessie E. Ross. 


MANASSEH HOVEY SMITH, a lawyer, was 
| a native of Maine, where he died in 1865. He 
matried Mary Myrick Dole, daughter of John 
_ and Elizabeth (Carleton) Dole, and they were the 
_ parents of seven children: Mary Caroline Fox, 


' of Portland, wife of Frederick Fox, and now his 
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widow; Manasseh, of further mention; Elizabeth 
H.; Everett; Edith; Harold; Osgood. 

Manasseh Smith, eldest son of Manasseh H. 
and Mary Myrick (Dole) Smith, was born at 
Warren, Maine, December 24, 1841, died in Port- 
land, Maine, November 10, 1915. He was edu- 
cated at Warren Academy, and at Bowdoin Col- 
lege, entering the last named institution in 1858, 
and was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity there. 
After leaving college, he began the study of law 
under the direction of his father and until the 
death of the latter, in 1865, father and son were 
associated in law business. After that year Mr. 
Smith practised as a member of the firm of 
Reed & Smith, his partner being Thomas 
Brackett Reed, one of Maine’s most illustrious 
sons. They conducted an extensive practice in 
Maine State and Federal courts. Later Mr. 
Smith formed a partnership with George E. Bird, 
a well-known jurist of the State, and continued 
the practice of his profession until he moved to 
Canada, where he remained for four years. He 
then returned to Portland, where he soon after- 
wards retired. Mr. Smith was the State com- 
missioner for the revision of the game laws in 
1875-6. He devoted much time to the study of 
the game laws of the European countries, and 
the code of laws which he assisted in framing for 
Maine served as a model for other States. In 
recognition of the foresight and scientific knowl- 
edge of bird and animal life exhibited in this 
work he was made an honorary member of the 
New York Game Association. He was a strong 
Democrat as was his father before him. A bio- 
graphical sketch of the elder Mr. Smith appears 
elsewhere in this work. 

Mr. Smith married, Georgiana W. Hall, a daugh- 
ter of George Benson and Mary (Patterson) 
Hall, of Haldemand House, Montmorenci Falls, 
Quebec, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the 
parents of eight children: Georgiana Mary, mar-~ 
ried Henry N. Ogden; Gertrude; Helen, married 
F. C. D. Palmer; Katharine Benson, a Red Cross 
nurse in France; Manasseh, a lieutenant with 
the American Expeditionary Forces; Ruth Pat- 
terson; Bertha Hall; Ralph Emerson, deceased. 
The family are members of the Protestant Epis- 
copal church. 

FRANCIS EDGAR STANLEY, inventor and 
manufacturer, was born in Kingfield, Maine, June 
I, 1849, and died at Wenham, Massachusetts, July 
31, 1918. He was the son of Solomon and Ap- 
phia (French) Stanley, and one of a family of 
several children. His father was a farmer and 


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teacher, and occupied positions of trust in his 
home town as well as in the county and State. 
Solomon Stanley was the son of Liberty Stanley, 
who was born in 1776, and died in 1863, and he 
married Hannah Fairbanks, a member of the well- 
known Fairbanks family of Dedham, Massachu- 
setts. The maternal grandfather of Francis E. 
Stanley was Isaac French, who was born in 1770, 
and died in 1835, and who married Mehitable 
Kezar. These families were all of the pioneer 
stock of New England, and were highly-respected 
for integrity, ability, and patriotism. ; 
Francis Edgar Stanley was brought up in the 
village of Kingfield, on a farm, where he and his 
twin brother, Freelan O. Stanley, were known 
as the “Stanley twins.” They were industrious, 
resourceful, and exceptionally fine students, their 
talent for acquiring knowledge far out-running 
the limits of the common schools of their vicin- 
ity. They both attended the Farmington Nor- 
mal School, and graduated from this institution. 
Francis E. Stanley became a teacher when still 
very young, but was ever a student. He was of 
an artistic temperament, and had an unusual tal- 
ent in portraiture. At one time he had decided 
on the study of the law as a profession, but the 
demand for his freehand drawings which he was 
making in increasing numbers attracted him into 
this line of work. In search for a larger field 
he removed to Auburn, Maine, where he also 
took up photography, and becoming very suc- 
cessful in it became soon one of the leading pho- 
tographers in Maine, with few superiors in New 
England. In 1883 Mr. Stanley took up a series 
of experiments upon the photographic dry-plate. 
The dry-plate in photography had been known 
for some time, but had not been used to any 
great extent. Mr. Stanley developed a formula 
of his own, and began the manufacture of photo- 
graphic dry-plates in Lewiston, Maine. His 
product attracted attention from one of the larg- 
est supply houses in the United States, which 
had seen the work done by some of the Stanley 
dry-plates in the studio of a leading photographer 
in Portland, Maine. A large order was placed 
with the Stanley Dry-Plate Company, his twin 
brother, Freelan O. Stanley, having joined him 
in the business. Automatic machinery was in- 
vented and installed for the manufacture of the 
plates in large quantities and the business de- 
veloped into large proportions, until the Stanley 
dry-plate became known throughout the world. 
The Stanleys continued their business in Lewis- 
ton for several years, building a large factory, and 
leaving Maine for Newton, Massachusetts, only 


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when it became evident that the growth of the 
business required the establishment of a plant 
nearer the market. They built a factory in 
Watertown, Massachusetts, and resided in New- 
ton, where Mr. Stanley lived until his death. 
After many years of prosperity as manufacturers 
of the dry-plate in Newton, they sold out their 
patents and goodwill and all other appurtenances 
of the dry-plate business to the Eastman Kodak 
Company, of Rochester, New York. 

Through his restless energy in improving com- 
mon things, Mr. Stanley became interested while 
a resident of Newton in the application of steam 
to the moving of a vehicle upon the highways. 
The story of the making of Mr. Stanley’s first 
automobile is of great interest as showing his 
faith in himself and his perseverance in the face 
of many discouragements. He utilized and 
adapted the common type of locomotive engine 
which has been the standard since the days of 
George Stevenson, and was the first to construct 
a high pressure boiler of light initial weight, yet 
of sufficient water capacity to provide for a stor- 
age of a considerable amount of heat. The 
boiler, combined with a light weight reversing 
engine, and an unfailing application of gasoline 
fuel under perfect combustion, made a compact 
little power plant, which was capable of develop- 
ing power greatly in excess of the rated capacity. 
Steam pressures of two hundred pounds were 
considered high at the time Mr. Stanley started 
to build his boilers carrying from six hundred to- 
a one thousand pounds pressure; and even today, 
with the exception of the flash-boiler, there are 
few steam boilers in use with working pres- 
sures over six hundred pounds, which differ ma- 
terially from the original Stanley boiler. The 
first car Mr. Stanley built resembled a common 
wagon with whip-socket, wire-wheels, and pneu- 
matic tires, and was steered by a curved handle. 
From the first there was no queston of its power 
or its speed. A company for the manufacture 
of these automobiles was formed, consisting of 
F. E. and F. O. Stanley. This was in 1897. In 
1898 many cars had been built. They modified 
the type of their mortor carriage slowly, but 
kept continually adding automatic devices of 
their own invention, thus blazing the way in the 
development of the Stanley motor carriage of 
today. F. E. Stanley designed the first motor 


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ute. This record was made at Ormond, Florida, 
where the car, driven by Fred Marriott, achieved 
a record of a mile in 282/5 seconds. Marriott 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


ley racing car, this accident causing the Stan- 
leys to withdraw from that time from the racing 
game. In 1904 F. O. Stanley was the first per- 
son in the world to drive a motor carriage to the 
top of Mt. Washington, and later F. E. Stanley 
broke all records of speed in a similar ascent. 

Early in their business career in automobile 
manufacture, the Stanleys sold out their motor- 
carriage business to John Brisbane Walker, the 
editor of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Amzi L. 
Barber, both of New York, and for a time the 
Stanley patents were used by the Locomobile 
Company, as the firm was then called. The 
Locomobile Company shifted from the steam- 
type of motor cars to the gasoline type; discon- 
tinued making steam cars and resold to the Stan- 
lays all that the latter had sold to them, as well 
‘as other rights which they had in other patents. 
The Stanleys then returned to the manufacture 
of the Stanley automobile and built a large 
cement factory in Newton, Massachusetts. The 
history of the development of the Stanley car is 
a part of the history of the automobile in Amer- 
ica. While other automobile manufacturers in 
Europe and America shifted from the steam type 
of motor car to the gasoline type, the Stanleys 
held fast to the former, and became absolutely 
dominant in this type of car throughout the 
world. 

Francis Edgar Stanley and his brother retired 
from control and management of the Stanley 
“Motor Carriage Company on June 7, 1917, sell- 
ing their interest to a corporation of the same 
flame, incorporated under the laws of Delaware, 
the president and the treasurer of which are the 
two sons-in-law of Mr. Stanley, Prescott Warren 
and Edward M. Hallett, respectively. Francis 
E. Stanley retained a certain minor interest in the 
company, but retired completely from the manu- 
facture of automobiles. He retained an interest 
in what is known as the “unit car,” a develop- 
ment of the Stanley method of handling steam at 
high pressure as applied to the running of unit 
passenger cars or freight cars on interurban 
lines—in other words, a car to take the place of 
the interurban trolley car. One of these cars 
had been running successfully upon a New Eng- 
land Interurban Railroad, and Mr. Stanley was 
on his way to a conference with the engineer of 
this company at the time of his death. Mr. 
Stanley’s inventive ability was not limited to these 
two practical inventions—the photographic dry- 
plate and the steam automobile—for with his 

| brother he invented a process for manufacturing 
| illuminating gas from gasoline and also developed 


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an X-ray machine when these machines were in 
their infancy. He and his brother also gave 
much attention to the theory and practical sci- 
ence oi violin construction, and together they 
made violins which attracted the attention and 
aroused the admiration of the finest violinists in 
the country, among them members of the Bos- 
ton Symphony Orchestra. 

Mr. Stanley was deeply interested in social 
economics, and was a life member of the Na- 
tional Economic Association. He was an able 
and vigorous public speaker, and a writer on so- 
cial, economic, and mechanical subjects of un- 
usual power and clarity. Several of his papers 
on economic subjects have been published, and 


- have proven highly-valuable constructiye contri- 


butions to the progressive thought of the time on 
certain phases of economic study. He was a 
natural musician and did much as a patron of 
music to develop talent in those in whom he took 
an interest. He was also a remarkable story- 
teller, and an incomparable conversationalist with 
an unusual fund of humor. He loved all out- 
doors—the woods, the sea-shore and the lakes of 
Maine, where he went in the summer to live by 
the sea or to fish in the lakes or ponds along 
the northern border. His personality partook of 
the high purpose that pervaded his whole life. 
Everything was ordered on the basis of the prac- 
tical and the useful, whether in the material, the 
artistic, the idealistic or the spiritual side of life. 
He was concerned in all movements of human 
betterment. He was never a perfunctory mem- 
ber of any organization. He was always busy. 
Largely self-educated, he attained a wide and ex- 
act knowledge upon a great variety of practical 
and useful topics, and a deep insight into funda- 
mental principles of philosophy and fact. All 
his life he was a student of mathematics and 
physics, especially as they concerned the develop- 
ment of the automobile and other technical prob- 
lems, with which he was concerned in his life 
work. He shared with the pioneers in the stress 
and strain of the earlier days, but prosperity made 
no differences in his simple habits, or in his at- 
titude towards his fellow-man, seeking as he 
did always to bring into practical use his concep- 
tion of justice and brotherhood. Although in- 
ventive, artistic, musical, and creative in tem- 
perament, he was possessed of sound business 
sense. He did his own thinking on politics and 
upon all social and economic problems. A dis- 
tinctive characteristic of Mr. Stanley was his un- 
varying demand to “be shown” before he es- 
poused any policy, or supported any contention, 


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and whoever undertook to “show him” was, per- 
force, subjected to the most rigorous examina- 
tion and inquiry possible—usually after the So- 
cratic method. He was proud of his New Eng- 
land lineage, and of his birth on a farm in Maine. 
He was devoted to his family and his home. His 
personal life was absolutely clean and pure. He 
thought on high lines and lived as he thought. 
He had, in short, the energy and uprightness, 
intellectual ability, common sense and sound 
judgment that distinguish the best New England 
blood. In addition to these qualities he was a 
man with an infinite capacity for enjoyment of 
the righteous things of life, and had a most cheer- 
ful nature, a kindling wit, and powers of mind 
and body of the highest order. He left behind 
him a name to honor and cherish, and a host 
of friends, who esteem him as one of the most 
remarkable men of his time, whose native mod- 
esty and whose aversion to publicity alone have 
prevented him from being even more than he was 
—a national figure in the world of business and 
invention. Besides being a member, as has been 
already mentioned, of the National Economics 
Association, he was also a member of the Eco- 
nomics Club of Boston, of the Monday and Tues- 
day Literary clubs of Newton, Massachusetts, of 
the Brae-Burn Country, and a member of the 
Hunnewell Club, which he served as president, 
and member and past commodore of the Booth- 
bay Harbor (Maine) Yacht Club. 

Mr. Stanley married, January I, 1870, Augusta 
May Walker, daughter of William and Mary 
Walker, of New Portland, Maine, and a descend- 
ant of Edward Woodman, who came from Eng- 
land to Old Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1632. 
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley had three children: Blanche 
May, who married Edward M. Hallett, of New- 
ton; Emily, who married Prescott Warren, of 
Cambridge; and Raymond Walker Stanley, who 
married Constance Hughs Jones, of Newton Cen- 
ter, now in the service of the United States, in 
the aviation branch. Both daughters reside in 
Newton, Massachusetts. 


WILLIAM ORRIN COBB, M.D.—Well known 
and highly esteemed by his professional brethren in 
Gardner, where he has been identified ever since 
he has entered upon his practice, Dr. William Orrin 
Cobb is reaping already the results of his faithful 
work and excellent training in the healing art. He 
was born in Chelsea, Maine, February 18, 1860, the 
son of Stephen and Harriet (Searles) Cobb, both of 
them natives of Chelsea, and both now deceased. 
His father was a farmer by occupation, and during 


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the Civil Wir did his part in the service of his 
country in the hour of need. 

Doctor Cobb received his preliminary education in 
the local schools of Chelsea, a training interrupted 
by the usual calls upon the time of a farmer’s boy. 
These calls have, however, their place in the training 
of the youth in all those diversified needs which 
eventually furnish a great amount of initiative, a 
thing always remarked in the young men whose early 
life has been spent on a farm. His attendance at 
the public school was followed by work at Kents Hill 
Seminary, from which he graduated with the class 
of 1892. He then took a special course in Wesleyan 
University, and lastly went to the Dartmouth Medical 
School, from which he was graduated in i899 with 
the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He then elected 
to come to Gardner, where he opened an office and 
has built up an excellent practice in the years that 
have passed since that time. 

Doctor Cobb has been so busy with his profes- 
sional duties that he has not given much of his time — 
to other activities. He is, however, interested and 
active in the support of all projects that look to the — 
betterment of conditions in the town of his adop- — 
tion. He has taken his part in the burdens of citi- 
zenship, and has been especially interested in the - 
educational needs of the town. He is the chairman 
of the school board. In his political views he is affi- 
liated with the Republican party, and was elected - 
to the office of State Senator. In the year 1914-1915 
he was Division Commander of the Sons of Vet- 
erans. He is a member of the Masonic order, of the 
Independent ‘Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks, and the Patrons of 
Husbandry. He and his family attend the Meth- 
odist Episcopal church. 

Dr. Cobb married Marion Pierce, of Southport, 
Maine, daughter of George W. Pierce of Southpor 
and of his wife Catherine (McMillan) Pierce, a na- 
tive of Stornoway, Scotland, and they have one son, 
Donald Pierce. 


SILAS BRADLEY ADAMS—But few regio 
have such good cause as has New England to boast 
of the men whose names, forming a brilliant galaxy, 
are indissolubly associated with her industrial de- 
velopment, whose unwearied, undiscouraged efforts 
have turned in a little over a century, a rural, unde- 
veloped country into one of the greatest manufactur- 
ing communities in the world. Thousands of such 
men there were who gave their whole life time, sur- 
rendering present ease and comfort to the building 
up of great business concerns which should realize 
the ideals they had formed, and which now, in their 
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of the world. Such a man is Silas Bradley Adams, 
who was born in Portland, Maine, October 17, 1863, 
and whose entire life has beeri associated with that 
city and its business and industrial development. He 
is a member of a very old New England family and 
exhibits in his own person the sturdy virtues and 
abilities which have marked a long line of worthy 
ancestors. 

Although the line of descent is perfectly direct 
and easy to be traced during the residence of the 
Adams family in this country, there is much doubt 
about its origin in the old world, and several dif- 
ferent traditions exist among its members today. 
There is one, for instance, that its founder here was 
a Scotchman, while others variously ascribe his 
birthplace to Holderness, Yorkshire and Devonshire 
in England. If there is any choice between them or 
the evidence favors any one, it is perhaps the last, 
in which case he was a son of Robert and Elizabeth 
(Sharlon or Sharland) Adams and thus connected 
with the Ap Adams line and a cousin in some degree 
of Henry Adams of Braintree, from whom president 
Adams was descended. However this may be, the 
Robert Adams in question was certainly born in Eng- 
land or Scotland in the year 1602 and came to this 
country in 1635, with his wife who had been a Miss 
Eleanor Wilmot and the two children who had been 
born to them in the old world. They came first to 
Ipswich of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and iater 
lived in Salem and Newbury, where his will is dated, 
March 7, 1681. From this ancestor the line runs 
through his son, Sergeant Abraham, Robert II, John, 
Corporal Moses, Moses II, Silas Merrill and George 
Moses, the father of the Mr. Adams of this sketch. 
Silas Merrill Adams, was a native of Falmouth, 
Maine, where he was born in the month of April, 
1809. His life was an active one and he was en- 
gaged at different times and different places in sev- 
eral diverse callings. He was a ship carpenter ior 
a time and a merchant in Portland and later in Bos- 
ton. Still later he returned to Maine and spent the 
last years of his life on a farm at Deering. He mar- 
ried Miss Olive Elizabeth Moulton, a daughter of 
Elias and Mary (Skilling) Moulton, a native of 
Scarborough, where she was born September 24, 
1812, and who died at Deering, September 29, 1888, 
at the age of seventy-six years. There was but one 
child, a son, born of this union, George Moses, the 
father of Silas Bradley Adams, whose birth occurred 
in the city of Portland, September 20, 1834. He was 
a farmer during practically his entire life and died 
at Deering, Maine, August 10, 1892. He was mar- 
tied December 15, 1862, at Elmira, Illinois, to Miss 
Hannah Rosina Adams, a daughter of John and 
Charlotte B. (Pratt) Adams, like himself a native 


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of Falmouth, Maine, where she was born August 24, 
1840. They were the parents of the following chil- 
dren: Silas Bradley; Martha Preble; Frederick 
Waldemar; Olive Charlotte; Moses Parker; Henry 
Charles; George Palmer, and John Howard. 

Born Cctober 17, 1863, Silas Bradley Adams, eid- 
est child of George Moses and Hannah Rosina 
(Adams) Adams, has made his native city his home 
ever since. He received his education in the locai 
public schools and graduated from the Deering High 
School in the year 1879. He also took a course in the 
New Hampton Institute, New Hampton, New Hamp- 
shire. In the year 1889 he secured a clerical position 
in the firm of Curtis & Son, of Portland, engaged in 
the manufacture of chewing gum there, having spent 
the preceding seven years in various minor positions 
with several concerns in the city. He proved him- 
self a valuable assistant and rapidly worked his way 
up with the Curtis people from position to position, 
gaining in the process a very complete knowledge 
of the various departments of the business until, 
upon the death of Mr. Curtis in 1897, he was ap- 
pointed to continue the great enterprise and man- 
age the estate. On the first of January in the fol- 
lowing year, Mr. Adams secured the incorporation 
of the concern under the name of the Curtis & Son 
Company and was himself appointed to the office of 
general manager and treasurer. From that time to 
the present he has continued to hold this responsible 
place and now occupies a most commanding position 
in the industrial world of Portland and that entire 
region. Under his management the plant of the 
company has more than doubled its annual output 
and is, without doubt, one of the best known manu- 
facturers of this popular commodity in the United 
States. It was inevitable that a man of so much 
enterprise as Mr. Adams should, through his posi- 
tion, become connected with many other important 
enterprises and he is now vice-president of the 
American Chicle Company, president of the Peaks 
Island Corporation, a water and lighting concern of 
Portland, president of the Royal River Packing 
Company, vice-president of the Southworth Machine 
Company of Portland, and treasurer of the Port- 
land-Monson Slate Company and the Casco Paper 
Box Company of Portland. 

Mr. Adams is a very cospicuous figure in the gen- 
eral life of Portland, and is affiliated with many im- 
portant organizations there of a social and fraternal 
character. He is particularly prominent in the Ma- 
sonic order and is a member of Deering Lodge, No. 
183, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which 
he is a past master; Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, Roval 
Arch Masons, of which he is a past high priest; 
Portland Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters; 


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Portland Commandery, No. 2, Knights Templar, 
Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine; and Maine Consistory, Sovereign 
Princes of the Royal Secret and‘has attained his 
thirty-third degree in Free Masonry. He is a mem- 
ber of Unity Lodge, No. 3, Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows, and a past grand thereof. He is a 
member of the Republican party, as indeed are prac- 
tically all the members of the Adams family. Mr. 
Adams is devoted to out-door life and is especially 
fond of shooting, being indeed one of the best known 
marksmen in the State of Maine. He was champion 
trap-shooter of New England in 1912, and has been 
champion of Maine both in trap-shooting and as a 
marksman with the rifle. He and his family are 
members of Trinity Episcopal Church and he is a 
director of the Young Men’s Christian Association 
in Portland. 

On the fifth day of October, 1886, Mr. Adams was 
united in marriage with Miss Aurilla Emma, a na- 
tive of Stockton, Maine, where she was born Sep- 
tember 18, 1864, and a daughter of Captain Edwin 
Elias and Emma (Dickey) Patterson. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Adams two children have been born, Eleanor 
W. and Waldemar P. 

The influence exerted by Mr. Adams is not pos- 
sible to gauge by a mere enumeration of the offices 
held by him or the deeds he is known to have accom- 
plished. These, beyond doubt, are of great value to 
the community, yet his distinctive influence lies 
rather in his personality than in any of these things. 
From his youth upward he has always breathed the 
atmosphere of culture and enlightenment which does 
not fail to affect his development in a most marked 
manner, giving to him that broad cosmopolitan out- 
look on life, that sure tolerance of other men, their 
beliefs and customs, that true democracy of thought, 
word and bearing, which is worth a thousand for- 
tunes to its possessor and more than a rich bequest 
to those about one. He values the permanent things, 
the things of true worth, and pursues them with an 
unwavering constancy that is remarkable through- 
out his entire career. The basis of his character is 
honor and sincerity but in addition to these he adds 
all the graces which are the accompaniments of that 
true love of the beautiful and worthy, that is per- 
haps the sorest need of his countrymen. 


ISABELLE FRANCES MARR, a lady well 
known in the life of Portland, Maine, with the af- 
fairs of which she has been associated for many 
years, is a member of a family undoubtedly a branch 
of the great house of Marr of Scotland, and which 
for a number of generations has held a conspicu- 
ous place in the various communities in which they 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


have made their homes in the State of Maine. 
is a daughter of Foxwell Cutts and Rhoda (Jordan) 
Marr, her father, who was a native of Maine, having 
been a well known hotel man at Wales, in this State. 
He also followed the occupation of farming, but 
died while still in the prime of life and when his 
children were young. He and his wife were the 
parents of five children, as follows: Dennis Jor- 
dan, who is mentioned below; Josiah L., also men- 
tioned below; Elizabeth, who died in early youth; 
Martha M., who became the wife of E. P. S. An- 
drews, of Tacoma, Washington; and Isabelle Fran- 
ces. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Marr 
sold her property in Wales, Maine, and removed to 
Portland, where she made her home for several 
years, and where the children attended school for a 
time. She then went on to Boston, where she con- 
tinued to reside during the remainder of her life, 


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and where her declining years were made happy 


by the devotion of her children and by the tender 
ministrations of her daughter Isabelle, who left 
nothing undone to make her happy and contented. 
Mrs. Marr died at Boston, and was buried in Ever- 
green Cemetery, Portland, beside her husband, whose 
remains were removed from the cemetery at Wales 
at the time of his wife’s death and placed by hers 
in Evergreen Cemetery. Mrs. Marr, who was a 
member of the Methodist, Episcopal church, was pos- 
sessed of a beautiful Christian character, and ten- 
derly cared for her children when they were left 
fatherless, educating them and instilling into them 
the ideals of Christian charity and virtue. 

Josiah Libhy Marr, second son of Foxwell Cutts 
and Rhoda (Jordan) Marr, was born at Wales, 
Maine, and was still a small child when his father 
died and he was brought to Portland by his mother. 


He was educated and trained by his mother both in — 


this city and in Boston, where they later went. He 
was still quite young when he took up a seafaring 


life and crossed the ocean a number of times as a 
He studied navigation in London, and fol- — 
lowed this life for a time, but eventually returned — 
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seaman. 


to Boston and abandoned it. 
adventure and enterprise had in no wise diminished, 


however, and although still under twenty years of — 
age, left home together with two companions and — 
made his way across the continent to California, his — 


desire being to make this journey of the great west- 
ern plains. In California he managed an escort of 


pack animals for a time and carried the United 
States mail from place to place by this primitive 
means. Unlike most of the youths who went to that 
country from the desire to see the great realm for 
themselves or the taste for adventure, Mr. Marr did 


not weary of it, but grew to love it better and de- 


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cided to settle there. From California he made 
his way to Arizona, where he became interested in 
cattle raising in the Verde Valley. He was event- 
ually joined by his elder brother, Dennis Jordan 
Marr, and the two yong men went into partnership 
and prospered greatly in their joint enterprise. They 
carried on their business on a large scale and were 
among the best known stockmen in the entire region. 
After conducting his enterprise with great success 
for a number of years, he disposed of his large in- 
terests and went to Phoenix, Arizona, where he built 
a home and settled. He was joined later by his 
sister Isabelle Frances, and they made their home 
there for a number of years. Unfortunately Mr. 
Marr contracted typhoid pneumonia and was so seri- 
ously ill with it that the attack seemed to undermine 
Be- 
lieving that the air of his native pine forests in 
Maine- might prove beneficial, he accompanied his 
sister back to this State and they purchased a cot- 
tage on Peak’s Island. Even this was insufficient to 
restore him, however, and he died September 7, 1912, 
and was buried in the family plot at the Evergreen 
Cemetery. 

Josiah Libby Marr was a man among men, a man 
who compelled respect and consideration in what- 
ever environment he might be thrown, from the 
wild and rough life of the cattle ranch to the most 
cultivated society. He was noted for his square 
dealing and his honorable intentions towards all 
men. He had promised his mother, upon first leav- 
ing home, never to touch strong drink of any kind, 
and this he kept faithfully, being strictly temperate 
in all his habits. He was strongly devoted to his 
family and especially to his sister who lived with 
him during his success and final illness and cared 
for him so consistently. He was one of the most 
generous of men, his hand and purse being open to 
anyone who required aid. He did his duty as he saw 
it, and he never lost his warm affection for the 
State and neighborhood of his birth. 

Dennis Jordan Marr, elder son of Foxwell Cutts 
and Rhoda (Jordan) Marr, was born at Wales, 
Maine, and came with his mother to Portland after 
his father’s death. A portion of his education was 
obtained here and the remainder after removing to 
Boston. When his schooling was finally completed 
he, like his brother, took up a seafaring life, but 
continued therein longer than the latter. He was 
still a sailor when his brother made his success in 
the cattle business in Arizona and invited him to 
join him there. This he did and the two remained 
in partnership, their great success being due largely 
to their close application to business and hard worl 
He disposed of his interests at the same time as did 
his brother, but instead of going to Phoenix to live, 


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he settled in California, in the town of Downey, Los 
Angeles county, where he still makes his home. He 
married, at Phoenix, Arizona, Jessie Pratt, and they 
are the parents of four children, Rhoda, Edna, 
Maude and Josiah. 

Isabelle Frances Marr, the youngest of the five 
children of Foxwell Cutts and Rhoda (Jordan) 
Marr, was born at Wales, Maine, and was but an 
infant at the time of her father’s death and the con- 
sequent removal of the family to Portland. She at- 
tended the public schools of Portland and Boston, 
and in the latter city also received her musical edu- 
cation. It was her early ambition to become a phy- 
sician, and she actually studied medicine for two 
years, but was obliged to abandon her purpose in 
order to give her mother the care that her declining 
years required. She was absolutely faithful in this 
duty, and after the death of her mother went West to 
live with her brother at Verde Valley, Arizona. It 
soon became necessary that she again take upon her 
the duties of a nurse, for her brother’s illness came 
not long after, and it devolved upon her to bring 
him back to the East and care for him during his last 
illness. This she did, ministering to his wants and 
desires with that devotion that only a sister can give. 
Since her brother’s death she has made her home 
continuously at Portland, although she still owns a 
good deal of valuable property in Arizona. In her 
relations with her family and, especially to those in- 
valid members of it whose age or ill health rendered 
assistance necessary, Miss Marr has shown that ten- 
derness and solicitude for their happiness and com- 
fort that we are apt to regard as the highest and 
most characteristic attribute of a good woman. For- 
getful, not only of herself, but what is far harder, 
of her own worthy ambitions and purposes, she sac- 
tificed to their care all that most of us regard as 
most precious, showing a disinterestedness and self- 
lessness that are wholly admirable. Nor was this, as 
in the case of so many fine women, partly the re- 
sult of a shrinking from the active life of the world. 
On the contrary, Miss Marr is particularly weil fit- 
ted, both by character and tastes for that very life 
and, since her time has been her own, has in a great 
measure lived it. She is possessed of very unusual 
talents both in variety and degree, and is in every re- 
spect a most accomplished woman. She possesses the 
artistic temperament and every kind of aesthetic 
beauty makes its appeal to her. Her musical educa- 
tion has already been referred to, but in addition to 
her excellent training in this art, she has an extra- 
ordinary talent in it which makes her a most delight- 
ful musician. She is also an artist with her brush 
and her home is full of oil canvases and pastelles 
from her hand, displaying marked ability and talent. 
She is devotedly fond of nature in all its aspects 


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and the beauties of her native State are especially 
familiar to her. Miss Marr is also a great ad- 
mirer of dramatic art and is a member of the Dra- 
matic Club of Boston. Among the other clubs to 
which she belongs should be mentioned the Art Club 
of Boston, and the Woman’s Club of Boston. In her 
religious belief she is a Congregationalist. 


EDWARD WILLIAM BRIDGHAM—One of 
the enterprising and well known of the younger law- 
yers of Bath, Maine, Edward William Bridgham, 
comes of the virile old New England stock. The 
American founder of the name was Henry Bridg- 
ham who, according to Savage in his “Genealogical 
Dictionary” is given as a freeman of Dorchester, 
Massachusetts, in 1643. He removed to Boston in 
1644, and was a tanner by trade. In 1653 he served 
the community as constable, and held the rank of 
captain, dying in 1671, and leaving “a good estate.” 
He had eight sons, and a daughter, named Hopestill. 
One of his sons, named John, was a physician of 
Ipswich. In 1834 four of the name had been gradu- 
ated from Harvard University and one from Brown 
University. 

Edward William Bridgham was born at Bridgton, 
Cumberland county, Maine, October 15, 1881, the 
son of William C. and Frances F. (Smith) Bridg- 
ham. Mr. William C. Bridgham, a native of Poland, 
Maine, was in the grocery business, but is now re- 
tired. His wife, a native of Phillips, Maine, is also 
living and their two sons and two daughters. He 
served the cause of the Union for three years during 
the Civil War. The father of William C. Bridgham 
was George Bridgham, and he was the son of 
Thomas Bridgham. George Bridgham was interest- 
ed in the hotel business. 

Edward W. Bridgham went as a boy to the public 
schools of his native locality, and graduated from 
the high school with the class of 1902. After that 
he entered the Maine College of Law, and received 
his degree of Bachelor of Law from this institution 
in 1909, the degree of Master of Law being con- 
ferred upon him the following year. His success- 
ful accomplishment of his college course meant more 
than it does for the usual young man whose ex- 
penses are paid by his father. In the case of young 
Mr. Bridgham all the money was earned by himself 
by teaching and other means. He started to college 
with only ten dollars ahead of him but carried out 
his aim and showed the rare stock from which he 
was sprung. After leaving college he came to Bath, 
Maine, and established himself there in his profes- 
sion, making the success which would have been 
predicted from a youth of determination and am- 
bition. None of the younger lawyers of Bath com- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


mands a higher place in the confidence of his pro- 
fessional brethren and of the public at large than 
does Edward W. Bridgham. Mr. Bridgham is a Re- 
publican in his political views and has always been 
active in the duties of citizenship and interested in 
municipal problems of every kind. He has served 
the county as attorney for a period of nearly six 
years, and was city solicitor for a year. For two 
years he was a member of the Republican city com- 
mittee. 

Mr. Bridgham married, September 18, 1912, in 
Boston, Massachusetts, Isabelle Jane Cook, the 
daughter of John and Jane (McGarver) Cook. John 
Cook was born in Galway, Ireland, and was a ma- 


chinist by trade, and his wife was born in Boston. 


They have two sons and two daughters, all living at 
the present time. Mr. and Mrs. Bridgham are the 
parents of one son, of five years, Edward William 
Bridgham, Jr. 


ALBERT J. FELT, one of the most successful 
real estate men of Portland, Maine, with which city 
his business career has been identified, is a member 
of an old and distinguished Maine family. He is a 
son of Jesse Felt, who was for many years a well 
known jeweler here, and whose standing in the com- 
munity was won by his own energy and thrift. Jesse 
Felt was a native of Greenwood, Oxford county, 
Maine, where also he grew to manhood, his educa- 
tion being obtained at the local public schools. When 
little more than a youth he left the country district 
where he had been born and bred, and came to Port- 
land to make his fortune. He apprenticed himself 
to a jeweler and of him learned the trade, a trade 
that he always thereafter followed. After complet- 
ing his apprenticeship and working as a journeyman 
for a time, he embarked in the business on his own 
account and opened a wholesale and retail jewelry 
store on Exchange street. He met with success well 
nigh from the outset, and by hard work and inde- 
fatigable industry he built up a large business and 
came to be regarded as one of the substantial mer- 
chants of the city. His growing trade seemed to 
promise even greater things for the future, when it 


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was suddenly terminated by one of those strokes of — 


ill fortune which no one can foresee or guard 
against. The great Portland fire of 1866, which de- 
stroyed so large a percentage of the business district 
of the city, entirely wiped out his store and entire 
stock, as well as his home, so that the total result of 
the labor and forethought of years was dissipated in 
an instant. There was but one thing for Mr. Felt 
to do, if he did not wish to give up completely, and 
that was start all over at the beginning again. In 
the meantime his family must have some place to 


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dwell and nothing remained to him in Portland. In 
this difficulty he took his family back to the old 
family homestead at Greenwood, Oxford county, and 
himself returned to Portland to start again. It is a 
great tribute to his courage and character that he 
did not sink beneath his troubles, but. surmounted 
them as effectively as he did, building up a new 
business which was also successful. He worked for 
a time with the jewelry firm of William Senter & 
Company, but soon was able to begin once more on 
his own account, and shortly after his family joined 
him in a new home in the city. He lived to the 
ripe old age of eighty-seven years, and finally died 
at his home in Portland, and was buried in Ever- 
green Cemetery here. He was a Baptist in religion, 
a Republican in politics, a man of temperate and 
domestic tastes, and devoted to his home and family. 
He married Jane Dowie, of Weymouth, Massachu- 
setts, who died at Portland and is also buried in 
Evergreen Cemetery. They were the parents of nine 
children, three of whom died in early youth, the six 
surviving benig as follows: Frank R., who now re- 
sides at Bath, Maine; Charles H., a well known 
painter of Portland; Albert J., with whom we are 
here concerned; Alfred E., a twin brother of the 
former, who resides with him; Julia, who became the 
wife of George Cross, and is now deceased; and 
May, who died as a young girl. 

Born March 4, 1864, at. Portland, Maine, Albert 
J. Felt was yet a small boy when the disastrous fire 
occurred that so nearly ruined his father. He was 
taken by the latter, together with the other mem- 
bers of the family, to the old farm in Oxford county. 
and it was there in that healthful rural environment 
that several years of his childhood were spent. 
There, too, he attended school and. gained his edu- 
cation, for upon returning to Portland, he was con- 
sidered old enough to learn a trade and so had to 
abandon his studies. He was apprenticed to a house- 
painter and learned that trade, and has followed it in 
a measure ever since, although now merely as an ac- 
cessory to his other business. To painting he added 
a knowledge of paper-hanging and interior decorat- 
ing, and finally engaged in a contract business along 
this line. He met with gratifying success from the 
outset, working up a trade which extended to many 
parts of the city and included a- very high class cli- 
entele. He did not, however, confine himself en- 
tirely to this business, as he clearly foresaw the great 
development of the city and the consequent rise in 
the values of real estate, and decided to avail him- 
self of it. His judgment was justified by the event, 
for the money that he made in his business he in- 
vested in city property that quickly became valuable 
and brought him in large returns. After purchasing 


“vard. University with the class of 1874. 


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property Mr. Felt always began to improve it and 
built several houses in various parts of the city, in- 
cluding a number on Washington ayenue and vicin- 
ity. His success entitles him to look back with some 
pride upon the keen foresight that has guided him in 
his investments, for he has been uniformally correct 
in his judgment and has made practically no mis- 
takes. He is still very active in this line, and his 
other business, of course, places him in a position to 
make his building operations quick and easy. 

Mr. Felt is a man of erterprising nature, and of 
progressive ideas, and takes a keen interest in the 
welfare of the community in which he makes his 
home and carries on his business. He is always to be 
counted upon to assist by every means in his power 
any_ undertaking begun with the purpose of advanc- 
ing its interests or increasing its prosperity. He is 
an independent in politics, voting ‘for the man or 
issues in which he believes, without reference to par- 
tisan considerations. In his religious belief he is a 
Methodist and attends the Methodist Episcopal 
church at Portland, being very active in the work of 
the congregation and holding the office of trustee 
therein. Mr. Felt is a man of very quiet but genial 
manner, devoted to his home and family, and uni- 
versally esteemed for his high moral character. He 
is a fine example of the highest type of citizenship, 
and his influence is potently felt through his large 
circle of friends and associates. : 

Albert J. Felt was united in marriage on the six- 
teenth day of March, 1802, at Portland, with Sophia 
Johnson, a native of the kingdom of Sweden, and 
daughter of Adolf and Johanna (Anderson) John- 
son, of that. country. Mrs. Felt is a woman of the 
highest domestic virtues and a devoted wife and 
mother. .To Mr. and Mrs. Felt one child has been 
born, Clifton Felt, now a student at the Sherwood 
School. 


GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR, to whom in as- 
sociation with President Emeritus Eliot, of Harvard, 
is due the creation of the beautiful Mount Desert 
National Park and wild life sanctuary, was born in 
Boston, December 20, 1853, and graduated from Har- 
Having be- 
come a citizen of Bar Harbor, where his father was 
among the earliest summer residents, he served on 
its selectmen’s board during the years IQI5, 1916, 
and IQ17. 


GEORGE H. BASS, a well known manufactur- 
er of Maine, has been engaged in making shoes for 
more than half a century at Wilton, where he was 
Lorn July 22, 1843. Mr. Bass is a member of an old 
and distinguished New England family, and is of the 


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seventh generation from Samuel Bass, who was a 
member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. 
He is a son of Seth and Nancy (Russell) Bass. 
George H. Bass passed his childhood at the home 
of his father at that place, and received his educa- 
tion at the local public schools, where he remained 
a student until he had reached the age of seven- 
teen years. He then taught in the local schools for 
one year, but gave up that profession to engage in 
business life. He was eighteen years of age in 1861, 
when he became apprenticed to Corydon Bacheller, 
who was the owner of the Wilton tannery, and here 
he remained at work for two years, becoming famil- 
iar with that trade. His wages at that time amount- 
ed to fifty dollars a year, which gives some idea of 
the frugality which prevailed in this country at that 
date. After the two years of service with Mr. Bach- 
eller had expired, Mr. Bass secured a position at 
the plant of John Cummings, then the largest tan- 
ner at Woburn, Massachusetts, and here he received 
six months’ valuable experience. His work was in- 
terrupted, however, by his returning to his home to 
cast his first vote for President, the candidate of his 
choice being Abraham Lincoln, then running for his 
second term. Not long after this his old employer, 
Mr. Bacheller, offered his tannery for sale, and this 
was bought by Seth Bass, who leased it to his son. 
This transaction occurred December 5, 1865, and 
Mr. Bass began his business career with a capital of 
two hundred dollars. He began the manufacture of 
calf skin and wax upper leather for long leg boots, 
and continued thus engaged for the better part of 
thirteen years. The product of his tannery was used 
in the manufacture of what was then the most fa- 
mous boots made in Maine, it being used by Na- 
thaniel Hardy, at New Sharon, by Ara Cushman, at 
Auburn, by C. A. Wing, at Winthrop, by Joshua 
Adams, at Wilton, and by I. C. Lombard & Com- 
pany, at Auburn. He also sold much of his leather 
to Foster, Packard & Company, at Wilton, during 
the latter part of this period. The use of his leather 
by these concerns was enough to give it an excel- 
lent reputation in the industrial world of this region, 
and Mr. Bass decided to become a manufacturer of 
boots and shoes on his own account. Accordingly 
he purchased the Foster interest in the firm of Fos- 
ter, Packard & Company, and in association with E. 
P. Packard ran that plant during the year 1876, 
which marks the beginning of his career in this line. 
At the close of this year Mr. Bass purchased the 
interest of his partner, Mr. Packard, and became sole 
owner, and from that time forward has met with 
continued success. So greatly did his business grow 
that in 1876 he sold his tannery so as to be able to 
devote his entire attention to his new enterprise. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Mr. Bass wisely decided to specialize in a particular 
line of shoemaking, and as he had been a farmer 
during his youth, and knew well the needs of that 
class in the community, he naturally turned to pro- 
ducing boots and shoes which would give the great- 
est comfort and longest service in rough out-of-door 


‘work. Sold as the “Bass shoe for hard service,” they 


have come to have a large market, not only in his 
native State, but throughout the entire country. He 
consistently sought to make shoes specially adapted 
for various purposes, and developed a line of river 
drivers’ shoes which have become standard in New 
England, known in all logging regions from New- 
foundland to California. Mr. Bass began the manu- 
facture of moccasins in 1909, which has since de- 
veloped into a very important part of his business. 
In 1906 the concern was incorporated, with Mr. Bass 
as president, and his two sons, J. R. Bass and W. S. 


Bass, treasurer and secretary of the company, re-: 


spectively. 

George H. Bass has had many interests outside of 
his business, and has actively supported movements 
for the welfare of State and community. His 
church relations have always stood first, as he has 
been a member of the Congregational church for 
sixty years, has been deacon for thirty-one years, and 
treasurer for twenty-five years. He has been active 
in public life. In politics he has been a Repub- 


lican, and served his town as treasurer for twenty-_ 


three years, and his district in the State Legislature 
for the term of I914-15. 
ble for the construction of water works in Wilton, 
and has been president of the Wilton Water Com- 
pany since its organization. He has served for many 


years as trustee of Wilton Academy, and for the 


past ten years has been president of the board. 
George H. Bass has been twice married, his first 
wife having been Mary Louise Streeter, of Say- 


brook, Ohio, a daughter of Sereno Wright and Sarah ~ 
Jane (Willard) Streeter, of that place, with whom — 
Her death oc- 


he was united, November to, 1874. 
curred May 2, 1806, and Mr. Bass married (second) 


October 27, 1897, Mary Ella Barry, of. Wollaston, — 
By his first marriage Mr. Bass is 
Willard © 


Massachusetts. 
the father of the following children: 
Streeter, born in the year 1876; John Russell, born 


in 1878; Elizabeth, born in 1881, Anne Louise, born — 


in 1888. 


The word, “public-spirited,” is especially applicable © 


to Mr. Bass, as he has always been actively interested 


in promoting and securing the welfare of the com- 4 
Mr. Bass has been a man not only © 


munity and State. 
successful in business but successful in gaining and 


retaining the respect and regard of all with whom he — 


has been associated. This has come about by the 


He was largely responsi- 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


* 
unassuming possession of a character which in itsclf 
commands respect. 


HANSON S&S. CLAY, late of Portland, Maine, 
where his death occurred, September 25, 1905, a 
man of affairs, a public spirited citizen and a pop- 
ular figure in the life of this city, was a native 
of New Hampshire, and a son of Parker and 
Harriet (Spurling) Clay, old and highly respected 
residents of Tuftonboro and later of Dover in 
that State. It was at the former town that 
_ Hanson S. Clay was born, March 29, 1827, but 
4 he was yet a small child when his parents went 


- to Dover to live, and it was there that he at- 


; tended school and grew to manhood. As a 
youth he left the parental home and came to 
Maine, locating for a time at Westbrook, in 
Cumberland county, and there engaging in busi- 
ness. Westbrook remained his home until 1866, 
the year after the great fire in Portland, when he 
came to this city. Here he was actively engaged 
in business up to the year 1887, when he retired 
and spent the later years of his life in well earned 
leisure from business cares. He made Portland 
his permanent home from the time of his coming 
here until his death, with the exception of a few 
years spent by him in Massachusetts, and owned 
a handsome home in the Deering district of the 
city. 

Mr. Clay was a prominent figure in different 
departments of the city’s life, but he was bet- 
ter known in connection with his activities as 
a public man than in any other way. He 
possessed an extraordinary faculty for public af- 
fairs, and his management of them was _ uni- 
formily successful. It was not to be wondered 
at, therefore, that his political career was ome 
of achievement, and reflected credit both on him- 
self and the community he served. Mr. Clay 
was a staunch Republican, identifying himself en- 
thusiastically with the work of his party in this 
region and soon becoming a leading figure in 
its councils. He was keenly in sympathy with 
its ideals and traditions, and the great men who 
represented it; Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Blaine, 
Thomas B. Reed and others were his especial 
_ admiration. He served as a member of the 
Portland City Council from 1877.to 1879. Two 
years later, in 1881, he was elected an alderman 
of P&rtland and served in that capacity until the 
close of 1884. He also served as a member of the 
commission on streets, and later he became 
street commissioner for a considerable period. 
The election of Mr. Clay to the last named place 
was especially a tribute to the manner in which 


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he performed his public duties, since the board, 
which elected him as commissioner, was Demo- 
cratic in its makeup, yet overcame its political 
prejudices out of admiration for Mr. Clay as a 
man, and for the services he had rendered the 
community. 

When he first came to Deering he joined the 
local organization of his party for a number of 
public offices, and was a member of the Board 
of Aldermen at the time of the consolidation of 
Deering with Portland. After this, he retired 
from active political life, only occasionally serv- 
ing on various committees. In every office 
which he held Mr. Clay displayed a capability 
and disinterestedness in all his actions, which 
might serve as a model to municipal officials 
everywhere. His interest in every problem 
which concerned the city, its people, or its in- 
stitutions, was very keen, and his very consid- 
erable influence was always exerted on the side 
of right. Mr. Clay did his full duty as a citizen 
in this city, and established a record for him- 
self for probity and honor, of which any man 
might feel proud. In his religious belief Mr. 
Clay was a Congregationalist, and attended the 
Woodfords Church of that denomination in Port- 
land, and was always a church attendant. He 
was a prominent member of the Masonic order 
and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 

Hanson S. Clay was united in marriage, in 
June, 1849, with Julia A. Kennard, daughter of 
Edward and Betsy (Chase) Kennard, of Bridgton, 
Maine. Mrs. Clay’s death occurred February 14, 
1912. 


CHARLES EVERETT SAYWARD, one of 
the best known and successful insurance men of 
Portland, Maine, is a member of a family which 
has been connected with the history of the “Pine 
Tree State” from a very early period. It was 
founded in this country by three brothers, who 
came from England and settled in the New Eng- 
land colonies as early as 1630 and from which 
numerous branches bearing the name have sprung 
and are now resident in many quarters of the 
country. One branch came to Maine while that 
State had but few settlements and was practical- 
ly a wilderness from end to end. Here they set- 
tled and the members of the family have occu- 
pied a prominent place in the general life of the 
community ever since. 

Mr. Sayward’s father, Charles H. Sayward, was 
born at Sanford, Maine, January 1, 1833, and died 
February 27, 1917, at Alfred, where he had re- 
sided since the year 1874 and was engaged in the 


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occupation of farming. He married Marcia A. 
Junkins, a native of York, Maine, born August 
6, 1839. Mrs. Sayward died over ten years be- 
fore her husband, July 10, 1906. They were the 
parents of six children, two of whom died in in- 
fancy, and four of whom are at present living, 
as follows: Charles Everett, of whom further; 
Lawton M., who makes his home at Alfred, 
Maine, where he follows the trade of carpenter; 
Herman J., who resides at Alfred and is also 
a carpenter; and Carrie M., who is now the wife 
of Fred J. Sherburne, of Sanford, Maine. 

Born July 23, 1861, at Wells, Maine, Charles 
Everett Sayward did not form his childish asso- 
ciations with his native place. On the contrary 
his parents removed to York, Maine, when he 
was but three years of age, and it was there that 
he resided until he had reached the age of thir- 
teen years, attending in the meantime the local 
public schools, where he gained the elementary 
portion of his education. At the age of thir- 
teen he again accompanied his parents, who on 
this occasion removed to Alfred, Maine, where, 
as has already been stated, Mr. Sayward, Sr., 
continued to live until the time of his death. In 
the meantime, young Mr. Sayward continued his 
education, attending for a while the local schools 
where he was prepared for college, eventually 
matriculating at Bowdoin College, where, after 
leaving behind him an excellent record for char- 
acter and good scholarship, he was graduated 
with the class of 1884. Immediately thereafter he 
secured a position in the York county offices 
and worked there in a clerical capacity for about 
twelve months, when he gave up the position and 
went to Boston. In that city he took up for a time 
teaching as a profession and was placed in charge 
of the department of commercial arithmetic in 
the Bryant & Stratton Business College. He 
continued in this capacity for some fourteen years 
in all, and in 1897 became associated as an agent 
with the New York Life Insurance Company. He 
remained in Boston for a number of years longer, 
representing that company there, and then came 
to Portland, Maine, having been offered the post 
of general agent for the State by the John Han- 
cock Mutual Life Insurance Company, an offer 
which he readily accepted. He was the more 
willing to do so, as it not only gave him a still 
wider field for his activities, but also brought him 
back into touch with the country of his childhood 
and made it possible for him to see more fre- 
quently the members of his family. Mr. Say- 
ward has made a great success of this venture 
and has built up an insurance business which is 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


one of the largest of its kind in that region. He 
is now recognized as one of the influential busi- 
ness men of the city, and a potent factor in the 
development of the highest type of business en- 
terprise there. Mr. Sayward has always been a 
Republican in politics, and from his youth upwards 
has taken a keen interest in local affairs. They 
say that every man has a hobby, and if this be 
so, Mr. Sayward’s hobby is unquestionably farm- 
ing, to which he devotes a great deal of his 
time and attention. He has a charming estate 
located near the old family home at Alfred, 
Maine, where he spends his leisure time during 
the summer months and carries on farming oper- 
ations on a large scale. 

Charles Everett Sayward was united in marriage, 
February 6, 1886, at Waltham, Massachusetts, 
with Alice Sidney, a native of Utica, New York. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Sayward two children have been 
born, as follows: Marion, December 18, 1880, 
now the wife of Clifford N. Wilson, of Waltham, 
Massachusetts, where he is engaged in a build- 
ing and contracting business, and to whom she 
has borne two children, Barbara and Janet; 
Dwight Harold, born November 18, 1893, grad- 
uated in 1916 from Bowdoin College, and is at 
the present time (1917) associated in business 
with his father, doing agency work for the latter. 

It is somewhat trite to remark how the career 
of each man is determined by the two factors of 
his personality and the environment, how every 
act and circumstance, however, haphazard and 
fortuitous it may appear, is really the result of 
these two elements in their constant action and 
reaction upon one another. But though this is 
trite as an abstract proposition, the observation 
of it as a concrete fact in the life of the individual 
is never so, and we feel the same vivid interest 
in it as in the most primitive ages. Perennially 
fresh and attractive are the developments of the 
old struggle between the two elements, person- 
ality and environment, as we call them today, 
man and destiny, in the phrase of a more roman- 
tic time; attractive and full of interest without 
reference to what names we know them by, and 
as a matter of fact there is as much to claim our 
attention in the careers of the successful men of 
today as in the more perilous lives of our an- 
cestors. In such a case as that of Charles 
Everett Sayward, of Portland, Maine, there is 
shown not inaptly how tastes in combination with 
a strong will and courage can bend the environ- 
ment to the form desired and mould circumstance 
to a predetermined end. 


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IRA G. HERSEY—Among the leaders of the 
__ Maine bar and an attorney who has won the con- 
~~ fidence and respect of his professional colleagues 
and the community-at-large is Ira G. Hersey, a 
member of an exceedingly ancient and disin- 
guished New England family which was founded 
in the earliest Colonial period by William Hersie, 
who came to New England in 1635. The name 
Hersey or Hersy, is probably of French origin 
and appears among the list of noblemen who ac- 
companied William the Conqueror, to England 
and took part in the battle of Hastings, in 1066. 
In New England we find the name spelled in 
many different ways, the records of Hingham 
alone affording the forms Hersie, Harsie, and 
Hearsey. We find it also in other places as 
Harcy, Harsey, Harssy, Harsy, Hearsay, Hercy, 
Herecy, Hersy, etc. There were more than one 
hundred twenty-five enlistments of members of 
this family on the Massachusetts revolutionary 
rolls. It is claimed by one authority that the 
name is derived from that of the town “Herseaux” 
which is situated on the border between what was 
ancient Normandy and ancient Flanders. 

(1) William Hersie came to New England in 
1635 and settled at Hingham early in the autumn of 
that year with several others who accompanied him 
on the voyage from the Old World. He was grant- 
ed a lot of five acres on July 3, 1636, and was a 
prominent man in the community. It is probable 
that his native place was Old Hingham, in England, 
as most of the settlers in the town of that name in 
the colonies came from there, but this has not 
been proved finally. He was made a freeman in 
March, 1638, was a selectman in 1642, 1647, and 
1650, and a member of the artillery company in 1652. 
His death occurred March 22, 1658. He married 
Elizabeth , who survived him and they were 
_ the parents of the following children: William, who 
is mentioned below; Francis, Elizabeth, Judith, John, 
and James. 

(11) William (2) Hersey, eldest child of William 
(1) and Elizabeth Hersie, was probably born in 
_ England and came to the colonies with his parents 
in 1635. Like his father, he was an active and 
- prominent man-of the community and held several 
offices there. He was made freeman in 1672, served 
__as constable in 1661, was selectman in 1678, 1682, and 

1690. His death occurred September 28, 1691. Wil- 
’ liam (2) Hersey married (first) Rebecca Chubbuck, 
"a daughter of Thomas and Alice Chubbuck, who 
_ died June 1, 1686. He married (second) Ruhamah 
His children, all born by his first wife, were 
as follows: William, John, who is mentioned be- 
low; James, Rebecca, Deborah, Hannah, Eliza- 


ME.—2—15 


beth, Ruth, Mary, Josiah, Judith, died young; and 
Judith. 

(111) John Hersey, second son of William (2) and 
Rebecea (Chubbuck) Hersey was born August 9, 
1640, at Hingham, Massachusetts, and died there 
August 7, 1689. He was constable at Hingham in 
I7Ol and was prominent in town affairs. He mar- 
ried Sarah , who died January 17, 1731, and 
they were the parents of the following children: 
Sarah, Judith, Nehemiah, Abigail, Marcia, Jael, 
Daniel, who is mentioned below; Peter, Hannah, 
Betsey, and Jeremiah. 

(IV) Daniel Hersey, second son of John and 
Sarah Hersey, was born April 3, 1682, at Hingham 
and died there January 10, 1750. He was a cooper 
by trade and served as constable in 1736. The house 
in which he resided on Hersey street and which he 
himself built is stiil standing today. He married 
Mary May, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Larg- 
ley) May, and they were the parents of the follow- 
ing children: Mary, Jonathan, who is mentioned 
below; Sarah, Isaiah, and Susanna. 

(V) Jonathan Hersey, eldest son of Daniel and 
Mary (May) Hersey, was born February 2, 1773, 
at Hingham, and died there October 2, 1760. He 
learned the cooper’s trade from his father and prac- 
ticed that during his life. He married Sarah Whiton, 
a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Ripley) \Whiton, 
and they were the parents of the following children: 
Jonathan, who is mentioned below, Deidama, S2rah, 
Lydia, Juliette, Deidama, Daniel, David, Peter, and 
Ezekiel. 

(VI) Jonathan (2) Hersey, eldest child of Jona- 
than (1) and Sarah (Whiton) Hersey, was born 
October 28, 1742, at Hingham, and died at Roxbury, 
Massachusetts, at a very advanced age. Like his 
father and grandfather he was a cooper by trade, 
and he served in the Revolutionary War. He mar- 
ried (first) Margaret Tower, September 6, 1776, and 
she died June 13, 1777. He married (second) Mary 
Berry, daughter of John Berry, of Hingham, who 
was born May 109, 1754, at Hingham, and died at 
Roxbury, November, 1832. They were the parents 
of the following children: Lydia, Jonathan, Mar- 
garet, Mary, and Henry Johnson, who removed to 
New York State. 

At this point there is a break in the genealog- 
ical records of this branch of the family, but the 
next ancestor of Mr. Hersey was in all prob- 
ability a descendant of the above. 

Elijah Hersey was born on Long Island, New 
York, March 24, 1790, and died in Linneus, Maine, in 
1875, to which place he had come when it was a 
small pioneer settlement. He emigrated from Long 
Island to St. John, New Brunswick, in 1810 and 


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resided there until 1832, when he took up his 
abode in Aroostook county. He was a farmer by 
occupation and also burned charcoal. He mar- 
ried Annie Bell, of Buxton, in 1817, who was 
born April 11, 1794, and died at Linneus, about 
1887. They were the parents of the following 
children: Elijah B., Samuel B., who is mentioned 
below; Mary A., Catherine M., Eliza S., William 
G., and Sarah G. 

Samuel B. Hersey, second son of Elijah and Annie 
(Beil) Hersey, was born June 14, 1821 at St. John, 
New Brunswick, and came with his parents as a 
child to Aroostook county. He was a farmer by oc- 
cupation and married Elizabeth White, a daughter 
of William White, of that county. They were the 
parents of the following children: Alpheus C., 
Mary, Ira G., with whose career we are especially 
concerned; Annie E., and Samuel M. 

Ira G. Hersey, son of Samuel B. and Elizabeth 
(White) Hersey, was born March 31, 1858, at Hedg- 
don, Maine, As a lad he attended the local district 
school, where he was prepared for college and after- 
wards took a classical course at Ricker Classical In- 
stitute, of Houlton, Maine. Mr. Hersey was a man 
of strong ambitions and enterprising nature, and he 
decided while yet a lad to follow the profession of 
law. Accordingly, he entered the offices of Lyman S. 
Stricklamb, of Houlton, at that time one of the lead- 
ers of the Aroostook bar, and there pursued his stud- 
ies to such a good purpose, that he was admitted to 
the Maine bar at the September term in 1880. At 
that time he passed a highly creditable examination 
and won for himself the approbation of his exam- 
iners. He at once opened an office at Houlton, the 
county seat, and continued actively occupied in this 
way until 1917. Mr. Hersey is especially adapted to 
the career which he chose by nature and training 
and it was not long before he became a recognized 
leader of the bar in this region. For many years he 
handled a large proportion of the most important 
litigation in the county and met with uniform suc- 
cess. He was a deep student of his subject and in 
addition to his knowledge possessed unusual quali- 
fications as a trial lawyer, being very alert in his 
mental processes and always capable of meeting any 
contingency as it arose. In politics Mr. Hersey was 
identified for a considerable time with the Prohibi- 
tion party and was nominated on its ticket for gov- 
ernor of the State. He was, however, defeated in 
Republican Maine. Mr. Hersey is still a Prohibition- 
ist and is as active as ever in working for the in- 
terests of his cause. For many years he was identi- 
fied with the Republican party, believing that more 
effective work could be done, both for Prohibition as 
well as in other reform movements, by working with- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


in the organization of that party than by remaining 
outside of it. He was elected on the Republican 


ticket to the office of city attorney of Houlton and — 


has served in that capacity for many years. He is 
justly regarded as one of the most disinterested pub- 
lic men in the State and most completely free from 
corrupt political influences. He was elected on his 
record to represent Houlton in the Maine State Leg- 
islature in 1909 and served on that body in that and 
the three following years. In 1913, he was elected 
State Senator and served in that capacity until the 
end of 1916, being the president of the Maine Sen- 
ate in the last two years thereof. In the last named 
year he was elected Representative to the United 
States Congress from the Fourth District of Maine 
and was renominated without opposition to that high 
office in 1918. He is at the present time serving his 
State with great effectiveness in the National Capitol. 
Mr. Hersey has been identified for many years wigh 
a number of important fraternal and social organiza- 
tions in this region and is especially prominent in 
the Masonic Order, being affiliated with Monument 
Lodge, No. 96, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; 
Aroostook Chapter, No. 20, Royal Arch Masons; 
and St. Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar, of 
which he is at the present time eminent commander. 
He is also a member of Aroostook Council, No. 16, 
Royal and Select Masters of Presque Isle and Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine, of Lewiston. He is a member and a 
past exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks; a member and past grand master of 
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Maine; 
and member of the local lodge, Knights of Pythias. 
His clubs are the Meduxnekeag and the Elks of 
Houlton. In his religious belief Mr. Hersey is 
a Methodist. 

Ira G. Hersey was united in marriage on January 
6, 1884, at Mars Hill, Maine, with Annie Dillon, 
daughter of William and Judith Dillon, old and 
highly respected residents of that place. 


NELSON LUTHER PAGE, deceased, one of 
the successful and energetic business men and manu- 
facturers of Auburn, Maine, came of a family which 
tor many years resided there, the members of which 
displayed the characteristic virtues of the fine old 
stock. He was taken by his parents as a child to the 
West and brought up in the town of Stoughton, Wis- 
consin. Mr. Page resided in the western town until 


twenty-one years of age and then removed to Alex- — 


andria, Minnesota, and engaged in the lumber busi- 
ness until his return to the East later in life. He 
was prominent in the affairs of Alexandria and was 
mayor of that town for a time, but finally returned 


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to the East and settled at Auburn, Maine, and there 
engaged in business as a manufacturer of boxes and 
box shook. In this enterprise he was very success- 
ful, and was also prominently affiliated with a num- 
ber of fraternal organizations, among which should 
be mentioned the Masonic Order, the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. 
Mr. Page married, May 12, 1880, Nellie Brimson, a 
native of England, who came from that country to 
America in early youth. She survives her husband, 
whose death occurred March 24, 1915, and is now 
(1917) residing at Auburn at the age of sixty-four 
years. To Mr. and Mrs. Page three children were 
born, all of whom are now living as follows: Mary 
May, born May 31, 1882, and became the wife of 
Willis Knox, of Alexandria, Minnesota; Nelson 
Luther Brimson; and Stella E., who resides with her 
mother. 

Mr. Page was one of that group of successful men 
whose careers have been closely identified with the 
greatest and most recent period in the development 
of the city of Auburn, Maine; one of those broad- 
minded, public-spirited citizens whose efforts have 
seemed to be directed quite as much to the advance- 
ment of the city’s interests as to their own. There 
is a type of business man, only too common today, 
of which this cannot be truly said, but of these men 
of a generation past, and of their descendants, whose 
enterprise has spelled growth and increased pros- 
perity for the community of which they are members, 
and especially of Mr. Page, Sr., it is entirely true. 

Born November 1, 1883, at Alexandria, Minnesota, 
a son of Nelson Luther and Nellie (Brimson) Page, 
Nelson Luther Brimson Page passed his childhood 
and early youth in his native town. It was there that 
he attended school, and there that all his early as- 
sociations were formed. At the age of twenty-three 
he accompanied his parents, who were at that time 
removing to the East, and there took up his home 
with them at Auburn, where he continues to reside 
at the present time. It has already been related that 
his father, Nelson Luther Page, engaged here in 
the business of manufacturing boxes and box shook 
and in this enterprise his son was his partner. Dur- 
ing the life of the elder man he remained the presi- 
dent of the company, while Nelson Luther Brimson 
Page held the office of treasurer. The energy of both 
men was remarkable and it is due to the efforts of 
hoth that the present great business has been built 
up. Since the death of Mr. Page, Sr., his son has 
managed the large concern. To the running of this 
business Mr. Page devotes his best efforts, and is 
now at the head of one of the largest and most suc- 
cessful plants of its kind in this section of Maine. 
Mr. Page is the owner of a delightful pleasure boat, 


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a cruiser, with a commodious and well fitted cabin, 
which he keeps at Portland and in which, when the 
occasion offers, he takes trips up and down the 
coast. Mr. Page is a member of the Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, and is a prominent figure in the so- 
cial life of Auburn generally. In his religious be- 
lief he is a Congregationalist and attends the High 
Street Church of that denomination in Auburn. 

Nelson Luther Brimson Page was united in mar- 
riage, June 25, 1913, at Auburn, Maine, with Helen 
Rendall, a native of that place, a daughter of Frank 
A. and Emma (Verrill) Rendall, both members of 
old Auburn families. 


EDWARD BAILEY DRAPER, of Bangor, 
Maine, was born March 27, 1876, at Canton, Massa- 
chusetts, the son of Thomas Bailey Draper and his 
wife, Sarah D. T. (Sumner) Draper. His father 
was a manufacturer of woolen goods. 

He was educated at the Canton public schools, 
from which he was graduated in 1889. He then went 
to the Roxbury Latin School, which course he com- 
pleted in 1895. He had been prepared there for Har- 
vard University, at which he matriculated, receiv- 
ing his baccalaureate degree in 1899. His studies 
for his profession were done in the law school of the 
same institution, and his degree of Bachelor of Laws 
obtained in 1¢c02. From tco2 to 1910 Mr. Draper 
practiced his profession in Boston, Massachusetts. 
In the latter part of this period he had become in- 
terested in executive work, and in 1909 he accepted 
a position as manager of the Katahdin Pulp & Paper 
Company, of Lincoln, Maine, holding also the post 
of treasurer of the company, and in this business he 
continued until 1915. From 10915 to 1917, he took 
up the related work of timberlands and lumber op- 
erator. For two years, while a resident of Lincoln, 
he was the president of the Lincoln Trust Company. 
In his political views Mr. Draper is a Republican, 
and he was an independent member of the Massa- 
chusetts House of Representatives during the term 
1905-07. He is a member of the Masonic Order. 
Outside of his professional interests Mr. Draper is 
a member of the Harvard Club of Boston, of the 
Tarratine Club of Bangor, and of the Rotary Club 
of Bangor. He is a member of the Unitarian 
church. 


JASPER DUNCAN COCHRANE, M.D., one 
of the most prominent and successful physicians of 
Saco, Maine, is a member of an old New Hamp- 
shire family of Scottish origin. The Cochrane fam- 
ily were living at Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, during the 
seventeenth century, and it was during the early 
part of the eighteenth century that members came to 


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the New England Colonies, where they first appear 
in the town of Londonderry, New Hampshire, in the 
year 1722. 

The founder of the line in that State was one 
James Cochrane, the great-great-grandfather of Dr. 
Cochrane, who after a residence of some eighteen 
years at Londonderry settled at Pembroke, New 
Hampshire, about 1750. There he erected the first 
mill built in that town and also the first bridge across 
the Suncook river. A son of James Cochrane, Major 
James Cochrane, one of the patriots of Pembroke, 
rendered his country meritorious service in the Revo- 
lutionary War. Ensign James Cochrane, a son of 
Major James Cochrane, and grandfather of Dr. 
Cochrane, was a prominent citizen of Pembroke, and 
his son, Chauncey Cochrane, was also prominent 
there during the early part of his life. Later, how- 
ever, he left that place, and in 1834 settled at East 
Corinth, Penobscot county, Maine, where he engaged 
in a mercantile business for some twenty-five years. 
Poor health eventually obliged him to give up work 
in his store and turn his attention to other lines of 
business. He took a prominent part in the life of 
the town, and represented the district in the State 
Legislature at Augusta, in 1851. He frequently 
served the town in public capacities. He finally died 
there in 1883. 

Jasper Duncan Cochrane, son of Chauncey and 
Maria (Gay) Cochrane, was born December 2, 1851, 
at East Corinth, Maine. His early education was ac- 
quired in the public schools, and at East Corinth 
Academy. In 1868-69 he was a student at East 
Maine Conference Seminary at Bucksport, Maine. 
In 1872 he attended the Maine Wesleyan Seminary 
at Kents Hill, Maine, where he completed his col- 
lege preparatory course. During these school years 
he taught in the winter in the district schools of the 
State. In the fall of 1876 he matriculated at Wes- 
leyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, graduat- 
ing therefrom in 1880 with the degree of A.B., and 
in 1883 this same institution conferred upon him the 
degree of M. A. After his graduation followed a 
few years as principal in high schools of Maine, 
among them being Stetson Academy, Stetson, Maine. 
In 1882 he began the study of medicine at the Col- 
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City. 
He completed the course in May, 1886, and received 
the degree of M.D. 

As soon as he had successfully won his degree, 
Dr. Cochrane began the practice of his profession in 
his native town, East Corinth, and continued there 
until 1888, in which year he removed to Saco, where 
he has remained in active practice ever since. He 
has met with remarkable success, and in a short 
period of time was recognized as one of the leading 


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physicians of this region. He is a member of the 
stait of surgeons of Webber Hospital at Biddeford, 
Maine, and was also a member of its board of direc- 
tors for several years. He held the office of exam- 
iner of pensions for twelve consecutive years, and 
from 1889 to i891, and many times since, has been 
elected a member of the Saco Board of Health, and 
was active in the work of conserving the public 
health. In 1893 he was elected alderman from the 
Sixth Ward, and re-elected in 1894, 1895 and in 1902. 
For a number of years he has served as a trustee 
of the Saco and Biddeford Savings Institution. Dr. 
Cochrane is a member of many societies and other 
organizations here, especially those of a professional 
character, and is affiliated with the Saco and Bidde- 
ford Medical Club, of which he was president in 
1893; the Maine Medical Society, the American Med- 
ical Association, the American Academy of Medicine, 
and the York County Medical Society, of which he 
was president in 1896. He is also a member of Saco 
Lodge, No. 9, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; 
York Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Maine Council, 
Royal and Select Masters; Bradford Commandery, — 
Knights Templar, of Biddeford; Phi Nu Fraternity | 
of Wesleyan University, and in virtue of his descent — 
holds membership in the Maine branch of the Society 
of the Sons of the American Revolution. In his re- 
ligious belief, Dr. Cochrane was brought up a Meth- ~ 
odist, but believes other denominations also hold a 
needed and important place in making for the wel- 
fare of the world, and is not averse to attending 
services of any of them. Dr. Cochrane was also 
made a member of the State of Maine Committee of 
the Council for National Defence, Medical Section. — 
Dr. Jasper D. Cochrane married at Lovell, Maine, — 
Mrs. Ida M. Heald, daughter of Seth and Sarah P. 
(Abbott) Hutchins, of Lovell, Maine. Two chil- 
dren have been born of this union, as follows: © 
Chauncey Duncan, and Sarah Abbott. 


EDWIN GODFREY MERRILL may be 
claimed by the State of Maine as one of her sons, 
but he has been identified with New York City for 
a number of years. He was born November 21, 
1873, at Bangor, the son of Isaac Hobbs and Ada 
Frances (Godfrey) Merrill. His father was a 
banker, and during the Civil War had served as 
a paymaster’s clerk in the Union Army and later — 
in the same capacity in the Union Navy. Mr. — 
Merrill went to the Bangor High School, and was 
graduated in 1889, then entering Phillips Exeter — 
Academy, from which he was graduated as an 
honor man in 1891. His degree of Bachelor of 
Arts received in 1895 from Harvard College was 


summa cum laude. His first business connection was 
_ with the firm of Merrill & Company, Bangor, 
, Maine, and lasted from July, 1896, to February, 
“ 1808. He was then with the firm of Kountze 
Brothers, of New York, from February, 1898, to 
September, 1898, and left it for the employ of the 
‘Estabrook & Company, of New York City, with 
whom he was from October, 1898, to January, 
1g 91. From March, 1901, he was managing part- 
mer of Merrill & Company, Bangor, Maine, re- 
Maining in this position until June, 1903. The 
company was then re-organized as a trust com- 
any under the title of the Merrill Trust Com- 
any, and Mr. Merrill became its president. The 
ferrill Trust Company bought the Veasie Na- 
ionz Bank, of which Mr. Merrill had been 
elected the president in 1905, and in 1908 this was 
Merged into the Merrill Trust Company. Janu- 
ary, 1909, Mr. Merrill was elected the vice-presi- 
‘dent of the Central Trust Company of New York, 
‘and in April, 1910, he resigned and was elected 
‘president of the Union Trust Company of New 
York. Upon the merger of the Union Trust Com- 
pany and the Central Trust Company he became 
vice-president and vice-chairman of the Central 
“Union Trust Company. 
He is a director of the Hanover National Bank, 
a trustee of the Greenwich Savings Bank of New 
"York, a trustee for the United States of the Cale- 
‘donian Insurance Company of Edinburgh, of the 
‘Atlas Assurance Company of London, Engiand, 
a director of the Western Union Telegraph Com- 
‘pany, a director of the Electric Bond & Share 
Company, and a trustee of the Washington Water 
‘Power Company. He is a Republican in his poli- 
tical principles. He was a member of the West- 
chester County Commission of General Safety, 
and served as its treasurer. In October, 1918, he 
Was appointed assistant to Joseph P. Cotton, rep- 
Tesenting the United States Food Administra- 
fion in Europe. He received a leave of absence 
from the Central Union Trust Company and went 
to Europe in order to perform his duties in this 
Gmportant service of the United States Govern- 
ment. 
_ Mr. Merrill is a member of the State of Maine 
Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Le- 
gic n; treasurer of the Children’s Aid Society, of 
New York; member of the Central Council of 
the Charity Organization Society of New York; a 
member of the Board of Managers of St. Luke’s 
Hospital, New York; a trustee of the United Hos- 
Fund; director of the Northern Westchester 
Hospital Association, Mt. Kisco, New York; ex- 
ecutive chairman of the National Allied Relief 


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Committee; 2 member of the Executive Commit- 
tee of Refugee Relief Fund; trustee of estate and 
York; and a director of the Brearly School of New 
York, and a director of the Brearly School of York 
York City. He belongs to the Harvard Club, to 
the University Club, to the Union Club, to the 
Metropolitan Club, to the Recess Club, to the 
Down Town Club, all of New York, and to the 
Harvard Union of Cambridge. He is a member 
of the Protestant Episcopal church. 

Mr. Merrill married, January 21, 1902, at Ir- 
vington-on-Hudson, New York, Adelaide Isabel 
Katte, daughter of Walter and Elizabeth (Brit- 
ton) Katte. Their children are: Edwin Katte, 
born November 22, 1902; Dudley, born February 
3, 1904; Adele Katte, born August 2, 1909; Pris- 
cilla Godfrey, born June 21, 1915; Elizabeth Brit- 
ton, born March 25, 1917. 


EZRA ALONZO FREEMAN, D.O., although 
not himself a native of Maine, has come to be 
most closely identified with the life and affairs 
of the city of Lewiston, where he is now a prac- 
ticing osteopath and recognized there as a leader 
of his profession. He is a member of an old 
and highly respected New York family, his ances- 
tors having been represented in the Revolution- 
ary War in that State, and during several genera- 
tions his ancestors have resided at the town of 
Corfu there. 

His grandfather was Ezra Freeman, who fol- 
lowed the occupation of farming during his en- 
tire life and lived and died at Corfu. Ezra Free- 
man married a Miss Wheeler, who came from the 
neighborhood of Schenectady, New York, and 
was a descendant of General Wheeler, of Revolu- 
tionary iame. A son of this Ezra Freeman was 
Albert Freeman, father of the Dr. Freeman of this 
sketch. He was born at Corfu, New York, Janu- 
ary 31, 1856, and spent his childhood and early 
youth there. He later removed to East Syra- 
cuse, New York State, and has been connected 
with the New York Central Railroad for many 
years. He is now living at East Syracuse with 
his wife, while several of his children are also 
residents of that place. Albert Freeman was mar- 
ried to Flora Comstock, a native of Napoli, New 
York, born in the year 1861. To them four chil- 
dren were born, as follows, all of whom are at 
present living: Elsie O., who became the wife of 
Orry R. Evans, of East Syracuse, where be is 
a leading attorney, and they have one cié.Jd. 
Erma; Ezra Alonzo, of whom further; Sadie A, 
who became the wife of William F. Floring, of 
New York City, and they have one child, William 


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F., Jr.; Floyd A., who is at present residing at 
Mariel, Cuba, where he is an officer of a con- 
struction company known as the Cuban Portland 
Cement Company. 

Born March 18, 1884, at East Otto, New York, 
Dr. Ezra Alonzo Freeman is the first of his fam- 
ily to come to Maine. He did not reside in his 
native town for more than a short time, but was 
taken by his parents to East Syracuse and it was 
with this place that his earliest childish associa- 
tions were formed and here that he attended 
the local public schools. He was graduated from 
the East Syracuse High School in rg00, and then 
for a time attended the Central City Business Col- 
lege at Syracuse, where he took a commercial 
course. Some time afterwards he entered the 
American School ‘of Osteopathy, at Kirksville, 
Missouri, the first school of Osteopathy to be 
established in the world, so that it may wel! be 
called the genuine alma mater of all those who 
practice this profession. From this institution Dr. 
Freeman was graduated in the summer of 10913 
and at once came to Maine, where he established 
himself in practice at Lewiston. He now has of- 
fices on the third floor of the Manufacturers’ Na- 
tional Bank building, and has built up a large and 
remunerative practice. He is regarded as one of 
the leaders of his profession in this part of the 
State and is well known, not only to his profes- 
sional colleagues but to the community-at-large. 
Dr. Freeman has taken an active interest in the 
welfare of his profession throughout this region, 
and has been affiliated with the professional socie- 
ties. He was treasurer of the Maine Osteopathic 
Association for the years 1916 and 1917, and has 
been very active in promoting the interests of this 
society. He is a member of the American Osteo- 
pathic Association and has been active in the 
work of this organization as well. Dr: Freeman 
is affiliated with Ashler Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Lewiston. Dr. Freeman be- 
longs to a type which has become very familiar 
to us as the successful American, governed in all 
matters by the most scrupulous and strict ethical 
code, uncompromising in removing obstacles from 
his path and yet generous in his relations with his 
fellows, even in the case of his rivals or enemies. 
It is his ambition, and a highly commendable 
one, to form for his profession, which is com- 
paratively new in the world, a set of traditions 
which will be in no wise inferior to those of the 
older and more venerable callings, and it is thus 
that he endeavors to establish for all his profes- 
sional colleagues a sense of their obligation to the 
community. He is one of those who looks broadly 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


at his subject and perceives his calling in its large 
aspects, for he is the product of culture and re- 
finement and of that hard work and frugal living 
which gives point to a man’s achievements. 

Dr. Freeman was united in marriage, Decem- 
ber 26, 1913, at Fulton, Illinois, to Ada Snyder, a 
daughter of John C. and Hattie (Noble) Snyder. 
Mrs. Freeman’s mother was a native of Staten 
Island, New York, while her father was born at 
Fulton, Illinois, where he has continued to live 
to the present time. Mr. Snyder is a prominent 
figure in the coal industry, and plays an important 
part in the life of his community. Dr. Freeman. 
and his. wife are well known in the social life of 
Lewiston, and are regarded by all those who pos- 
sess their personal friendship as the most charm- 
ing and hospitable of hosts. 


HENRY HUDSON, one of the most active 
and prominent members of the bar of Piscata- 
quis county, Maine, and an influential citizen of 
the town of Guilford in this region, is a native of 
this place, his birth having occurred here, March 
19, 1851. Mr. Hudson is a son of Henry Hudson, 
Sr., whose birth occurred at Canaan, New Hamp- 
shire, October 26, 1824, and who was himself a 
prominent attorney of Guilford. Mr. Hudson, 
Sr., was admitted to the bar of Piscataquis county 
June 24, 1849, at a term of the court held at 
Dover, Maine, in that month. He was always in 
active practice from the time of his admission to 
the bar until his death, in June, 1877, which occur- 
red while on a visit to his native town of Canaan, 
New Hampshire, and had a large practice at that 
time. He married Emily Frances Martin, who was 
born at Guilford, Maine, May 13, 1831, and died here 
March 11, 1911. Mrs. Hudson, Sr., was the daughter 
of Addison and Lydia (Otis) Martin, the former 
having been born at New Gloucester, Maine, March 
3, 1797, and died August 29, 1876. Addison Martin 
was twice married, his first wife having been Lydia 
P .Otis, born at Leeds, Maine, June 24, 1799, and his 
second wife Achsa Leadbetter, born at Montville, — 
Maine, October 24, 1818. By his first wife he had 
the following children: Lydia Otis, Emily F., the 
mother of Henry Hudson of this sketch; and Mar- 
tha A.. By his second marriage he had two sons: 
‘Otis Martin, and Oscar E. Martin. Addison Martin, 
Sr., was a merchant. He opened the first store at 
Guilford, Maine, in 1825, and continued in the mer- 
cantile line here about thirty years. He was also a 
trial justice in this region for a long period of time 
and had a large business in this line. He was the 
son of Ezekiel Martin, of New Gloucester, Maine, 
who was born there, November 22, 1766, and died 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


January 20, 1820, and of Mary (Stanchfield) Martin, 
his wife, who was born July 9, 1767. Mr. Hudson, 
Sr., came from Canaan, New Hampshire, to Maine, 
in 1849. He had read law in a law office in his native 


State and opened his own office at Guilford immedi-_ 


ately upon his admission to the bar. 

Henry Hudson, Jr., received his early education at 
the Coburn Classical Institute at Waterville, in this 
State, where he was prepared for college and from 
which he graduated in the year 1871. He then en- 
tered Colby University at Waterville, where he was 
graduated in the class of 1875. During his college 
course he established an excellent record as an in- 
telligent and industrious student, and he was a’‘mem- 
ber of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity during 
those years. He was admitted to the bar at Pis- 
cataquis county at a term of the Supreme Judicial 
Court, held there on the second Tuesday of Septem- 
ber, A.D., 1875, and since that time has been ac- 
tively engaged in practice here. His father, as has 
already been stated, left an excellent practice, which 
Mr. Hudson succeeded to, and has since increased 
largely. For many years he has been engaged in 
nearly every case tried by a jury in this county and is 
now recognized as one of the leading members of the 
bar here, and a most capable and learned attorney. 
In addition to his legal activities, Mr. Hudson was 
for many years the owner of a large acreage in tim- 
ber lands and engaged in the business of cutting 
and manufacturing lumber at the mills in Guilford, 
in which he was interested. For ten years prior to 
1904, he had large interests in lumber mills in this 
region, also was part owner of a woolen mill at 
North Dexter, Maine. He has been very active in 
the business life of this community. He was president 
of the First National Bank of Guilford from the 
time of its organization in 1803, to 1904. Jn poli- 
tics Mr. Hudson has always been a staunch Demo- 
crat but, as he himself remarked, he does not live 
in the right county or State for a Democrat who de- 
sires to hold office. He did hold one office from 
January 1, 1882, to January 1, 1883, but to this he was 
appointed by the governor. He is not a member of 
any club, finding his chief recreation in his own 
home and by his own fireside. 

Henry Hudson, Jr., was united in marriage, Feb- 
tuary 22, 1877, at Dover, Maine, with Ada M. Lon- 
gee, a native of that town, where she was born, 
August 30, 1852, a daughter of James S. and Betsey 
Lougee. Mr. Lougee was engaged in business as 
a dealer in boots and shoes at Dover, Maine. . Mrs. 
Hudson’s death occurred at Guilford, ‘October 31, 
1910. Mr. and Mrs. Hudson were the parents of 
the following children, all of whom were born at 
Guilford, Maine: James Henry, born March 21, 


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1878, a graduate of Coburn Classical Institute in 
1896, of Colby College in 1900, and of the Harvard 
Law School in 1903; Leslie Everett, born in Guil- 
ford, October 25, 1882, who attended the Coburn 
Classical Institute at Waterville, Maine, and who 
now is a prosperous farmer and dealer in cattle 
end horses in his native town. 


JAMES EDWARD COBURN, the successful 
cotton manufacturer of Lewiston, Maine, is a son 
of Edward and Lucy (Joy) Coburn, also of Bidde- 
ford, where his father was engaged in the truck- 
ing business for many years.. Edward Coburn was a 
private in the Civil War and served throughout that 
historic struggle from 1861 to 1865. 

Born February 13, 1869, at Biddeford, Maine, 
James Edward Coburn was a student at the local 
public schools. After completing his studies at these 
institutions, he turned his attention to an indus- 
trial life and became interested in the manufacture 
of cotton. He has been exceedingly successful in 
his chosen line and has come to be regarded as one 
of the most substantial and successful citizens of the 
community. He is also identified with the financial 
interests of Lewiston and is at the present time a 
director of the Manufacturers’ National Bank and 
a trustee of the Androscoggin Savings Bank, both of 
Lewiston. Mr. Coburn is prominently identified with 
the Masonic fraternity and is a member of the 
lodge, chapter, council, commandery and temple. Fle 
is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. In his religious belief Mr. Coburn is a 
Baptist and attends the church of that denomination 
at Lewiston. 

James Edward Coburn was united in marriage 
October 14, 1804, at Biddeford with Cynthia Thomp- 
son, a daughter of Peletiah Haley and Jane (Parker) 
Thompson, old and highly respected residents of this 
city. To Mr. and Mrs. Coburn two children were 
born as follows: Manola, August 8, 1898; and Dor- 
othy, February 16, 1903. 


EDWIN LEAVITT BRADFORD, the suc- 
cessful business man and public-spirited citizen of 
Auburn, Maine, where he is engaged in the cream- 
ery business in association with the Turner Centre 
Dairying Association is descended from one of the 
old New England families, his direct paternal ances- 
tor having been William Bradford, governor of Mas- 
sachusetts, who founded the family in this country. 
Hle was one of the original pilgrim fathers who 
landed at Plymouth Rock with the passengers and 
crew of the Mayflower, and was one, if not the 
most important, member of the colony which was 
founded at that time. Many of Governor Brad- 


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ford’s descendants remained in Massachusetts, but 
the branch with which we are especially concerned 
came to Maine at an early date, and settled at what 
was for some time known as Bradford Village, 
after their family name, but which afterwards be- 
came Turner Centre. It was there that Captain 
Dura Bradford, the grandfather of the Mr. Brad- 
ford of this sketch, was living during the early part 
of the nineteenth century and there that he eventu~ 
ally died at the age of eighty-six years. He mar- 
ried Sallie Dillingham, by whom he had ten chil- 
dren, all of whom are now deceased. One of these 
children was Alfred Bradford, who was born at 
Bradford Village, Maine, in the town of Turner, 
and passed his entire life in his native place, dying 
there at the advanced age of eighty-five. He was a 
farmer by occupation. He married Flora Leavitt, by 
whom he had three children, as follows: Sarah, de- 
ceased; George B., who continues to reside on the 
old homestead at Turner Centre; and Edwin Lea- 
vitt. 

Born March 23, 1857, on the old homestead at Tur- 
ner Centre, Maine, or Bradford, as it was then 
called, Edwin Leavitt Bradford passed his childhood 
and early youth. It was there that he was educated, 
attending the local public school, and he continued 
to reside with his father until the year 1893. Shortly 
before leaving his native place, Mr. Bradford had 
become associated with the Turner Centre Dairy- 
ing Association and it was when that company 
moved to Auburn that he went with it. He has been 
connected with it from the time of its organiza- 
tion in the capacity of manager. It was founded in 
1883. In 1893 the Auburn plant was established, Mr. 
Bradford coming to Auburn at that time, opening 
up a larger field of business. In the year 1906 Mr. 
Bradford became treasurer and has filled this double 
capacity ever since. The business done by the com- 
pany is a very large one, having twenty creameries 
throughout Maine, and the demands made upon Mr. 
Bradford’s time and energies are great. Mr. Brad- 
ford in his management of the affairs of this busi- 
ness is recognized by his associates as one of the most 
progressive and capable business men. Mr. Bradford’s 
strong interest in agriculture is well known to all, 
and not long ago, at a gathering of his companions, 
they revived one of the old colonial offices and 
elected Mr. Bradford hog reeve in jest. If a man 
of wide taste such as Mr. Bradford may be said to 
have a hobby at all, his must be regarded as fish- 
ing, of which he is excessively fond, but which he 
admits with sorrow that he is so busy he has com- 
paratively little opportunity to indulge in. 

Edwin Leavitt Bradford married, February 7, 1870, 
Mary Frances Ridley, a native of Greene, Maine, a 
daughter of Hallet and Frances (Hood) Ridley, old 


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and highly respected residents of that place and now 
both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Bradford three 
children have been born, all of whom are living, as 
follows: Bertha B., who became the wife of |. L. 
Smith, of West Newton and Boston, Massachu- 
setts; Alfred, who is now connected with the Tur- 
ner Centre Dairying Association, of which his 
father is treasurer and manager; Ada, who is now 
the widow of Frank A. Smith, and makes her 
home with her parents. 


AARON JONES FULTON, M.D.—One of the 
prominent physicians of Blaine and its vicinity, is Dr. 
Fulton, who was born at Wicklow, New Brunswick, 
April 9, 1851, a son of Robert and Martha (Jones) 
Fulton. He comes of the family which gave to the 
world the inventor, Robert Fulton, whose persistent 
efforts in working out his ideas in regard to steam 
navigation have proved such a blessing to the whole 
world. His life is admired all the more because he 
turned to the long and costly work which was in- 
volved in his studies and experiments from his 
chosen field as a miniature painter, in which he had 
already won a sufficient success. It is a matter of 
pride that this benefactor of his race should have 
belonged to the same Scotch-Irish stock as the others 
of the Fulton name, and that the characteristics of 
the famuos Robert Fulton are to be seen in other 
members of the family. Robert Fulton wert to 
work in Philadelphia when he was but seventeen 
vears old, and he worked diligently on everything 
which he undertook. The same thoughtfulness, en- 
ergy, and conscientiousness are to be noted in these 
branches of the family that settled in the British 
provinces as well as those who lived in New England 
and Pennsylvania. Gowen Fulton, who landed in 
Boston with his wife, Margaret (Caswell) Fulton, in 
1730, and came to Topsham, Maine, about 1750, was 
of Scotch-Irish stock, and among other descendants 
who have worthily borne his name has been Judge 
Lewis M. Fulton, of Bowdoinham, Maine. Those of 
the name who settled in Nova Scotia carried out 
the tradition of the race in its worthiest respect. 

The history of the Fulton family of Truro, Nova 
Scotia, and its vicinity, is one of worthy deeds and 
lives of a high order. The family traditions em- 
phatically state that the Fultons received their pres- 
ent name at the time of the celebrated siege of 
Londonderry, Ireland, in 1698. One of the men who 
brought in provisions to the starving inhabitants of 
that city was always noted for delivering a full ton, 
and so he became noted throughout Londonderry as 
“the Full Ton” man, the name being adopted by the 
family, and afterwards shortened to its present 
form. 

(1) James Fulton was born in Londonderry, Ire- 


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land, in 1726, and died at Truro, Nova Scotia, in 
1792. He was a man of great hardihood and of 
the strictest honesty. He removed from Ireland to 
Nova Scotia in 1761, coming first to Halifax, and 


then staying a while at La Have, Lunenburg. In ~ 


1764 James Fulton and his family removed to Cum- 
berland county, where they remained for twelve 
years. As there was much trouble at the time of 
the Revolutionary War in Cumberland county, Mr. 
Fulton went to Pictou, remaining for four or five 
years. One more removal brought this family again 
to the lower valley of Truro. In making this last 
journey the family endured great privations, but 
bore them gaily and bravely. It took a week with 
the assistance of several men to travel this distance 
of not more than forty miles, as they had to make 
their way through dense forests where there were no 
roads, carrying their children and their goods on 
their backs. ‘One night they nearly perished from 
the cold as their tinder to be used with the flint and 
steel became damp, and it was long before they 
could build a fire. Mr. Fulton with his wife and 
several of their children spent the remainder of 
their days at Truro, and were people highly esteemed 
in that community. James Fulton married, in Ire- 
land, in 1753, Anna Colwell, who was born in Ire- 
land in 1728, and died at Truro in 1813. Children: 
Tt. John, born in 1754, came to Nova Scotia with his 
parents; married, in 1775, Ann Sampson, and re- 
moved to Ohio. 2. William, of whom further. 3. 
Samuel, removed to Ohio with his wife, Alice (Tup- 
per) Fulton, and his family. 4. Joshua, married 
Nancy Sampson, and removed to the State of New 
Yerk. 5. Ann, born in 1765, married James John- 
son. 6. Elizabeth, married (first) John Johnson, and 
(second) Robert Logan. 7. Jane, married, in 1787, 
Caleb Putnam. 

(11) William Fulton, son of James and Anna 
(Colwell) Fulton, was born in Ireland, in 1757, and 
died at Truro, Nova Scotia, December 11, 1812. In 
1784 he settled in the upper part of the Stewiacke 
valley, about twenty-five miles from Truro, on the 
farm on which his great-grandson, Ebenezer Fulton, 
now resides. In 1783 he married Sarah, daughter of 
John and Mary (Johnson) Dunlap, who died Sep- 
tember 20, 1814. They had ten children of whom 
Samuel, of further mention, was one. 

(III) Samuel Fulton, son of William and Sarah 
(Dunlap) Fulton, was born at Truro, Nova Scotia, 
1792, and was a very successful farmer and lumber- 
man. About 1816 he removed to a town on the St. 
John’s river in New Brunswick. He married Mar- 
garet Lovely. They had nine children, of whom the 
third was Robert, of further mention. 

(IV) Robert Fulton, son of Samuel and Margaret 


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(Lovely) Fulton, was born in Florenceville, New 
Brunswick, March 13, 1816, and died at Mars Hill, 
Maine, in 1897. He was a man of untiring energy 
and of great executive ability, and devoted his life 
to agricultural pursuits and lumbering. For a time 
he made his home at Wicklow, New Brunswick, but 
in 1868 he removed to Mars Hill, Maine, where he 
continued in the same occupations. He married 
Martha, daughter of Ephraim Jones, and they had 
twelve children of whom Dr. Aaron Jones, of the 
present mention, was the sixth. 

(V) Dr. Aaron Jones Fulton, son of Robert and 
Martha (Jones) Fulton, was born in Wicklow, New 
Brunswick, as before mentioned, April 9, 1851. He 
obtained his education in his native town, at Mars 
Hill, Maine, and at the Houlton (Maine) Academy, 
from which he graduated in 1883. Later he attended 
the University of Vermont, from which he was 
graduated with the highest honors from the medical 
department, and won from his fellow students the 
honor of the presidency of the class in 1890. As he 
had before this been a very successful teacher in 
various towns in Aroostook county, Maine, and made 
many friends in that section of the: State, his 
thoughts turned to that region as a promising field 
of work. Immediately after his graduation he began 
the practice of medicine at Bridgewater, and after 
two years of fine work he moved to Blaine, where he 
has since resided. The energy and pluck which he 
showed in his early days in working his own way 
through college was put into his medical practice 
and has given him a place and rating which is sec- 
ond to none in the neighborhood. 

Dr. Fulton is a member of the Aroostook County 
Medical Society and served one year as its presi- 
dent. He is also a member of the State Medical 
Association. He is a member of Aroostook Lodge, 
No. 197, Free and Accepted Masons, Blaine, Maine; 
Aroostook Chapter, No. 20, Royal Arch Masons, 
Houlton, Maine; Aroostook Council, No. 16, Presque 
Isle, Maine; St. Aldemar Commandery, No. 17. Houl- 
ton, Maine; and Kora Temple, of Lewiston, Maine. 
He has served his town at different times in many 
important positions among them being superintendent 
of schools, member of the school board, health officer, 
town clerk, member of the board of trustees of Aroos- 
took Central Institute, and for several years was its 
president. In politics Dr. Fulton is a sturdy Re- 
publican, and has represented his district in the 
Maine Legislature in 1005 and again in 1907. He 
also served in the Maine State Senate in i915 and 
1917. 

Dr. Fulton married Emma, daughter of Otis Tur- 
ner, of Bridgewater, Maine, and their children are 
Ellwyn M., a graduate of the University of Maine, 


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of the class of 1916; and Anita J., who attended 
- Aroostook Central Institute, Mars Hill, and who died 
in November, 19¢8, before completing her high 
school course. 


AMBER ELIZABETH (KETCHUM) ROB- 
INSON—At the age of sitxeen years Mrs. Robin- 
son began teaching, and during the greater part of 
the years which have since intervened, 1883-1910, she 
has followed the profession of an educator with 
most satisfactory results. She is as well known 
upon the public platform and in the columns of the 
press as she is in the school room, and she ranks 
with the devoted influential women of the State of 
Maine. She is a granddaughter of Joseph Ketchum, 
one of the earliest settlers of Bridgewater, Maine, 
his son James being the first white child born in the 
town where Joseph Ketchum settled in this then un- 
inhabited village of Aroostook county, Maine. He 
cut the first timber on the Presteel, and when he had 
done a little clearing he sewed the first wheat ever 
seen in Bridgewater. He built a public inn at Bridge- 
water, and was its proprietor, that being the only 
house of public entertainment between Houlton and 
Presque Isle. 

The Ketchums came originally from France, Jo- 
seph Ketchum being born at St. John, New Bruns- 
wick, Canada, in 1799, died August 9, 1876. He mar- 
ried Elizabeth Foye, born in 1804, died September 3, 
1864. They were the parents of ten children: Adol- 
phus, Salome, Samuel, Mary, Ann, James, Harriet, 
John Franklin, of further mention; Jarvis, and Ed- 
ward. 

John Franklin Ketchum, son of Joseph and Eliza- 
beth (Foye) Ketchum, was born in Bridgewater, 
Aroostook county, Maine, July 4, 1836, died June 3, 
1915. He enlisted in the Union Army from Maine, 
December 8, 1864, and served until the war closed, 
his regiment a part of the army commanded by Gen- 
eral Sherman. He was a farmer of Bridgewater, 
and a lifelong Democrat. He married (second) July 
30, 1863, Lenora Parker Foote, born March 2, 1847. 
Children: Emma Ida, born July 13, 1857, a daughter 
by his first wife; Amber Elizabeth, of further men- 
tion; Leslie Mount, born November 29, 1875. Mr. 
and Mrs. Ketchum were members of the Baptist 
church. 

Amber Elizabeth Ketchum, only daughter of John 
Franklin and Lenora Parker (Foote) Ketchum, was 
born in Bridgewater, Aroostook county, Maine, Feb- 
ruary 14, 1867. Her mother was a near relative of 
Commodore Foote. Amber E. Ketchum attended the 
public schools of Bridgewater and Blaine, and upon 
that foundation, by the aid of study and wide read- 
ing, she has built a career as an educator most cred- 


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itable to her. She was but sixteen years of age 
when appointed to her first school, but she was equal 
to the position, and has never been without a po- 
sition if she desired it. She is still engaged in 
the work, and manifests the same devotion and zeal 
as when her career was in its beginning. She is an 
interesting, fluent speaker, in demand on public 
occasions, and is also a strong, forcible writer. She 
is an able advocate of Woman’s Suffrage, and any 
cause she espouses, and exerts her influence in be- 
half of all that tenets to uplift and improve. In 
religious preferences she is a Unitarian. 

Miss Ketchum married, at Blaine, September 22, 
1883, William Ellsworth Robinson, born September 
13, 1862. They are the parents of: 1. Oscar Burton, 
born September 4, 1884, a graduate of Ricker Clas- 
sical Institute, Houlton, Maine, class of ’o4, now a 
farmer of the town of Blaine, Maine. He married 
December 25, 1907, June Beatrice Stevens, of Port- 
age, Maine. 2. Clinton Burleigh, born August 31, 
1866, a graduate of Aroostook Central Institute, 
class of ’I1; now in the employ of the Buffalo Fer- 
tilizer Company, Houlton, Maine. He married, in 
June, 1912, Helen Lincoln. 


THOMAS SMILEY—Among the successful 
business men of Portland, Maine, Thomas Smiley 
may be mentioned. He comes of old New England 
stock, and is a son of David Oaksman Smiley, a na- 
tive of Winslow, Maine, born in the year 1820. 

Thomas Smiley was born January 18, 1861. at 
Winslow, Maine, but only spent the first four years 
of his life in his native town. He then moved with 
his parents to Benton Falls, where he attended 
school, and after completing his studies he secured a 
position as a clerk in a dry goods store in the 
neighbornig town of Norway, Maine. Here he re- 
mained for a period of three years, and then at the 
same place established himself in business in part- 


nership with a Mr. Whitcomb, under the firm name — 


of Whitcomb & Smiley. For two years they con- 
tinued the business there, at the end of which the 
firm changed its name to Smiley Brothers, on the 
retirement of Mr. Whitcomb and the admission of 
Mr. Smiley’s brother to the business. Four more years 
were thus spent and then Mr. Smiley removed ito 
Clinton, Massachusetts. Here he continued in busi- 
ness for five years and then again returned to Nor- 
way. On this occasion he began business by him- 
self under the name of Thomas Smiley. His enter- 
prise was a success from the outset, and in 1902 he 
started a branch store at Portland. This store 
eventually became the more important of the two 
and Mr. Smiley made Portland his headquarters. He 
still, however, controls the Norway store and has 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


recently opened a third at Bridgton, Maine, which 
was established in 1906. His present location in 
Portland is at Nos. 509 and 511 Congress street, 
Portland, which was occupied in 1912, Mr. Smiley 
buying another concern which had its quarters there 
at that time. His own business now takes up three 
floors and is one of the largest of its kind in the 
city. He has a very extensive line of lady’s apparel 
and housekeeping goods, and his store is one of 
the busiest centers in the city. Besides his mercantile 
interest, Mr. Smiley is actively engaged in many 
other departments of the activity of the city and 
is at the present time a director in the retail bureau 
of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Portland 
Credit Man’s Association. He is a prominent Ma- 
son, and is a member of lodge, chapter, council, com- 
mandery and temple, and has taken his thirty-second 
degree in Free Masonry. He is a member of the 
Portland Club, the Portland Men’s Singing Ciub 
and other organizations. He is particularly fond of 
music and has much ability in this direction and a 
delightful voice. Music indeed may be said to be 
Mr. Smiley’s hobby, although ail the arts interest him 
and everything in connection with the development 
of aesthetic appreciation and general culture. He is 
a member of the Second Congregational Church of 
Norway. 

Mr. Smiley married (first) Mary Kimball, who 
died in 1910. Mr. Smiley married (second), Octo- 
ber, 1915, Minerva French, a native of Parkman, 
Maine, and a daughter of Edmund and Esther 
(Genthner) French, both of whom are deceased. 

The strong and self-confident character of Mr. 
Smiley is greatly moderated by the most kindly of 
hearts and cheerful of dispositions. A man in 
whose life his religious faith plays an important 
part would naturally be of a nature to consider the 
rights of others, and this is pre-eminently so in his 
case. His private charities are also of a liberal na-~ 
ture, although how much will probably never be 
known as he is particularly modest and quiet in the 
matter. 


HERBERT THOMPSON POWERS—Among 
the leaders of the bar in the region of Fort Fair-~ 
field, Maine, where he has been engaged in active 
practice since 1893, is Herbert Thompson Powers, 
a member of an old Maine family, and a son of 
Hannibal Hamlin and Abigail Rachel (Neal) 
Powers, the former for many years engaged in 
farming in Pittsfield, Maine. The elder Mr. Powers 
was a private in the Fourth Regiment of Maine 
Heavy Artillery, and served therewith during the 
Civil War, from 1861 to 1865. Herbert Thompson 
Powers was born November 13, 1870, at Pittsfield, 


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Maine, and as a lad attended the local public schools 
and later the Maine Central Institute, at Pittsfield, 
where he was prepared for college, and from which 
he graduated with the class of 1887. He then en- 
tered Bowdoin College, with the class of 1891, but 
remained there but one year, having determined in 
the meantime to take up the study of law. This he 
did to such good purpose that he was admitted to 
the Maine bar in 1892, and at once opened offices 
in the town of Blaine. He did not remain there, 
however, more than one year, and in 1893 removed to 
Fort Fairfield, where he has been engaged in active 
practice ever since. Mr. Powers’ character and men- 
tal equipment eminently fit him for the profession 
which he has adopted, and he rapidly made his way 
to a leading position among the attorneys of this 
part of the State, much of the important litigation 
thereof passing through his hands. He has not, 
however, confined himself entirely to the practice 
of the legal profession, but has also become con- 
nected with other important interests here. t the 
time of the organization of the Frontier Trust Com- 
pany, of Fort Fairfield, in the year 1907, Mr. Powers 
was elected president and has continued to hold that 
office ever since. He has also been exceedingly 
prominent in local affairs, and was elected to repre- 
sent Fort Fairfield in the State Legislature in rooz, 
serving in that capacity in that and the three fol- 
lowing years. He was elected county attorney of 
Aroostook county in ro05, and held this exceedingly 
responsible post until roc8. Mr. Powers is well 
known in social and fraternal circles here, and is 
affiliated with Eastern Frontier Lodge, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons, and the local bodies of 
the Knights of Pythias, and the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks. 

Herbert Thompson Powers was united in mar- 
riage (first) June 6, I900, at Fort Fairfield, Maine, 
with Una Lincoln Neal, a daughter of Samuel and 
Amanda (Lincoln) Neal. Two children were born 
of this union as follows: Neal, born March 25, rgor, 
and Alice Marion, born March 26, 1903. Mrs. 
Neal died November 0, 1912, and August 21, 1916, 
Mr. Powers married (second) Mrs. Etta Pauline 
Haynes, of Bangor, Maine, widow of Charles I. 
Haynes, and a daughter of Jeremiah J. and Ellen 
(Collins) Canning. 


EDWARD CLARENCE JONES—There is al- 
ways something impressive in tracing through a long 
line of descent the perseverance of strong and able 
traits of character, showing themselves perennial, 
ever recurrent in each generation, without a missing 
link in the chain, and giving the most indisputable 
evidence of the power of a strong and healthy stock 


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to project its virtues across the lapse of years and 
awaken in distant times and amidst the most di- 
verse circumstances the spirit that in bygone years 
has animated the blood. Such is conspicuously the 
case with the distinguished Jones family of Port- 
land, Maine, which, since the early Colonial period, 
has been identified with the stirring events of 
American history, and which has given no less than 
seven Colonial governors to this country. Since 
the time when its founder in America severed his 
connection with the land of his birth and came 
to dwell in the free wilderness of the “New World,” 
its members have exhibited uninterruptedly those 
sterling qualities that have for so long a time been 
associated with the highest type of New England 
manhood. 

Born May 31, 1853, Edward Clarence Jones has 
for many years been closely associated with the 
affairs of his native city, Portland, Maine. He is a 
descendant on the paternal side of Timothy Jones, 
who came to this country from Wales in 1630. On 
the maternal side he is a descendant of Sir Arthur 
Ingraham, of Leeds, England, who was knighted 
by King James I, in 1513, and of Edward Ingraham, 
who came from that city to the New England Col- 
cnies in the year 1630. At an early date the family 
moved to York, Maine, and gradually extended them- 
selves over that region of the State until one of the 
principal lines made its home at Portland. 

Benjamin Worth Jones, father of Edward Clar- 
ence Jones, was a prominent citizen of Portland, 
Maine. He married Cordelia Ingraham, who bore 
him the following named children: 1. Fred Eugene, 
who was State accountant of Massachusetts for forty 
years, died in Boston, May 14, 1911. 2. Frank Mel- 
ville, who was drowned December 2, 1867, when the 
ship Kate Dyer was run down and sunk by the for- 
eign steamship, Scotland, while entering New York 
harbor, after a two years’ trip around the world. 
3. Edward Clarence, of whom further. 4. Ella 
Florence, married (first) George Parker Taylor, of 
Burnside, Kentucky, and (second) John McKean, of 
Orange, New Jersey. 5. Philip Ingraham, business 
partner of his brother, Edward Clarence, married 
Mabel Churchill Jones and they are the parents of 
two children, Lawrence Churchill, engaged in the 
same business as his father, and Helen Creighton, at 
home. 6. Laura Araxine, unmarried, resides in 
Portland. 

Edward Clarence Jones attended the public schools 
of Portland and graduated from the high school 
there in 1871, at the age of eighteen years, after 
which he studied higher branches under a special 
tutor. Immediately after this he engaged in the 
book business in association with the firm of Bailey 


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& Noyes, which connection was continued for twen- 


ty-two years, and during this period he gained the © 


reputation of being one of the best book sellers in 
his native city. He then established a stationery 
business, which he conducted successfully until 1876, 
when it was destroyed by fire. He then engaged in 
the insurance business under the name of E. C. 
Jones & Company, a firm which is continuing most 
successfully at the present time (1917). E. C. Jones 
& Company has its offices at No. 41 Exchange 
street, Portland, is one of the best known houses in 
this line in the city of Portland, and is gen- 
eral agent for many fire and liability companies. 
Mr. Jones also founded the concern known as the 
Jones Real Estate Company and is now president of 
that organization. He is one of the first directors 
of the Chamber of Commerce. 

It has already been remarked that Mr. Jones is 
conspicuous in the general life of Portland, and this 
is true in its application to almost every department 
of the city’s affairs. He is particularly active in 
club circles and is a member of the Portland Club, 
the Portland Yacht Club, the Portland Athletic 
Club, the Maitland Club, and other organizations of 
a similar character. He is keenly interested in gene- 
alogy and local history and in this connection is affi- 
liated with many associations, among which should 
be numbered the Maine Genealogical Society, the 
Maine Historical Society, the Society of Colonial 
Wars, the Society of Colonial Governors, and the 
Society of American Wars, in which he holds the 
post of genealogist. He is also a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. Jones is a 
Congregationalist in his religious belief, attends the 
State Street Church of that denomination and has 
been active in its work for many years. He has been 
for a long period a member of the State Street 
Parish Club and for two years its president, an or- 
ganization which contributed greatly to advance the 
cause of the church in Portland. Politically he is 
affiliated with the Republican party, but does not 
take an active part in local politics. He is a mem- 
ber of the American Legion, in which he ranks as 
captain of small steamboats. This society is 
pledged to take up arms at a moment’s call in the 
service of their country. Mr. Jones has been an 
enthusiastic yachtsman for practically all his life, 
and still indulges in that pastime as much as his 
leisure time will permit. 

Mr. Jones was united in marriage on December 
28, 1880, to Lilla Smith Bremer, born in Portland, 
Maine, December 18, 1857, daughter of Captain 
Henry M. and Malvina (Smith) Bremer, natives 
and highly respected residents of Portland for many 
years. Captain Henry M. Bremer is now deceased, 


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many foreign ports. 


_ this State, and who were married here. 
was also a seafaring man and after a number of 
years of this life, took up building ships at Free- 


but was during his life one of the famous skippers 
of Portland and sailed his ship in many seas and to 
Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the 
parents of one daughter, Ethel Maitland, born in 
Portland, July 22, 1800, who was married on June 


" 14. 1017, to Robert Maxwell Pennell, a young attor- 


ney of Portland, Maine, who is now major in the 


United States Army. 


CAPTAIN JULIUS SEYMORE SOULE, who 


‘is one of the celebrated sea captains of about a 
half a century ago, and since that time has been 


very active as a shipbuilder at Freeport, Maine, 
where he has made his home for many years, is a 
member of an old and highly respected family which 
has made its home in New England from the time 


when George Soule came here in 1620 on the May- 


flower. The name, Soule, is a very ancient English 


patronymic and we find it under a number of dif- 
ferent forms, such as Sole, Soal, Soul, and others 
besides the modern spelling. The Sole iamily of 
London was a powerful one and belonged to the 
aristocracy, having been granted the right to bear 
arms in I5Q1. 
_ grim fathers, was one of those to sign the first com- 


George Soule, one of the original Pil- 


pact drawn up in the nature of a government by 
the early Plymouth Colony. In 1624 he received an 
acre of land in Plymouth, between Sandwick street 
and the harbor. In 1633 his name appears on the 
first list of freemen in the records of Plymouth, but 
he later removed to Duxbury, where he settled at 
Powder Point. He was a very prominent man at 
Duxbury and married Mary Becket or Bucket, who 
came as one of the passengers of the Ann, which 
sailed with other ships in 1621. She was one of the 
same company of which Barbara Standish and Pa- 
tience and Fear Brewster were other members. The 
first of the family to make his home in Maine, was 
one John Soule, the son of Ezekiel and Hannah (De- 
lano) Soule, of Duxbury, who came to Woolwich, 
Maine, where he spent the latter part of his life 
and eventually died August 21, 1795. His wife, Pa- 
tience Soule, died December 1, 1777. From this cou- 


_ ple all the members of the Soule family of Maine 
_ are descended. 


Captain Soule is a son of Enos and Sarah (Pratt) 
Soule, both of whom were natives of Freeport in, 
Enos Soule 


port. His birth occurred in 1792, and his death in 
1874 at the age of eighty-two years. His wife was 
born in 1800 and died in 1883. They were the par- 
ents of twelve children, only two of whom are now 
living, Margarette, now Mrs. Hengren, and Cap- 
tain Julius Seymore Soule. 


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Captain Soule attended the public schools of South 
Freeport as a child and afterwards entered the well 
known Abbotts School at Farmington. He did not 
remain long at the latter place, however, but aban- 
doned his studies when only fifteen years of age 
and went to sea before the mast. He possessed an 
actual adaptability to the life of the seaman and it 
was only a few years before he became captain of 
the good ship Thereafter for a num- 
ber of years he commanded many vessels and sailed 
to ports in all parts of the world. About 1890, 
however, he retired from this life and purchased 2 
farm in Maine, which he conducted personally for 
a number of years. He was well skilled in the con- 
struction of vessels and while still following the 
life of farmer, built a boat for pleasure parties on 
the bay. Having thus tested his skill, he turned 
more and more to shipbuilding and at last made it 
his chief business, devoting his attention to it ever 
since. For a time, indeed, Captain Soule retired 
from active business, but upon the outbreak of the 
war, being considered by the authorities as the best 
posted man in the construction of wooden ships, 
his advice was sought and he is now associated 
with a number of others in the building of four ves- 
sels, which they hope to complete within this year 
(i918). Each one of these vessels is to cost in the 
neighborhood of three thousand dollars and wiil un- 
doubtedly be a valuable addition to our mercantile 
fleet. It is estimated to be quite within the limits of 
possibility, that one voyage will pay for the cost of 
the vessel. Captain Soule is a staunch Democrat 
in politics, but is quite uninterested so far as any 
public offce for himself is concerned and performs 
his function only as a patriotic private citizen. He 
is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons, and of all the sailing and shipping clubs in this 
vicinity. 

Julius Seymore Soule was united in marriage on 
June 6, 1876, with Edith M. Creech, a native of 
Freeport, and a lady of Scottish ancestry. She is a 
daughter of William and Catherine (Meers) 
Creech, both her parents, like herself, being natives 
of Freeport, where their deaths occurred. To Cap- 
tain and Mrs. Soule three children have been born, 
as follows: Sarah, who became the wife of Thomas 
Randall, who resides at Freeport, a traveling sales- 
man for a large shoe house; Albert S., who is mar- 
ried and resides at Freeport, where he is engaged in 
the shipping business with his father; Helen, who re- 
sides with her parents at home. Captain Soule is 
a very active man for his age, as may be seen by 
his taking active charge of so large and important an 
undertaknig for the United States Government. He 
is a man of genial temperament and pleasant man- 
ners, and is very popular among a large circle of 


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friends. He enjoys a reputation for honesty and 
square dealing second to no man in this region and 
the very considerable fortune which he has laid up 
has been altogether the result of his own unaided 
energies and enterprise. 


LOUIS ANDREW DERRY is today regarded 
as one of the rising physicians of Portland, Maine, 
having reached a place of prominence in his profes- 
sion, in which, indeed, he is regarded as being a 
leader, alike by his fellow practitioners and by the 
community-at-large. He is a member of a family 
which was originally Irish, but which for a number 
of generations has resided on this side of the water, 
his grandfather having been born in the Province of 
Quebec, Canada. “This gentleman, Louis Derry by 
name, was a blacksmith by trade, and during his 
manhood moved to the United States and settled 
at Champlain, New York, where his death eventu- 
ally occurred at the age of seventy years. He mar- 
ried a Miss Laingg, a lady of Scotch parentage, al- 
though like himself a native of Canada. They were 
the parents of the following children: Jane, now 
deceased; George, deecased; Louis, deceased; Gas- 
pard, deceased; Adolphus, who is mentioned below; 
and John and Joseph, both of whom are alive to- 
day. Adolphus Derry, the father of the subject of 
this sketch, was born January 18, 1849, at Champlain, 
New York, and is now living with his son, Louis 
Andrew Derry. He was engaged in the coal and 
wood business for a period of about ten years and 
is now retired. He married Miss Katherine Doran, 
a native of St. John, New Brunswick, where she 
was born July 12, 1848, and to them were born five 
children, as follows: 1. Mary Adelaide, who died in 
infancy. 2. George Herman, born May 27, 1878, and 
is now a sub-master in the English High School in 
Boston. He is himself a highly educated man and 
has the degrees of Ph.D., A.B., and M.A. 3. Louis 
Andrew Derry, who is mentioned at length below. 
4. Alice Katherine, born October 14, 1882, and be- 
came the wife of Henry Cleave Sullivan, Esquire, 
of Portland, Maine, to whom she has borne two chil- 
dren, Mary and Kathleen. 5. William Henry, born 
May 11, 1884, and now a resident of Portland, and 
is employed in the United States railway mail sery- 
ice. He married Miss Ethel Loretta Towle, of Port- 
land, by whom he has had one child, Cornelia. Mrs. 
Derry, Sr., is a daughter of Andrew Doran, a na- 
tive of County Mayo, Ireland, who came to America 
with his wife and children and settled in St. John, 
New Brunswick, where he met his death in an acci- 
dent. He and his wife were the parents of eight 
children of whom four are living today as fol- 
lows: Pierre, who resides in Boston; Andrew, of 


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Sullivan, Maine; Katherine, the mother of our sub- 
ject; and Julia, who is now Mrs. Hogan, of St. 
John, New Brunswick. Mr. and Mrs. Hogan lived 
for a time in Portland, Maine. They are the par- 
ents of five children: William H., deceased; Dr. 
Francis J., deceased; Kathlynn; Marion, Geraldine. — 

Louis Andrew Derry was born February to, 1880, 
at Portland, Maine. He attended the local public ~ 
schools for his early education, and after study- 
ing for a time at the Portland High School 
he entered Holy Cross College, at Worcester, 
Massachusetts, and graduated from the same 
with the class of 1902. He then matricu- 
lated at Bowdoin Medical School, from which 
he graduated in 1906, taking his degree of Doctor 
of Medicine. He supplemented his theoretical train- 
ing at this place by eighteen months practical ex- 
perience in Carney Hospital, Boston, where he was 
the house surgeon, and then in 1908 returned to his 
native Portland, and began a general practice, which 
has steadily grown in importance up to the present 
time. His offiice is situated at 261 Congress street, 
and he is well known throughout not only his own 
immediate neighborhood, but the city generally and 
indeed even in the surrounding districts. Dr. Derry 
is active in other departments of the life of the 
community besides that connected with his profes- 
sional practice. He is a staunch member of the 
Roman Catholic church and attends mass at the 
Church of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. 
He is a prominent figure in the parish and in the 
general activities of the church and is a member 
of the Knights of Columbus. 

Dr. Derry was united in marriage on the first day ~ 
of July, 1904, at Portland, Maine, with Edith Mary 
Hall, a native of that city, where she was born April 
16, 1880, a daughter of Elton A. Hall, who was at 
one time general superintendent of the Maine Cen- 
tral Railroad, and of Sarah J. (Knight) Hall, his 
wife. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hall are natives of West- 
moreland, New Hampshire, and they are the parents 
of a family of children. To Dr. and Mrs. Derry 
two children have been born, the elder, George Fler- 
man Derry, died at the age of six years in IgtT. 
The second child, Richard Hall Derry, was born Sep- 
tember 18, 1908. , 

Dr. Derry is a man in whom the public and pri- 
vate virtues are admirably balanced. He is regarded 
in the professional world, and, indeed, in all his pub- 
lic relations as one whose principles are above re- 
proach, and whose strict ideals cf honor and justice 
are applied to every detail of his professional con- 
duct. Nor is it only in his associations with his pa- 
tients that these characteristics are displayed. In 
it, with all those whom he comes in contact in his 


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professional career and in every other department 

of life, his courtesy and unfailing concern for the 

welfare of all, makes him a highly popular figure in 
every circle and has established the esteem in which 
he is held upon the firmest kind of basis. In his 

private life these virtues have their analogues. A 
quiet and retiring character makes him a great 
lover of home and the domestic ties, and his never 
failing geniality endears him to the members of his 
_ family and to the friends of whom he possesses so 
many. 

HERBERT OWEN PHILLIPS—Among the 
enterprising and highly successful business men of 
Portland, Maine, men who have attained success as 
the logical result of energy, capability, efficiency and 
a determination to succeed, must be mentioned Her- 
bert Owen Phillips, who, beginning as a news agent, 
has advanced step by step until at the present time 
- (1917) he occupies an important place in the busi- 

ness and industrial development of his native city. 

Alvin Phillips, grandfather of Herbert Owen 
Phillips, was a native of Maine, born at Saco, and 
there spent his entire lifetime, devoting his attention 
during his active years to agricultural pursuits, de- 
riving therefrom a comfortable livelihood. Among 
his children was Ivory Phillips, father of Herbert 
Owen Phillips, who was born at Saco, Maine. He 
attended the schools in the neighborhood of his 
home, and during his active career engaged in the 
boot and shoe business at Biddeford, Maine, and in 
the manufacture of trunks, in both of which lines of 
business he continued for many years and was highly 
successful. He married Jennie Clark Wilkinson, a 
native of Springvale, Maine, and they were the 
parents of eight children, five of whom are living 
at the present time. Ivory Phillips died at Bidde- 
ford, Maine, in 1880, and the death of his wife oc- 
curred in Portland in 1880. 

Herbert Owen Phillips was born at Portland, 
Maine, February 1, 1869. In 1872, the family mak- 
ing their residence at Biddeford, Maine, he received 
the preliminary portion of his education in the pub- 
lic schools of that city, returning to Portland in 1&&3. 
This was supplemented by a year’s course of study 
at the Butler Grammar School, Portland, from 
which he was graduated in 1884, and that summer, 
at the age of fifteen, he obtained employment as news 
agent on the Maine Central Railroad, and in the fall 
of that year entered the office of the commission 
and wholesale firm in grain and feed, of Norton, 
Chapman & Company, Portland, in which line of 
business he has continued to date. With his prog- 
ressive ideas and foresight, in 1002 he organized 
in Bangor, Maine, the Eastern Grain Company, amal- 
gamating several old concerns, and from time to 


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time consolidating others, and today he is the presi- 
dent, general manager and principal owner of a 
chain of stores located in various sections of the 
State, all of which are in a prosperous condition, 
and reflect credit upon his ability and straight-for- 
ward business transactions. In addition to his ex- 
tensive business interests, Mr. Phillips devotes con- 
siderable attention to community affairs. He was 
chosen by his fellow citizens to represent them in 
the City Council, serving as a member of that body 
during the years 1897-08, the duties thereof receiving 
from him the same careful and conscientious atten- 
tion that he devotes to his private interests. He is 
a thirty-second degree Mason, a life member of all 
the bodies, and a life member of the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks. 

Mr. Phillips married (first) in Portland, Maine, 
September 23, 1891, Georgia P. Bickford. born in 
Portland, Maine, and whose death occurred August 
29, 1907. Mr. Phillips married (second) June 1, 
1912, Georgia C. Currier, a native of Lowden, New 
Hampshire. 


HARRY BARKER EDDY—One of the earliest 
New England families is that which bears the 
name of Eddy, which was founded there as early 
as the year 1630 by two brothers, sons of the 
Rev. William Eddy, of Cranbrook, Kent, Eng- 
land, and who sailed in that year to Plymouth, 
Massachusetts, on the good ship Handmaid. From 
them various branches are descended, which have 
made their homes in many parts of the country, 
so that the name is well distributed throughout 
its territory. We find in the Massachusetts 
Revolutionary Rolls that the name was well rep- 
resented among the patriots who took part in 
the American War for Independence. One of 
these branches was represented in the generation 
just passed by George Warren Eddy, a son of 
Thomas Barker Eddy, of Charlestown, Massa- 
chusetts. Here George Warren Eddy was born 
and lived during the early portion of his life, 
and was for a number of years engaged in the 
mercantile business with the firm of Burr 
Brothers. Later, however, he severed this con- 
nection and came to Portland, Maine, where the 
remainder of his life was passed and where he 
identified himself closely with the general life of 
the place. He was married to Flavilla Barker, 
a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Clement) 
Barker, and they were the parents of the follow- 
ing children: Harry Barker, who died in in- 
fancy; Augustus, who died in infancy; Flavilla, 
who became the wife of George W. Libby; and 
Harry Barker, of whom further. 

Born March 25, 1861, in the city of Portland, 


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Maine, Harry Barker Eddy, fourth and youngest 
child of George Warren and Flavilla (Barker) 
Eddy, made his native city his home and the 
scene of his active business life continuously 
until his death. He received his early education 
at the local public schools and later attended a 
Private school, where he studied under the well 
known educator, Professor Patten. At the lat- 
ter institution he prepared for a college career, 
it being his intention at the time to carry on his 
studies in such an institution, but about the time 
when he was ready to put this intention into 
effect, he was offered an excellent place with the 
firm of Deering, Milliken & Company, which he 
accepted, giving up his studies to start that mer- 
cantile career in which he was so successful. For 
twenty-one years he was connected with the 
firm as an employee, occupying various positions, 
and at length, in the year 1900, his long service 
was rewarded by his admission into the concern 
as a partner. In 1908 the store was destroyed 
by fire, and in May, 1908, it was reorganized as 
the Clark Eddy Company, Mr. Eddy, at the time 
of his death, being its vice-president. 

Mr. Eddy was a very prominent figure in the 
social and fraternal life of Portland, and was af- 
filiated with a number of important organiza- 
tions there. He was a member of the Maine 
United Travelers’ Association, United Commer- 
cial Travelers’ Association, the Portland Aquatic 
Club, the Lincoln Century Travelers’ Club, and 
the Chamber of Commerce. He was a staunch 
Republican in politics, but his business interests 
were of so onerous a nature that he never en- 
tered political life nor held the offices for which 
his talents and abilities so eminently fitted him. 
In his religious belief Mr. Eddy was a Univer- 
salist, and attended Congress Square Church of 
that denomination in Portland, having been a 
member of the Men’s Association. 

On November 18, 1885, Harry Barker Eddy 
was united in marriage with Lillian Day, a native 
of Portland, a daughter of Charles Day, who was 
an importer and wholesale and retail dealer in 
toys in that city. To Mr. and Mrs. Eddy one 
child was born, Warren Day. Mr. Eddy died 
May 31, 1917. 


ARA BROOKS LIBBY—One of the most 
prominent figures in the life of Kennebec county, 
and a physician of far more than local reputa- 
tion, a man who has identified himself with the 
great development which the science of medicine 
has made in the last few decades, and kept 
abreast of its most advanced practice, is Dr. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Ara Brooks Libby, a physician which any com- 
munity might well feel proud to number amongst 
its citizens, and whose career reflects great 
credit upon the one in which he has elected to 
reside and carry on his work. Dr. Libby is a 
son of Nathaniel and Nancy (Lydston) Libby, 
the former a native of Litchfield, Maine, and the 
latter of Bowdoin also in this State. They were 
married in Litchfield, and there Nathaniel Libby 
was for many years an active and successful 
farmer, and there he now lives retired. 

It was at Litchfield, Maine, that Dr. Ara 
Brooks Libby was born January 11, 1870, his child- 
hood being spent in his native place, where he first 
attended school. Litchfield boasts among its 
educational institutions the Litchfield Academy, 
well known throughout the State, and there it 
was that the lad studied for a number of years. 
He then attended the Latin School at Lewiston, 
Maine, and completed his preparations for col- 
lege. 
classical course, and after distinguishing himself 
as a student and drawing the favorable attention 
of his masters and instructors upon his work, 
he was graduated with the class of 1893. Fol- 
lowing his graduation, the young man, who had 


always a leaning to professional life, and some- 


thing of the scholar in his makeup, became a 


teacher, and was employed in this capacity in 


the schools of New Hampshire until the year 
1896. During that time, however, he had de- 
termined to take up medicine and accordingly en- 
tered the Medical Department of Bowdoin Col- 
lege in that year, and graduated in due time with 
the class of 1899. Shortly afterwards Dr. Libby 


went to Waterford, Maine, and engaged in prac- 
Notwithstanding 


tice there for about two years. 


Entering Bates College he took the usual — 


the fact that he was meeting with a substantial ¢ 


success at Waterford, and that he was at least 


as well equipped for practice as the majority of 
the young physicians in the region, Dr. Libby 
felt that experience in some larger center would 
be to his advantage, and, accordingly, went to 
New York City and associated himself with hos- 
pital work there. After six months’ work he re- 
turned to Maine and settled at Gardiner, where 
he has remained ever since. It was in 1902 
that Dr. Libby came to Gardiner, and in the 
sixteen years that have elapsed since then he has 
taken his place as easily the leading physician in 
this region. His knowledge of his subject, to- 
gether with an unusually and sensitive mind, 
which is readily open to new facts and does not 
fear to make original deductions, has made him 
unusually successful in dealing with disease, while 


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his strong and cheerful personality, acting as an 
encouragement in the sick room is in itself a 
therapeutic agent of no mean power. He is 
rightly regarded as a brilliant diagnostician, and 
the physician who can rightly appraise the trou- 
ble he must handle, has already won half the 
battle. In spite of the position that he had al- 
eady reached in the esteem of the community, 
Dr. Libby, in 1913, seeking to increase still fur- 
ther his equipment as a successful practitioner, 
went to Europe and visited the great centers of 
: Germany, France and England, where medical 
‘science has reached its highest development, and 
ere took post-graduate courses in several sub- 
jects. He also visited the hospitals in these 
‘countries and those of Belgium and Holland, 
making himself familiar by actual observation 
with all the most modern improvements in treat- 
ment and hygiene. Upon returning to the 
United States he once more took up his prac- 
tice and is now actively engaged in his work. 
During the present war Dr. Libby, besides his 
strong feeling concerning the general questions 
involved, has been intensely interested in the 
‘great strides made in surgery and allied sci- 
ences, and he has placed himself at the disposal 
of the Red Cross Medical Reserve Corps for 
service. One of the most important gatherings 
in the history of medicine was the Congress of 
_ Physicians and Surgeons of the World, held in 
-_ London in 1913. Dr. Libby was one of the ten 
thousand representative men who attended from 
every part of the globe and took part in the 
memorable proceedings. One of the great serv- 
ices done by Dr. Libby to this community, was 
the founding and organization of the Gardiner 
General Hospital for which he furnished the 
_ funds and which he organized. This modern es- 
tablishment was opened in January, 1918. 
Dr. Libby is a member of many organizations 
in Gardiner and elsewhere, and is prominently 
identified with the general life of the community. 
He is, of course, affiliated with the various pro- 
fessional bodies, including the Gardiner Medical 
Society, the Kennebec County Medical Society, 
the Maine State Medical Society and the Ameri- 
can Medical Association. His club is the Bates 
Stanton. Dr. Libby is a prominent Free Mason, 
and has attained the thirty-second degree in that 
order. In politics he is a Progressive Repub- 
lican, but votes entirely independent of parties 
in local affairs. He has taken an active part in 
these affairs himself, especially in connection with 
educational matters, and has served as a mem- 
ber of the school board for five years here. As 


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a young man, before coming to Gardiner, he 
filled the office of school superintendent for two 
years. In his religious belief Dr. Libby is a 
Congregationalist and attends the church of that 
denomination at Gardiner. 

On August 29, 1895, Dr. Libby was united in 
marriage, at Gardiner, with Lucy Harris Libby, 
a daughter of Doville and Mary (White) Libby, 
of Gardiner. Doville Libby was a native of 
Massachusetts, but came to Maine in early man- 
hood and here engaged in farming. He was 
prominent in the affairs of the community and 
was a city commissioner of Gardiner for a time, 
and here eventually died. His wife survives him 
and still makes her home here. 


ARTHUR (ANDRE) HENRI BENOIT— 
Modern New England owes much of its prog- 
ress and development to the industry, enterprise 
and steadfast character of its citizens of Cana- 
dian birth. Among those who have attained a 
high standing in the business world is Arthur H. 
Benoit, who was born in St. Dominique, Province 
of Quebec, May 12, 1865. He is a grandson of 
Toussaint and Rosalie (Laperche) Benoit, na- 
tives of Canada, of ancient French lineage, the 
latter born at dit Sabourin. His father, Charles 
Benoit, one of eight children, was born April 28, 
1828, at St. John Baptiste de Ranville, Province 


of Quebec. He was not only a blacksmith and 
farmer, but also one of the early miners. His 
mother, Amelie (Clement) Benoit, was born 


August 14, 1832, at St. Andre des Equart, On- 
tario, was the daughter of John Clement, an 
Englishman, born at La Point Claire, and Tasette 
(Lefebre) Clement, born at Vandreuil. Six of 
their nine children grew to maturity and became 
honored citizens. His family was reared under 
elevating conditions. His mother’s people were 
scholars and engaged in many intellectual pur- 
suits and held important positions under the Ca- 
nadian government. 

Arthur H. Benoit passed his boyhood at St. 
Dominique and received instruction in the French 
language. On the removal of the family to Bid- 
deford, Maine, he became a student of the pub- 
lic schools of that city. and pursued a short course 
in the English language. He set out at an early 
age to make his own way in the world and was 
employed four years in the York Mills at Saco, 
Maine. Subsequently he became a clerk in the 
clothing store of C. H. Webber, of Saco, where 
he continued six years. About 1890 he became a 
partner with Mr. Webber and opened a branch 
store at Westbrook, Maine, which he continued 


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to manage, and in 1893 purchased the interest 
of his partner and continued the store alone. By 
careful attention to the arts of his trade he built 
up a large business, and in 1896 opened a branch 
store at Biddeford, Maine. From this small be- 
ginning has grown the Benoit System of Stores, 
comprising seven clothing stores at the date of 
publication of this sketch. In Maine: Benoit- 
Dunn Company, of Biddeford; Benoit Clothing 
Company, of Westbrook; Benoit-Mutty Company, 
of Bangor; Frank M. Low & Company, of Port- 
land; in Massachusetts: Benoit-McShane Com- 
pany, of Malden; Benoit-Bourassa Company, of 
New Bedford; and Benoit-Blanchard Company, of 
Framingham. He also organized and owns a 
large interest in the Swan-Russell Company, of 
Boston, Massachusetts, wholesale hat and cap 
store. 

Mr. Benoit has always taken an intelligent in- 
terest in the progress of his adopted country, and 
is ever ready to aid in promoting those influences 
which make for development and the better- 
ment of society. In religion he is a devout 
Roman Catholic. He is a member of the Knights 
of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks. He also is vice-president of the 
Malden Fellsway CoGperative Bank. By his 
thorough and upright business methods he has at- 
tracted to himself a large body of friends and 
enjoys the esteem and confidence of those who 
are privileged to know him. 

He married (first) February 10, 1890, Philamene 
Anna Brodeur, born February 28, 1868, in Montreal, 
Canada. He married (second) January 8, Ig10, 
Olive Rose Eva Mutty, daughter of Joseph and 
Mary Eleanor (Lambert) Mutty. His children, 
all by first marriage: Arthur Henri, born Decem- 
ber 16, 1891; Eugene Romeo, June 27, 1893; Rob- 
ert Leo, September 25, 1895; Germain Heloise, 
September 16, 1898, deceased; Juliette Catherine, 
November 1, 1901, deceased; Oscar Laurent, Sep- 
tember 5, I905. 

In June, 1917, the three oldest sons volunteered 
their services to help defend their beloved coun- 
try. Arthur Henri was made a_ lieutenant, 
Eugene R. a sergeant in the First Maine Heavy 
Field Artillery, and Robert L. became a wireless 
operator in the Navy. In them speaks the noble 
French and English blood of their forefathers 
combined with American patriotism. 

ARTHUR PERCIVAL FOSS, youngest child 
of Charles and Hannah (Weymouth) Foss, was 
born March 25, 1869, at Abbot, Piscataquis 
county, Maine. He passed his childhood up to 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


the time of reaching his sixteenth year in his 
native place. In the meantime he attended the 
local public schools, and after completing his 
studies at these institutions, he left the parental 
roof and went to Pittsfield, where he attended 
the Maine Central Institute. Mr. Foss was 
eighteen years of age when he first became as- 


sociated with the Maine Central Railroad, his 


work at the outset being that of freight clerk, — 


and telegraph operator. He was stationed at 
Augusta, the capital of the State, and there re- 
mained until some time in March, 1892, when he 


was transferred to Portland, Maine, which city — 


has remained his home ever since. Here he was 
advanced to the position of traveling auditor. On 
the first of October, 1899, he was promoted to 
the position of chief clerk in the accounting de- 
partment, and he held that position until July 1, 
1907. He was then made auditor of disburse- 
ments of the Maine Central Railroad, and held 
that office until November 1, 1911, when he was 
appointed assistant comptroller. Mr. Foss was 
elected comptroller of the Maine Central Rail- 


road July 9, 1913, and is now, since the Maine 
Central is under Federal control, treasurer and 


clerk of the corporation as well. 


HON. 
would be difficult to find anywhere in Maine or 
even in the whole of New England a man who 
epitomizes so the fighting blood and the sheer 
“down east grit” of that famous region as does 


Peter Charles Keegan, of Van Buren. The story — 
of his life is the story of a fight, and his sturdy 


record begins with his earliest campaign for an 
education. In the “bright lexicon of his youth 
there was no such word as fail,” nor has he ever 


acknowledged that there was such a thing as de-- 
It sets the blood beating to hear of the 


feat. 
pluck and indomitable courage that this country 
lad showed to gain his place by means of an edu- 
cation, and that accomplished, to make it tell 
in the improvement of the part of the world in 
which he had been set. 


made of his achievements. Of such men this 
republic is built, each life making more sure and 
more valuable the structure reared from the 
spiritual struggle of the finer ones to carry on 
the hopes of the race. 

For over half a century there was waged a con- 
troversy between the United States and Great 
Britain over the northern boundary of the State 
of Maine. One of the incidents of this dis- 


PETER CHARLES KEEGAN — It 


There is a barrelful of 
sermons in the record of this hardy lad, and am-_ 
bitious and determined man, and in the use he — 


ag 


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agreement was the arrest of a man who had been 
appointed to take the census. One of the of- 
ficers who took part in this arrest was James 
Keegan, a constable of the Madawaska region 
in 1837, the year of the occurrence. Mr. Keegan, 
the father of the Hon. Peter Charles Keegan, 
was a prominent man in the local affairs of Van 
Buren at that day, and it is from this virile and 
energetic personality that he gained his mental 
and moral sinew and also the will to use it for 
worthy purposes. 

Born, May 13, 1850, in Van Buren, Aroostook 
county, the son of James and Lucy (Parent) 


Keegan, Peter Charles Keegan knew all the hard- 


ships and rigorous living of the pioneer days. 
His father was a farmer, but always did his duty 
as a public-spirited citizen for the community and 
region. He held offices which were no sinecures, 


and put the punch into all his work, which his 


son has done in a wider field. He served as 
county commissioner of Aroostook county, and 
as registrar of deeds for the northern district of 
the county. Besides this he held many town 
offices, all of which he filled with vigorous and 
efficient service. The son of such a man imbibes 
with his earliest ideas the will to win, and it is 
the heritage which outranks every other. Con- 
ditions of living in Northern Aroostook county 
seventy years ago were primitive, and hard in the 
extreme. There were no schools except such as 
were maintained by the few scattered people of 
a community uniting to employ a teacher, and 
the term lasting as long as the money held out. 
This was the type of school to which young 
Peter Charles Keegan was sent at the age of four. 
The teaching was as rough as the conditions, but 
it was thorough, and the discipline in a Spartan 
outlook and courage was probably of more value 
than the pre-digested educational systems of the 
present day which stress the information gained 
and not the manhood developed. When he was 
mine years old the nearest schoo! to the Keegan 
home was across the St. John river in New Bruns- 
wick. There were no ferries in those days, and 
the boy tramped to the river with his dinner pail 
and then rowed himself across in a canoe and 
walked the two miles to the school house, and 
made the same journey back at night. Three 
years later the nearest school was three and a 
half miles away and he walked this distance twice 
a day. When he was fifteen he was at the Uni- 
versity of New Brunswick, and his preparation 
had been so thorough and his fighting qualities 
so developed that he won the second highest place 
in his entrance examinations, and also the lead- 


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ing prize, the Douglas Gold Medal in his junior 
year, and kept a pace in his studies which grad- 
uated him with honors in a class which included 
men who were later to achieve eminence in Ca- 
nadian affairs. 

College was followed by a period of law study 
and by his admission to the bar in 1869, and then 
the young lawyer settled in his native town to 
become a part of its development and progress, 
and take a man’s place in that work. There were 
certain things which at the first challenged his 
chivalric spirit, but he was told that nothing 
could be done to right the wrong as it was a 
matter for legislation. That would have acted 
as a quietus to most men, but it did not hinder 
this young knight, and he decided that he would 
go to the Legislature, if necessary, to accomplish 
what he wanted done. The difficulties in his 
way were serious and would have deterred most 
men. He was a Democrat in a land of Repub- 
licans, and he could hardly expect votes enough 
to man a rowboat. But he drove his way in with 
the smashing method that is his own, and despite 
the various conflicts, he passed through and set- 
tled—he was seated in the Legislature of Maine 
in the first term of 1870. A personality appeared 
in that body with his first entrance, which car- 
ried everything along with it. Year after year 
he was returned, serving for seven consecutive 
terms, and also in 1881-82 and 1895-96. Although 
his faculty for work is tremendous, he mingles 
a boyishness into it, and attaches others to him 
by an infectious kindliness, which is as genuine 
as it is deep and lasting. As a lawyer, from the 
day of his admission to the bar, and for many 
years after, Mr. Keegan was engaged in the trial 
of many cases. He was never, however, con- 
tent to be a mere lawyer. His notions of duty 
called for something more. So long as anything 
remained to be done for the public good or the 
advancement of the town or the surrounding 
country, he never tired or faltered in his efforts. 
Fully one-half of his lifework has been devoted to 
securing railroad facilities, educational institu- 
tions and industries of various kinds for the town 
of Van Buren and the upper St. John valley, gen- 
erally. Evidence that his efforts have not been 
wholly unappreciated is to be found in the fact 
that one of the two villages in the town of Van 
Buren, as well as the post-office and railroad sta- 
tion, is named Keegan. 

Mr. Keegan was appointed by Governor Cobb, 
under a resolve of the State Legislature in 1907, 
a member of the commission to inquire into the 
advisability of establishing a State Board of 


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Charities and Corrections. The recommendations 
of the commisison were afterwards adopted, and 
a new department of the State government cre- 
ated. Later Mr. Keegan was appointed one of 
two commissioners on the part of the United 
States to inquire into the conditions and uses of 
the St. John river, to which commission a num- 
ber of matters and controversies between the 
United States and Great Britain, relative to the 
proper construction of the Webster-Ashburton 
Treaty of 1842, were referred, to put an end to 
disputes and troubles of long standing on the 
Canadian border. To this position he was ap- 
pointed January 12, 1909, by President Roose- 
velt, and served until March I, 1916, when the 
labors of the commission came to a close. Mr. 
Keegan has been for the past fifteen years presi- 
dent of the Aroostook bar. He has been since 
its organization, in 1905, president of the Van 
Buren Trust Company. He was a delegate from 
Maine to the Democratic National Convention at 
Kansas City, in 1900, and again to the St. Louis 
Convention in 1916. He is a Catholic, and a 
fourth degree member of the Knights of Colum- 
bus; also a member of the Catholic Historical 
Society. 

Mr. Keegan married, at Fredericton, New 
Brunswick, August 5, 1884, Mary Sharkey, born 
in Fredericton, in 1852, a daughter of Owen and 
Margaret (McLaughlin) Sharkey, both born in 
Cumber-Claudy, County Londonderry, Ireland. 


WILLIAM HENRY OHLER, treasurer and 
manager of the well-known Tucker Printing Com- 
pany, of No. 105 Exchange street, and No. 116 
Market street, Portland, Maine, is descended from 
good old New England stock, his grandfather be- 
ing a resident for many years of the town of 
Newburyport, Massachusetts. He is the third to 
bear the name of William Henry, both his grand- 
father and father having also been William 
Henry, the last named having been born at New- 
buryport, March 6, 1847. From that place he 
came to Portland, Maine, in 1869, when twenty- 
two years of age, and made his home in this city 
during the remainder of his life. His death oc- 
curred there, October 19, 1914. Mr. Ohler, Sr., 
was a chemist of ability and was employed by 
the State as an assayer. He married Annie 
Barker, a native of Richmond in the Province of 
Quebec, Canada, and they had two children, as 
follows: Harriet Ellen, who is now the wife 
of Harry W. Lovejoy, of Portland, who is as- 
sociated with the railroad interests here; and 
William Henry, of whom further. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Born November 3, 1873, in the city of Portland, 
Maine, William Henry Ohler, the younger of the 
two children of William Henry and Annie (Bar- 
ker) Ohler, has made this city his home up to 
the present time and has grown most intimately 
identified with its business and mercantile inter- 
ests. It was there that he obtained his educa- 
tion, attending for this purpose the local public 
schools, where he pursued his studies until reach- 
ing the age of sixteen years. He then left 
school and applied himself to learning the trade 
of printing, and after becoming skillful in the 
craft worked at it as a journeyman for eighteen 
years. During this whole period he was em- 
ployed by the Tucker Printing Company and 
made himself so valuable to his employer, that 
in 1908, when he was thirty-four years of age, 
he was admitted to the business as a partner. In 
1914 he became treasurer and manager of the con- 
cern of which A. M. Strout is president, and 
continues to hold this double office at the pres- 
ent time. As an officer of this important con- 
cern, Mr. Ohler occupies a position of prominence 
in the printing business in Portland, and is very 
well known among business men generally in this 
city. His activities are extremely varied in their 
scope and direction, and Mr. Ohler is probably ~ 
as well known in several other departments of 
the community’s life as he is in connection with 
business. He is a very prominent figure in so- 
cial and club life and is affiliated with many im- 
portant fraternal organizations in that region. 
He is very prominent in the Masonic Order, hay- 
ing taken his thirty-second degree in Free 
Masonry, and is a member of all the local Ma- 
sonic bodies, including Hiram Lodge, Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons; Greenleaf Chapter, 
Royal Arch Masons; Portland Council, Royal 
and Select Masters; Portland Commandery, 
Knights Templar; and Kora Temple, Ancient 
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He 
is also affiliated with the local lodge of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks, Portland Rotary 
Club, and with the Mechanics’ Association. Mr. 
Ohler is something of a patron of athletics, be- 
sides being an accomplished athlete personally, 
and is a member of the Portland Athletic Club. 
He has also been very active in political life, 
and is a staunch supporter of Republican prin- 
ciples and policies. In 1906, while residing in 
South Portland, he was elected alderman of that 
borough on the Republican ticket. Since that 
time Mr. Ohler has removed and now lives at 
No. 216 Spring street, Portland. He is keenly 


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interested in charitable work and gives liberally 
of both time and energy in support of move- 
ments looking to civic betterment of all kinds. 
William Henry Ohler was united in marriage, 
March 18, 1896, with Della May Jewett, a native 
of South Portland, a daughter of Turner and 
Rachel J. (Perkins) Jewett, of that place, now 
both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Ohler two chil- 
dren have been born, as follows: Harriette 
Gertrude, born December 6, 1897, and a graduate 
with the class of 1917 in the Portland High 


School; and Margaret Etta, born October 12, 


1900, a student in the Portland High School and 
a member of the class of 1919. 

In no part of the world do we find in great 
abundance men who combine a strong sense of 
practical, every-day business affairs with a re- 
ligious idealism of a high order, but if it be our 
purpose to seek for such we should find New 
England as fruitful a field for our search as any 
quarter of the globe. It is apparent even to the 
casual observer that in few regions do we find 
such extremely efficient management of practical 
affairs going hand-in-hand with so general a prac- 
tice of religious observance, and if New Eng- 
land shrewdness is proverbial it is not more so 
than the New England conscience. However 
this may be, it is certain that an example of such 
a character is to be found in Mr. Ohler, who is 
one of the most prominent merchants and citizens 
of Portland, Maine. 


PHILIP FOSTER TURNER, the senior mem- 
ber of the well known insurance firm of Turner, 
Barker & Company, with offices at No. 40 Ex- 
change street, Portland, Maine, comes of an an- 
cient New England family, is a descendant of 
Elder William Brewster, who came to America 
in the Mayflower in 1620, and who became so 
prominent in the affairs of the Pilgrim colony 
at Plymouth, and also of Edward Doty, another 
of the Mayflower passengers. His ancestor, Hum- 
phrey Turner, came to Plymouth in 1628, and in 
1636 became one of the settlers of Scituate, and 
was long a useful and enterprising citizen. About 
the time of the Revolution some of the family 
came to Maine, engaging chiefly in shipbuilding, 
among them being Consider Turner, whose son, 
George Turner, was a very active man in this 
line, many of his ships being built where the 
‘Marine Hospital now stands. A son of George 
7 was George William Turner, born in Fal- 

outh, Maine, in 1822, who died in Portland, 


February 4, 1900. He married Eliza K. Springer, 


- of Portland, a descendant of the Foster and Reed 


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families of Topsham, Maine. Six children were 
born to them, three of whom died in infancy. 

Their ‘son, Philip Foster Turner, was born in 
Portland, and has always lived here. At sixteen 
years of age he began his long association with 
the insurance business as a clerk in the agency 
of Lorenzo S. Twombly. Since 1892 he has been 
special agent for Maine and New Hampshire of 
the German-American (Fire) Insurance Company 
of New York, and is now the senior member of 
the firm of Turner, Barker & Company, his part- 
ners being Ben Barker, Edward C. O’Brion, 
Harlan Turner and R. Cutler Libby. Mr. Tur- 
ner is also active in other business and so- 
ciety affairs, being president of the Cumberland 
Loan & Building Association, treasurer of the 
Home for Aged Men, director of the Maine So- 
ciety for the Protection of Animals, director of 
Maine Bible Society, governor of the Maine So- 
ciety of Mayflower Descendants, member of the 
Society of American Wars, the Society of Co- 
lonial Wars, the Order of Washington, Maine 
Society of Sons of the American Revolution, 
which he has served as president and is (1916-17) 
the New England vice-president of the National 
Society, Sons of the American Revolution; mem- 
ber of Maine Historical Society, trustee of Unity 
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and 
of Westbrook Seminary, and is connected with 
various other local organizations. He is a lead- 
ing member of the First Universalist Society 
(Congress Square), of which he was clerk and 
treasurer for many years, and is now its moder- 
ator and has been superintendent for six years 
of its Sunday school. 

Mr. Turner’s first wife was Ada L. Bean, to 
whom he was married, November 2, 1882, and 
who died December 17, 1889. His only child 
is a son, Harlan, graduate of Tufts College in 
the class of 1907, who, on graduation, entered into 
business with his father. January 6, 1892, he 
was again married to Mrs. Nellie (Lord ) Fur- 
bush, daughter of John N. Lord, long an honored 
merchant of Portland. 


CHARLES JACOB BRAGDON, D.D.—One of 
the prominent dentists of Gardiner, Charles 
Jacob Bragdon is justly held in the highest es- 
teem by his fellow citizens. By his skill as a 
dentist, his reputation for integrity, and by his 
public spirit, he has won his way to the place 
he has made. It is no small achievement for a 
man to come to a town as a stranger, and in 
the course of a few years identify himself with 
all the best elements of the community, and hav- 


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ing done this Dr. Bragdon is to be accounted one 
of its most successful men. 

Dr. Bragdon comes of the old American stock 
which furnished pioneers and fighters to the set- 
tlements scattered up and down the New Eng- 
land States. Forty-one of the name enlisted 
from the State of Massachusetts alone during the 
Revolution, and some of these took part in the 
battle of Bunker Hill. The branch of the family 
from which Dr. Bragdon traces his descent was 
identified closely with the settlement and devel- 
opment of York, Maine, and in Goodwin’s Rec- 
ords of the Proprietors of Narragansett town- 
ship No. I, now the town of Buxton, York county, 
Samuel Bragdon, Jr., is given under date of De- 
cember 12, 1743, as one of the subscribers to a 
petition to the proprietors of the township called 
Narragansett No. IJ, in the County of York, to 
call a meeting to transact certain necessary af- 
fairs. It is to this Samuel Bragdon that Dr. 
Charles Bragdon traces his descent through his 
grandfather Levi Bragdon, who was the son of 
this Samuel, and through his father, Edward P. 
M. Bragdon, the son of Levi Bragdon. 

Charles Jacob Bragdon was born in Gorham, 
Maine, February 8, 1870, son of Edward P. M. 
and Elizabeth (Brown) Bragdon, the former born 
in Deering, Maine, and the latter in Gorham. 
They were married in Gorham, Maine, and had 
three children, all still living. Mr. Edward P. M. 
Bragdon, who followed the trade of a stone cut- 
ter, is now living retired from business. He en- 
listed at the outbreak of the Civil War in the 
First Maine Volunteer Infantry, and was later 
transferred to the Tenth, and still later to the 
Twenty-ninth. He served in all three years and 
there contracted chronic disease which incapaci- 
tated him from active business pursuits. He is 
a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. 
Mrs. Bragdon, Sr., died December 25, 1912. 

Dr. Bragdon went as a boy to the common 
schools of his native town, including the Gorham 
High School. He then took the dental course 
at the University of Maryland, at Baltimore, 
graduating in 1899. While there he joined the 
Xi Psi Phi fraternity. Immediately afterwards 
he came to Gardiner and opened an office where 
he has built up an extensive and lucrative prac- 
tice. 

Dr. Bragdon is a Republican in his political 
affiliations, and he has always taken an active 
interest in all municipal affairs. He was elected 
mayor of Gardiner, November 27, 1917, for a 
term of three years, having for six years previous- 
ly, served in the city government. He is the 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


secretary and treasurer of the Republican City 
Committe and a member of the Kennebec County — 
Republican Committee. Dr. Bragdon was also — 
a member for two years of the National Guard 
of the State of Maine, serving as corporal. 

He is a member of all the Masonic bodies, and 
is a past commander of Maine Commandery, No. 
1, Knights Templar, the oldest Commandery in — 
the State, and also a member of Kora Temple of | 
the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. He holds membership also in — 
the Society of the Sons of Veterans, and in the 
Elks Club. He attends the Congregational — 
church. Dr. Bragdon is a trustee of the Gardiner 
Public Library, for which he has done much in 
bringing it to its present high standard. : 

Dr. Bragdon married, January 24, 1900, Maud 
H. Dudley, daughter of James H. and Flavilla 
(Clark) Dudley, both of them natives of Augusta, 
and now deceased. Mr. James H. Dudley was a 
lumberman by occupation, and for many years 
was identified with the lumber interests along 
the Kennebec river. 


RT. REV. THOMAS FRANCIS BUTLER— 
It is doubtless due to the strange dual character 
of men, an immortal soul which would be deal-_ 
ing with infinite things, and a very finite intelli-_ 
gence to grapple with them, that some of the 
profoundest truths of life appear to us in the 
form of paradoxes. One of the distinctions of 
the Catholic church is that it faces these para-— 
doxes frankly and without illusion, candidly ad- 
mitting its own inability and the inability of any 
finite agency to explain what is only reconcilable 
in God. Not the least striking of these para- 
doxes is that which forces itself more and more 
upon the conviction of every earnest man so 
long as he lives, the paradox that the way to 
reach the most desirable things is not to strive 
for them. How true this is of happiness we are 
often assured by the wisest and taught by that 
still more convincing preceptor, experience An- 
other form in which this may be stated not lack- 
ing in suggestiveness to us is that the best road 
to fulfillment is through forebearance. We have 
not to seek far for examples of this truth, which are 
afforded us in great numbers by the priesthood 
of the very church we have already mentioned. 
For these men, in giving up all things that the 


normally attach to such self-sacrifice, meet with 
a deeper and surer realization. It is with them, — 
be they sincere in their ministry, that peace 


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inherit the earth. 
follows, the career of such a one is traced in out- 
line, marking rather the effect of his religious 
experience upon his career and through him upon 
his fellows, than the achievements which in a 
man of the world would be the theme most dwelt 
on. 
Father Butler is a member of a race which has 
_ given of its sons, perhaps more freely than any 
other, to the high ministry which he has taken 
upon himself, and is both by birth and parentage 
an Irishman. He is a son of Patrick and Ellen 
(O'Connell) Butler, both of whom were natives 


settled in Boston, Massachusetts., Of these seven 
children but two survive, namely, Father Butler 
and Mary P. (Butler) Sheppard, the widow of 
one of the editorial writers on the New York 


Times. The five children who are deceased were 
Eas follows: William, James, Patrick, Garrett and 
me rilen. 


; Father Butler was born at Galballey, County 

Limerick, Ireland, August 15, 1846. The first 
.. years of his life were spent in his native 
"country, but in 1842 he accompanied his parents 
“to the United States, and for a number of years 
‘lived in Boston. He was the youngest member 
of his family, and as soon as he came to an ap- 
_ propriate age he entered the public schools and 
there continued his studies for some ten years. 
At that time he had not felt the call to the priest- 
hood very definitely, and after completing his 
studies was engaged in several different kinds of 
work for various firms, continuing thus until 1872. 
pile was becoming more and more influenced by 
the thought of the religious life, however, and 
finally in that year decided definitely upon enter- 
ing the priesthood. Accordingly he matriculated 
at Holy Cross College, Worcester, Massachusetts, 
where he studied for five years and was graduated 
eth the class of 1877. In order to complete his 
Studies, he then went abroad and entered the 
“seminary of St. Sulpice, one of the most famous 
ecclesiastical schools in the world. Here he re- 
Nained as a student until May, 1880, and then was 
ordained a priest at the famous chapel of St. Sul- 
e by the archbishop of Paris. After his ordi- 
ion Father Butler returned to the United 
es and came to Portland, Maine, where in the 
h of August, 1880, he was made an assistant 
e Cathedral. He was then appointed assist- 


In the brief sketch which - 


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ant at St. Dominick’s Church, where he remained 
until May, 1881, when he was given his first 
charge as rector of a Catholic church at Ells- 
worth, Maine. Here Father Butler remained for 
some thirteen years and a half, doing a work of 
great value in that town and making himself most 
beloved by his parishioners. During his stay in 
Ellsworth, he also had charge of the chapels at 
Bar Harbor and some thirteen other neighboring 
towns. In the month of November, 1894, he was 
appointed to the parish of St. Joseph in Lewis- 
ton and came to that city to take up his new 
duties. As rector of St. Joseph’s church he had 
the same experience as attended his efforts at 
Ellsworth, becoming one of the best known fig- 
ures in the city as well as one of the most be- 
loved. He gave every energy to the interests of 
his church and flock, and worked to advance the 
cause of the one and assist the other during the 
years of his pastorate. The present membership 
of the church is about two thousand. 


FRED DANIEL GORDON, general manager 
of the Androscoggin Electric Company of Lewis- 
ton, Maine, is without doubt one of the influen- 
tial citizens of Lewiston. He is a son of Daniel 
Gordon, and a member of an old Maine family, 
his grandfather, Steve Gordon, having come to 
the “Pine Tree State” many years ago from Scot- 
land. This worthy gentleman was a farmer, and 
made his home at Readfield, Maine. He married 
and was the father of nine children, three of 
whom still survive, as follows: Steven, Sarah and 
Mary. One of his children, Daniel Gordon, the 
father of Fred Daniel Gordon, was born at Read- 
field and died in 1913 at the age of sixty-seven 
years. He was an oil cloth manufacturer. He 
married Annie Gilman, who was born at Mount 
Vernon, Maine, and died when Fred Daniel Gor- 
don, their only child, was but an infant. 

Fred Daniel Gordon was born at Readfield, 
Maine, October 1, 1876, but his early associations 
were not formed in his native place, as he re- 
moved with his parents while still a child to the 
town of Winthrop, and it was here that he at- 
tended the public and high schools. He graduated 
from these institutions, and immediately there- 
after applied himself to learn the trade of printer 
with the firm of Merrill & Webber. He remained 
in this establishment for two years, after which 
he worked at this craft for some six years. In 
January, 1897, he first became associated with the 
Lewiston Auburn Electric Light Company, which 
has since become the Androscoggin Electric Com- 
pany. With this concern he rapidly worked his way 


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upward to a position of responsibility, and now holds 
the post of general manager of this large and im- 
portant concern. He has not confined his in- 
terests, however, to this single enterprise, but has 
become connected as a manager and director of 
the Oxford Electric Company and other concerns. 
He is also vice-president of the Board of Trade. It 
is natural that a man so prominently connected with 
large industrial interests would also become a 
figure of influence in the financial situation, and 
this Mr. Gordon now is. He is a director and 
stockholder of the Manufacturers’ National Bank 
of Lewiston, and is well known throughout the 
entire community as a conservative, yet prog- 
ressive financier. 

Mr. Gordon possesses one of those well 

rounded minds which express themselves spon- 
taneously in many different lines of activity and 
which take pleasure in well nigh every aspect of 
life. He is himself a very well known figure in 
the social world of Lewiston, and is closely iden- 
tified with the important fraternal organizations. 
He is affiliated with the local lodge of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, but it is with 
the Masonic Order that he is most closely associ- 
ated. He has taken his thirty-second degree in 
Free Masonry, and is a member of practically all 
the Masonic bodies in this region, including Tran- 
quil Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; 
Bradford Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Council, Royal and Select Masters; Lewiston 
Commandery, Knights Templar, Tem- 
ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic 
Shrine, and Consistory, Sovereign 
Princes of the Royal Secret. In his religious be- 
lief he is a Congregationalist. 

Fred Daniel Gordon was united in marriage, 
October I, 1902, at Auburn, Maine, with Eldora 
Church, a native of that city, a daughter of Her- 
bert C. and Alfreda (Berry) Church, old and 
highly respected residents there, where her father 
was engaged in the express business. Mr. Church 
died in the year 1916, but Mrs. Church survives 
him and now makes her home with Mr. and Mrs. 
Gordon at Lewiston. To Mr. and Mrs. Gordon 
one child has been born, Scott Howard, June 13, 
1907. 

Mr. Gordon.is in many particulars typical of 
the best class of New England business men. It 
is due to these men that business standards and 
ideals are so high in that section of the country, 
since they bring their personal ideals, incul- 
cated from the cradle, to be a model for the con- 
duct of all commercial relations. So far from 
being compatible with a high degree of practi- 


HISTORY.OF MAINE 


cality, this is really but the result thereof, the 
result of understanding the uniformity of the 
great moral laws in their application to life. Men 
of real practicality, of real intelligence, are not in- 
consistent, and such an illogicality as that which 
we too commonly hear about us to the effect that 
absolute honesty is all very well for the home but 
that business is business is quite impossible to 
them. Their vision is larger and they look be- 
yond the immediate result of the sharp practice 
and the momentary advantage it may bring to 
the establishment of solid reputations upon which 
alone lasting business success may be built. Mr. 
Gordon is a man of unusually strong personality, 
who makes a distinct impression for good upon 
the community of which he is a member. In all 
his career in business life, involving the discharge 
of so many responsible duties, he never is ques- 
tioned as to the honesty of his motives, however 
much his adversaries might disagree with him on 
points of policy. His intentions are universally 
regarded as sincere and he is acknowledged to 
have filled his posts with a single eye to the com- 
mon weal and the most whole-souled impartiality 
and disinterestedness. He is a most worthy suc- 
cessor to his long line of virtuous ancestors, and 
the inheritor of their sterling characters. 


FRANK LEWIS SHAW, the capable and tal- 
ented president of the well known Shaw Busi- 
ness College, on Congress street, Portland, Maine, 
is a native of this city. He is a son of Jason 
Howard and Margaret Knights (Thurston) Shaw, 
old and highly respected residents here. Frank 
Lewis Shaw was born March 18, 1857, and at- 
tended the public schools of Portland, including 
the Portland high school. He then took a special 
course in the Portland Business College, where he 
did so well that he was offered a position as 
instructor in the same institution when he had 
completed his studies there. This he accepted, 
and for six years he taught in the college. He 
realized how valuable this training had been in 
his own case and accordingly in the year 1884 he 


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organized the Shaw Business College, of which he ~ 


became the president. This concern he incor- 
porated, and as its success in Portland was as- 
sured, he established branches of it elsewhere 
until there are now three flourishing schools, the 
one at Portland, one at Bangor, and a third at 
Augusta. Here courses are given in shorthand, 
telegraphy and secretarial work, as well as gen- 
eral business courses, and a course in operating 
the Burroughs automatic bookkeeping machine. 
Mr. Shaw has met with the highest kind of suc- 


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cess in his enterprise, and is yearly turning out 
great numbers of highly qualified men and women 
to take positions in the financial, commercial and 
industrial occupations of the State. Mr. Shaw is 
not so completely occupied by his schoo] work, 
however, as to be unable to attend to outside In- 
terests, and he has always felt a deep concern 
for the general welfare of his native city. He is 
a Republican in politics, and while it is quite out 
of the question for him to hold office of any 
kind, as long as his duties are as onerous as they 
are, yet he has made himself active in the politi- 
cal situation. He is past chancellor of Ivanhoe 
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which he was a 
charter member, having joined this body at tne 
time of its organization, January 18, 1881. He is 
a member of the Chamber of Cummerce of Port- 
Jand, and has done active work in this connection 
for the welfare of the city. He is also a mem- 
ber of the National Geographical Society of 
Washington, D. C., of the United Accountants 
and Bookkeepers Association of America, and of 
the Rotary Club of Portland. 

Frank Lewis Shaw was united in marriage, 
April 9, 1880, with Lena C. Johnson, a daughter 
of Charles Johnson, a highly respected citizen of 
this place. To Mr. and Mrs. Shaw four children 
have been born, as follows: Charles F., born Oc- 
tober 1, 1881, and died in April, 1910; Harold 
S., born January 31, 1884, and died July 11, 1890; 
Ralph H., born November 29, 1891; and Karl H., 
born March 7, 18698. 


ALFRED TENNYSON HICKS, the popular 
and efficient postmaster of the city of Auburn, 
Maine, comes of good old stock of the “Pine Tree 
State,” and exhibits in his own character and per- 
sonality the virtues and abilities for which that 
region is famous. Mr. Hicks is a son of Edwin 
and Loraine Weston (Stone) Hicks, this father 
having been engaged in farming for many years, 
and also served as a locomotive engineer on the 
Grand Trunk and later the Panama Railroad. Mr. 
and Mrs. Hicks, Sr., resided at Monmouth, Maine. 

Alfred Tennyson Hicks was born at Mon- 
mouth, Maine, October 3, 1863. During his child- 
hood he attended the public schools of his na- 
tive region and was later sent to Auburn, Maine, 
where he attended the Edward Little High 
School and was there prepared for college. The 
family circumstances were not very good at that 
‘time, however, and accordingly, instead of carry- 
ing on his own education, he turned his efforts 
toward imparting knowledge to others, and for 
two years after leaving high school was a 
teacher. At the end of that period, however, he 


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decided that greater opportunities awaited him in 
a mercantile line, and accordingly embraced the 
opportunity which offered at about that time of 
engaging in the jewelry business. He rapidly 
developed a very considerable trade and followed 
it uninterruptedly for a period of some twenty- 
three years. During that time he became known 
as one of the most successful and trustworthy 
merchants in the city and enjoyed an enviable 
reputation which was reflected in his success in 
business. But it has not been so much in the 
business world as in the department of public 
affairs that Mr. Hicks has come to be best known 
in his chosen community. For many years he has 
identified himself with the local organization of 
the Democratic party, the principles and policies 
of which he has always staunchly supported, but 
in spite of the fact that he has taken so active 
a part and that his voice has always been influ- 
ential in party councils, Mr. Hicks has always 
studiously avoided public office and never held 
such a post until 1914. On the first of June in 
that year, however, he was appointed by Presi- 
dent Woodrow Wilson postmaster of Auburn, 
Maine, and at once accepted this honor. Since 
assuming office Mr. Hicks has devoted himself 
unremittingly to his responsible duties and has 
suceceded in instituting many much needed re- 
forms in his department, and in developing and 
increasing its usefulness greatly to the advantage 
of the community. He is giving a most efficient 
administration, and has won for himself the ap- 
proval and support of practically the entire citi- 
zenship of the community. Mr. Hicks is a mem- 
ber of the Masonic order, the Knights of the 
Golden Eagle and the Order of the Golden Cross. 
He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Au- 
burn. In his religious belief he is a Universalist. 

Alfred Tennyson Hicks was united in marriage, 
January 1, 1896, with Christina May Hood, at 
Groveton, New Hampshire. Mrs. Hicks is a 
daughter of Azel Bumpus and Ella Flora (Goss) 
Hood, old and highly honored residents of that 
place. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are the parents of 
one daughter, Theresa May, born September 24, 
1808. 


WINFIELD BENJAMIN TRICKEY, M.D.— 
The bearer of this name is well known to his 
fellow-citizens of Pittsfield as one of the suc- 
cessful physicians of the younger generation. In 
addition to his professional reputation Dr. Trickey 
is counted upon as a man who takes a helpful 
interest both in community affairs and in Masonic 


circles. 
George Myron Trickey, father of Winfield Ben- 


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jamin Trickey, was born in Exeter, Maine, and 
was a son of Benjamin Trickey. The Trickey 
family is of English origin, the founder of the Am- 
erican branch having settled in New Hampshire. 
George Myron Trickey has always followed ag- 
ricultural pursuits. He married, in East Corinth, 
Maine, Ann Eliza Jewell, a native of Lisbon, New 
Hampshire. Mrs. Trickey is now deceased. 
Winfield Benjamin Trickey, son of George My- 
ron and Ann Eliza (Jewell) Trickey, was born 
November 19, 1881, in East Corinth, Maine, and 
received his primary education in the district 


schools of his native town, afterward attending the’ 


East Corinth Academy, and graduating with 
the class of 1899. He then studied for a time in 
the school of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- 
ciation of Boston, eventually matriculating in 
Bowdoin Medical School, Bowdoin College, and 
receiving his degree in 1913. After devoting a 
year to study and practice in the Eastern Maine 
General Hospital of Bangor, Dr. Trickey settled 
in Pittsfield, December 1, 1914, and in the few 
years that have since elapsed has built up a most 
excellent practice. He is a member of the Penob- 
scot Medical Society, the State Medical Society 
and the Phi Chi medical fraternity. While an 
adherent of the Republican party, Dr. Trickey has 
never identified himself actively with the affairs 
of the organization, having no desire for office, 
and being fully occupied with the work of his pro- 
fession. He is a third degree Mason, and a mem- 
ber of the First Baptist Church of Malden, Mas- 
sachusetts. 

Dr. Trickey married, January 23, I915, in Port- 
land, Maine, Florence Marcella Buck, born at 
Bath, Maine, daughter of William and Elizabeth 
(Cowley) Buck, both natives of Maine, and mar- 
ried at Bath, in that State. Mrs. Buck is de- 
ceased. The business of Mr. Buck is that of a 
locomotive engineer. Dr. and Mrs. Trickey are 
the parents of one child: Ruth Elizabeth, born 
January 28, 1918. 

Adapted by nature for the profession he has 
chosen, and having enjoyed the advantages of 
thorough training and equipment, Dr. Trickey 
during the opening years of his practice, has 
made a record which justifies the belief that the 
future holds for him much success and no incon- 
siderable achievement. 


GEORGE HENRY McINTOSH—One of the 
popular figures in the life of Lisbon Falls, Maine, 
is the present postmaster of that progressive 
town, George Henry McIntosh, who has during 
his long residence here become most intimately 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


identified with every department of its life and 


affairs. He is a member of a family of Scotch 
origin which came from that country to America 
probably in the person of one John McIntosh, 
great-grandfather of the Mr. McIntosh of this 
sketch. Whether or not he was the immigrant 
ancestor, there is no question as to his having 
been the founder of the family in Maine, to which 
State he came at an early age and settled 
at the village of Harpswell. From there he 
later migrated to Durham, where he lived and 
eventually died. He was a farmer during his en- 
tire life, and became a well known man in his 
adopted community. The present Mr. McIntosh 
is a son of George C. McIntosh, a native of 
Durham, Maine, born March 4, 1833. For a time 
he engaged in business as a manufacturer of 
shoes, and later drove an ox team for the Andros- 
coggin Water Power Company for some thirty- 
one years. He married Mary Eliazbeth Orr ,a 
native of Topsham, Maine, who died December 
17, 1903, at Lisbon Falls, when seventy-three 
years of age. Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh, Sr., were 
the parents of four children, of whom George 
Henry McIntosh is the only one living at the 
present time (1917). These children were as fol- 
lows: Rhode Francis, who died at the age of 
eight years; George Henry, with whose career we 
are especially concerned; Irving Lester, who was 
a successful merchant at Lisbon Falls for six- 
teen years, his career being terminated by his 
death, which occurred when he was only forty- 
six years of age; and John. 

Born October 25, 1861, at Durham, Maine, 
George Henry McIntosh, second child of George 
C. and Mary Elizabeth (Orr) McIntosh, passed 
but the first seven years of his life in his native 
town. He was then brought by his parents to 
Lisbon Falls and has continued to reside in this 
community ever since. He began his education 
while still living at Durham, but later attended the 


local public schools of Lisbon Falls, continuing ~ 


until he was fifteen years of age, when he secured 
a position in a saw mill, and worked in that ca- 
pacity until the time of his marriage in 1884. From 
the time that he had reached the age of man- 
hood up to the present, Mr. McIntosh has taken 
a very active part in the life and public affairs of 
the community, and as early as 1904 was elected 
street commissioner. He has been intimately 
identified with the local organization of the 
Democratic party, and has been considered a 
leader in its councils for a number of years. He 
served on the town committee of this party for 
twelve years, six of which he was chairman, 


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and was appointed to his present position of 
postmaster on January 5, 1916, by President Wil- 
son. Since his assumption of the duties of post- 
master, he has conducted that important depart* 
ment with the greatest efficiency and has greatly 
increased its service to the community-at-large. 
He is a man of wholesome tastes, finding his 
chief pleasure in the life of out-of-doors, and he is 
particularly fond of the natoinal game of base- 
ball, taking every opportunity he can spare to 
watch the games between the local teams and 
their opponents. In his religious belief he is a 
Baptist and is a member of the Free Baptist 
He is a member of the 
Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancel- 
lor, and a member of the Benevolent and Pro- 
tective Order of Elks of Lewiston. 

George Henry McIntosh. was united in marri- 
age, December 24, 1884, with Hattie M. Cox, a 
native of East Dixfield, Maine, a daughter of Wil- 
liam B. and Satira M. (Flagg) Cox, old and highly 
respected residents of East Dixfield, and now 
both deceased. Although Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh 
have had no children of their own, their home has 
been very far from childless. They have adopted 
and brought up no less than five children, two of 
whom were girls, namely, Gladys E. and Bernice 
E. Cox, the daughters of Mrs. McIntosh’s brother. 
Bernice Eldora was appointed assistant postmas- 
ter to her adopted father and now serves in this 
responsible capacity. Gladys E. became the wife 
of Harry L. Lowell, of Quincy, Massachusetts, 
where they reside at the present fime, and are 
the parents of a son, George Lowell. 

Mr. McIntosh is that typical American product, 
the self-made man. He has the self confidence 
and ready resource of the man who has had to 
care for himself from childhood, a familiarity with 
the world and its affairs that springs from the 
same thing and a long course in the stern school 
of experience. Yet his sophistication has in no 
wise the effect upon him that it does on small 
minds of making him cynical, but touches his 
large nature only to enrich it with all the vivid 
tones of life. From first to last he has kept his 
mind and spirit pure and his senses open to new 
impressions. As a mere child he exhibited un- 
usual powers of observation and gained a large 
store of information. He is of an essentially friend- 
ly nature and yet is not averse to a bit of an argu- 
ment, and when such arises can hold his own 
Despite his popularity and his own 
strong taste for the society of his fellows, he is 
possessed of an unusually strong domestic in- 
stinct and spends as much time as he can manage 


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in the attractive home which he has established 
in the city, surrounded by his immediate house- 
hold and the familiar intimates who are very near 
to forming a part of it. He is a loving husband 
and has shown the greatest devotion to the chil- 
dren that he has taken into his home, his thoughts 
being ever busy for the welfare and happiness of 
his family. 


jJ. PUTNAM STEVENS—There are many fam- 
ilies in Maine bearing the name of Stevens 
which have come to that part of the country 
from Massachusetts, where they have been in 
existence from early Colonial times. That par- 
ticular branch, however, with which we are con- 
cerned was founded in Maine by one Joseph Stev- 
ens, who came from Ipswich, Massachusetts, to 
Winthrop, Maine, in 1720, and became an exten- 
sive farmer there. The family continued to reside 
at Winthrop through a number of generations, 
and it was there that Joseph Warren Stevens, the 
father of J. Putnam Stevens, was born August 
15, 1825. During his life, however, he removed to 
North Wayne, Maine, where he was engaged in 
business as a contractor and builder until his 
death, May 8, 1889. He married Mary Currier 
Ingalls, a native of Madison, Maine, born April 
4, 1823. She survived her husband many years, 
and died at North Wayne, December 30, 1912, at 
the venerable age of eighty-nine years. Mr. and 
Mrs. Stevens were the parents of three children, 
as follows: J. Putnam, with whose career we are 
concerned; Betty M., deceased; and Mary L., who 
became the wife of Ernest Hutchins, of Liver- 
more. She at present (1917) resides at North 
Wayne, a widow. 

Born November 24, 1852, at Winthrop, Maine, 
J. Putnam Stevens removed with his parents when 
four years of age to the town of Wilton, Maine, 
and somewhat later to North Wayne. He received 
his education at Wilton Academy and Maine 
Wesleyan Seminary. Upon completing his stud- 
ies at the latter institutions, he took up for 
a time the profession of teaching, but later be- 
came associated with the Nortk Wayne Paper 
Company in the capacity of treasurer. In 1885 he 
came to Portland, Maine, where he has made his 
home for the past thirty-two years, and has grown 
to be closely identified with its affairs. When first 
arriving in Portland, he became associated with 
a wholesale grocery house as commercial trav- 
eler and continued in this capacity until 1887, 
when he accepted a position as general agent for 
Maine of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur- 
ance Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. He 


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has continued in this business ever since, and has 
built up a large and successful agency here. 
Mr. Stevens has been extremely active in pub- 
lic life and has held many important political 
offices during his residence in Portland. In the 
year 1905 he was elected to the Maine Legislature 
and served in that responsible capacity for the 
sessions of 1905 and 1906. In 1911 and 1912 he 
was a member of the School Board of Port- 
land, and. in both these offices discharged his 
duty in a manner highly satisfactory to his con- 
stituency and the community at large. 

Mr. Stevens has been prominent in Masonic cir- 
cles. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a 
member of Maine Consistory, Portland, Maine. 
He is affiliated with all the local Masonic bodies, 
except his Blue Lodge affiliations, which are 
with Asylum Lodge, of Wayne, Maine, of which 
he is a past master. He is a member of Green- 
leaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Portland Coun- 
cil, Royal and Select Masters; St. Albans Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar. He has held offices 
in all these various bodies, and for service ren- 
dered and number of years as a member, he en- 
joys the distinction of being a life member of 
all his York Rite Masonic bodies. He is a past 
potentate and life member of Kora Temple, An- 
cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, 
of Lewiston, Maine. He is also past imperial po- 
tentate of the Imperial Council of the order, being 
the first New England man who has ever at- 
tained this exalted position. This office placed 
him at the head of two hundred and fifty thousand 
members of the order in North America. He has 
for many years been a member of the Royal 
Order of Scotland. He is also very prominent in 
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 
and is past exalted ruler and life member of Port- 
land Lodge, No. 188. He is affiliated with a num- 
ber of clubs, among which should be mentioned 
the Woodfords Club and Fern Park Club of Port- 
land, the Boston City Club and the Home Mar- 
ket Club of Boston. He is past president and a 
director of the Maine Sportsmen Fish and Game 
Association . He is also past president of the 
Maine Commercial Travelers Asosciation and 
the Maine Life Underwriters Association. He is 
one of the directors of the Forest City Trust 
Company of Portland, and one of the trustees of 
the Maine Institution for the Blind. In addi- 
tion to the above, he is also a member of Samo- 
set Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, and of 
the Quarter Century Traveling Men’s Associa- 
tion. He was the first patron of Iona Chapter, of 
Portland, Order of Eastern Star, and has held the 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


office of past grand patron of the State for this 
order. 

J. Putnam Stevens married (first) January 1, 
1879, Julia A. Wing, of Wayne, Maine, who died 
March 1, 1900, They were the parents of one 
son, Carl P., born April 7, 1883, who now resides 
at Seattle, Washington, where he is manager and 
sales agent of the Westinghouse Electric Com- 
pany and controls the terirtory of Washington 
and Oregon for this great concern. Mr. Stevens 
married (second) June 19, 1901, Mrs. Clara Josie 
Currier, of Washington, D. C., whose maiden 
name was Clara Josie Paine, and who is a na- 
tive of East Livermore, Maine. 

J. Putnam Stevens is a man of broadest culture 
and that kind of enlightenment which comes of 
knowing the world at first hand. He has trav- 
eled extensively and particularly in all parts of 
his own country, including Alaska and Honolulu, 
and in addition has spent some time in Old Mex- 
ico, been to the Canal Zone, South America, and 
all the West Indian islands, including Cuba, Ja- 
maica, Porto Rico, Trinidad, Barbadoes, St. 
Thomas, Martinique. He has also been abroad 
and has delivered many delightful lectures on 
his travels. He is a man of scholarly tastes, and 
is interested keenly in the subjects of local history 
and genealogy. He is descended from a long line 
of distinguished ancestors, and by virtue of the 
participation of two of his ancestors in the Am- 


erican War of Independence enjoys a membership — 


in the Maine Society of the Sons of the Ameri- 
can Revolution. 
athletics and out-door exercises of all kinds, and 
is a member of the Cumberland County Fishing 
and Angling Association and the Davy Crockett 
Hunting Club. 


The versatility of the typical New England © 


business man is something to fill with wonder- 
ment the peoples of older and less wide awake 
countries than these United States, and in a 


great measure to bear out the contention of — 
Carlyle that talents of all kinds are in essence ~ 


one and the same ability, and that it is pretty 
much the accidents of circumstances that deter- 
mines what expression it shall have, in poetry, 
in the management of affairs, in the leadership 
of men. Gifted with a high degree of natural 
ability, these men find a thousand channels in 
this land of opportunity in which their powers 
may flow, and thus enter as many enterprises as 
their tastes or interests dictate. Such a figure do 
we find in J. Putnam Stevens. 

Few men are so widely and favorably known 
in the circles in which they move as Mr. Stev- 


He is also extremely fond of — 


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ens. He is one of those influential citizens whose 
lives become inseparably intertwined with the 
interests for which they stand. Through this 
training has been developed a wide cosmopoli- 
tanism, a broad sympathy with the manners and 
customs of all men, which is one of the most 
fundamental elements of real culture. To know 
truly is to love, to appreciate and to enjoy, for 
it is only the man who is equipped with the 
_ genial tolerance which springs from understand- 
_ ing who really gains the joy of existence, for to 
him, instead of impatience and ‘irritation such as 
ignorance feels in the presence of the strange 
and unfamiliar, the outlandish seems but pictur- 
sque, the eccentricities of custom, the idiocyn- 
sracies of persons, can at least be laughed at, even 
when not possible of admiration. Such a man 
as Mr. Stevens and his large-minded outlook on 
‘life makes him a delightful comrade and friend, 
as well as a willing patron to all those whose 
honesty and industry renders them worthy of 
patronage. Men of this kind cannot fail to be a 
beneficent influence upon those about them, they 
_ raise the tone of thought, they enlarge the basis 
of common understanding and sympathy among 
those with whom they associate. And in a much 
more obvious manner, also, do they work ad- 
vantage to those about them, for the knowledge 
they have gained at the uttermost ends of the 
world is diffused in their conversation, in their 
point of view, in their manner of looking at things 
in an enlarged perspective, so that in many ways 
contact with them is an education in the ways of 
the great world. 


WILLIAM EDMOND PULSIFER is a native 
of Maine, although now and for many years past 
identified with New York City. He was born 
in West Sumner, Maine, April 16, 1852, the son 
of Moses Gilbert and Nancy Amelia Pulsifer. His 
father was a merchant and farmer. 

_ William E. Pulsifer had his first schooling in 
_ the local schools of Sumner. This was followed 

by work in the grammar school at Portland, 
_ Maine, and this in turn by attendance at the pri- 

-yate high school of Buckfield, Maine. He then 
Went to Westbrook Seminary, Deering, Maine, 
from which he was graduated in 1870. His next 
school was the Kents Hill Seminary, Kents Hill, 
aine. For a short time he was a student at Bates 
College, and in 1908 this institution conferred 
on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. 
etween 1884 and 1889 he was the New England 
manager for the firm of Ginn & Brothers, Pub- 
lishers, Boston. He became connected with the 


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publishing house of D. C. Heath & Company and 
from 1896 to 1909 was the treasurer, becoming 
in 1910 the president of the firm, a post which he 
holds at the present time. Besides his connec- 
tion with the publishing business, Mr. Pulsifer 
has done extensive work for the lecture depart- 
ment of the New York Public School system, 
covering a period of several years. He has de- 
livered addresses on Daniel Webster, Abraham 
Lincoln, General Grant, Alexander Hamilton, Ed- 
mund Spencer, Conan Doyle, and many other dis- 
tinguished historical and literary characters. D. 
C. Heath & Company are publishers of educa- 
tional works and the wide and deep information 
possessed by Mr. Pulsifer in educational mat- 
ters has made it possible for him to bring to 
bear a material contribution to that field from 
many sources. He is the author of a number of 
papers on historical characters For four years 
he served as a director in the Northern National 
Bank, of New York, and for two years he was 
a member of the city government of Somerville, 
Massachusetts. Mr. Pulsifer is a member of the 
Ardsley Golf Club, of the Maine Society, of the 
Graduates’ Club of New York, of the Camp Fire 
Club, of the Merchants’ Association of New York, 
of the American Historical Association, of the 
American Academy of Political and Social Sci- 
ence, and of the Republican Club. He was a 
member of the Union League Club of Brooklyn, 
and was its president, and was also a member of 
the Aldine Association and its secretary. He 
is also a member of the Masonic order. He is a 
Universalist in his religious belief. 

Mr. Pulsifer married, in New York, August 7, 
1905, Julia M. Martin, daughter of Benjamin and 
Julia Martin. The children of Mr. Pulsifer by his 
first wife are Mary Gilman and Lester Scott. 


LYMAN BLAIR, a well known manufacturer 
and agriculturist of Maine, son of Lyman and 
Mary De Groff Blair, was born in Chicago, April 
28, 1864. After spending four years in the Mer- 
chant’s National Bank, of which his uncle, Chaun- 
cey Buckley Blair, was president, he took up 
a clerkship in the wholesale and retail coal firm 
of Watson, Little & Company, in Chicago, where 
he remained until March, 1889, when he started 
an independent coal business of his own in the 
firm name of Lyman Blair & Company. This he 
continued until May, 1891, when he went to 
Greenville, Maine, and became vice-president and 
treasurer of the Greenville Manufacturing Com- 
pany, which manufactured all kinds of veneer, 
also wagon hubs. When this plant burned, in 


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December, 1904, Mr. Blair took up the active man- 
agement of his stock farms, and turned agricul- 
turist and breeder of finely bred registered Guern- 
sey cattle, Chester white swine, Scotch collie 
dogs, poultry and sheep. 

Mr. Blair is a life member of the Chicago 
Athletic Club, of Chicago, of the Automobile 
Club of America, New York, Tarratine Club, of 
Bangor, Maine, also of several recording associa- 
tions. Mr. Blair’s father was a prominent packer 
and commission merchant in Chicago, and one 
of the charter members of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, also founder of one of the first packing 
houses in Chicago. 

Mr. Blair married, in Chicago, July 19, 1886, 
Cornelia Seymour Macfarlane, daughter of Vic- 
tor Wells and Zanina Nelson Macfarlane. 


REV. JAMES CHURCH GREGORY, son of 
Charles Matthew and Julia Church (Betts) Greg- 
ory, was born in Norwalk, Connecticut, April 14, 
1861. His father was a miller and farmer. Mr. 
Gregory prepared for college in the Wilton Acad- 
emy and graduated at Williams College in the 
class of 1889 and Andover Theological Seminary 
in the class of 1892. He was ordained to the 
Christian ministry together with four other class- 
mates in Farmington, Maine, September 27, 1892. 
His first call was to the Congregational church 
in Bingham, Maine. He began his work in this 
church September 1, and continued it until Janu- 
ary, 1901, when he accepted a call to Gorham, 
Maine. He remained in this pastorate until Oc- 
tober, 1905, going from there to Millinocket. After 
a pastorate of two years he accepted the work of 
general missionary under the Maine Missionary 
Society, having for his first task the building 
of the church in the new town of East Milli- 
nocket. This task accomplished, he was next sent 
to the church in Lincoln. After three months’ 
stay he accepted a call to go back into the pas- 
torate from the church of Presque Isle, February 
I, IQIO. 

Mr. Gregory was instrumental in the building 
of a new church in Bingham, another in East 
Millinocket, and a parsonage in Presque Isle. He 
has always taken an interest and active part in 
political affairs, believing that the spiritual wel- 
fare of the community is very closely connected 
with the social and political life of the people. 
There has been no movement for the betterment 
of the local, State or national interests that has 
not had his earnest support. He is a Mason, an 
Odd Fellow, and a member of the Knights of 


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Pythias. He has served as grand chaplain of the 
Maine Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. _ 

Mr. Gergory married for his first wife, Oc- 
tober 15, 1898, Lephe M. Dinsmore, the daughter 
ot Arthur C. and Alice A. Dinsmore, of Bingham, 
Maine. They had a daughter, Frances Church, 
who lived for three years and four months. Mrs. 
Gregory died June 26, 1905. For his second wife 
Mr. Gregory married, November 26, 1907, 
Sarah L. Kimball, daughter of James F. and Har- 
riet Kimball, of Millinocket. To them was born 
Louis K. Gregory, February 13, 1909. 


JAMES F. KIMBALL, son of John S. and 
Sarah French Kimball, was born September 22, 
1843, in Bangor, Maine, his father having been a 
merchant and later associated with his son, Sam: 
uel S. Kimball, in the real estate business. James 
F. Kimball was educated in the common schools 
of Bangor, and after having finished the gram- 
mar school course obtained a position in his father’s 
store. After this first initiation into business he 
served as traveling salesman for a number of 
years. Feeling then that he would like to be his 
own master, in 1872 he bought a store in Medway, 
Maine, where a tannery was being built, and in 
October of that year moved there with his fam- 
ily. In addition to his mercantile interests in 
that locality Mr. Kimball became connected with 
the lumber interests along the Penobscot river, 
supplying the crews with provisions and taking 
charge of drives. Some years later in association 
with Charles Adams, of Bangor, he bought the 
Morrison mill at Stillwater, and operated it for 
a number of years under the firm name of Kim- | 
ball, Adams & Company until the mill was 
burned. 

When the Great Northern Paper Company be- 
gan building the big paper mill at Millinocket, 
Maine, in 1899, Mr. Kimball went there and 
opened the first general store under the firm name 
of James F. Kimball & Company. He also opened 
a little later the first store in East Millinocket, 
continuing his interest in the lumber business at 
the same time. Later the J. F. Kimball Trading 
Company was formed with Mr. Kimball as presi- 
dent. He died in Millinocket, May 31, 1914. 

Mr. Kimball married, January 6, 1871, Harriet 
Mayberry, daughter of Andrew and Rebecca 
(Whitcomb) Mayberry, and their children are: 
James Mayberry, born December 19, 1871; Har- 
riet May, born December 22, 1873; Sarah Louise, 
born August 10, 1885. Of these children Harriet M. 
died in infancy; James Mayberry was educated in 


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the Bangor schools and graduated at the Uni- 
versity of Maine in the class of 1804, and died 
February 11, 1898; and Sarah Louise was mar- 
ried to Rev. James C. Gregory, November 26, 


1907. 


LOUIS LINWOOD DOLLIVER, one of the 
most popular and successful physicians of Au- 
gusta, Maine, where he has been in active prdac- 
‘tice since the year 1896, is a man who has won 
for himself through his own praiseworthy ef- 
forts at once a high place in his profession among 
lis colleagues and an equally high one in the gen- 
1 esteem of the community asa man. He is a 
on of Pillsbury C. and Abbie (Springer) Dol- 
liver, and is descended on both sides of the house 
fi om ancient Maine families, so that his personal 
and ancestral associations are with the “Pine 
‘Tree State.” Pillsbury C. Dolliver, who now lives 
retired at Medford, Massachusetts, is a native of 
Searsport, Maine, but came to Augusta as a youth 
and married Abbie Springer, a native of this place. 
Here he engaged in business as a merchant tailor 
and continued successfully in that line for a num- 
Der of years. He and his wife, whose death oc- 
‘curred February 2, 1918, were the parents of four 
children, three of whom are living today, one of 
the latter being Louis Linwood Dolliver, of this 
ibricf sketch. 

- Born July 9, 1872, at Augusta, Maine. Louis Lin- 
‘wood Dolliver has made the capital city his home 
ever since. In his childhood he attended the 
local public schools, continuing his studies at 
= institutions until he had entered the high 
school, He then became a student at the Boston 
Latin School, where he continued until he had 
Bimspleted his preparation for college, by which 
time also he had determined upon his career in 
fe. For some time prior to this he had taken a 
keen interest in medicine, and now, when the 
choice was to be made, he turned to that and de- 
cided to become a physician. Accordingly he took 
a course in medicine and also one in dentistry. 
Upon graduation he began the practice of his 
Profession at Augusta, and has remained here 
ever since, meeting with a most gratifying and 
well deserved success. He has now a large prac- 
tice, and among his many patients he is loved 
as a friend and counsellor no less than he is ad- 
mired as a physician. 

The demands made upon the time and energy 
of Dr. Dolliver by his profession are naturasuy 
ota kind which precludes him from being a very 
ictive participant in other departments of the 
city’s activity, yet he maintains an intense inter- 


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est in the general life of the place and is ever 
ready to do what he can towards advancing the 
common interests. In politics he is a Republican, 
but is quite without ambition politically. He is 
now a member of Company F, Second Regiment, 
Maine State Militia. Dr. Dolliver is a prominent 
figure in fraternal circles here, and is an active 
Free Mason, being affiliated with the lodge, chap- 
ter, council, commandery and temple. He is 
also a member of the local lodge of Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks. He and his fam- 
ily attend the Unitarian church. 

On November 22, 1894, at Maine, Dr. Dolliver 
was united in marriage with Caroline Cartland 
Hoyt, like himself a native of Augusta, and a 
daughter of Thomas Carlton and Sarah (Heath) 
Hoyt. Mr. Hoyt was a native of Vassalboro, 
Maine, and for many years was engaged in the fur 
tanning business, as well as carying on a success- 
ful farm. His wife, who was Miss Heath before 
her marriage, was a native of Strong, Maine. 
Dr. and Mrs. Dolliver were the parents of one 
child, Katherine Dolliver. 


HENRY HERBERT RANDALL—From 1903, 
when Mr. Randall assumed the duties of the of- 
fice of superintendent of schools in Rockland, 
Maine, until the present, 1919, he has held but 
one other position, and that one the same office 
but in a different city of Maine. This fact alone 
places Superintendent Randall in the front rank 
of supervising educators, and a further tribute is 
the high character of the Auburn schools over 
which he has exercised a superintendent’s con- 
trol since 1907. He is a native son of Maine, his 
parents, William D. and Sarah J. (Foster) Ran- 
dall, of Freeman, Maine, his ancestry, English. 
The surname Randall is a shortened form of the 
personal name, Randolph, which was in general 
use before the time of the Norman Conquest, and 
is found in Domesday Book, where thirty-three 
different men are credited with bearing that name. 
From 1120 to 1232 the name was borne in Eng- 
land by three famous Earls of Chester. As early 
as the year 888 there was a St. Randulphus, 
Bishop of Bourges, and among the Northmen the 
personal name, Randolfr (a house wolf), pre- 
vailed from the earliest times. The name is 
found spelled Ralph, Ramulph, Radulphus, Roff, 
and Rauffe. From these forms has come the mod- 
ern surname, Randall. The name is early found 
in New Hampshire and Maine; Dover, New 
Hampshire, probably being the earliest seat of 
the family. 

Henry Herbert Randall was born in Freeman, 


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Maine, June 18, 1869. In 1880 his people moved 
to Farmington, where he completed his public 
school course. He then entered Farmington State 
Normal School, whence he was graduated with 
the class of 1890. Several years were then spent 


in teaching, after which he entered Bowdoin Col- 


lege, receiving his A.B. in t900. Later, while con- 
tinuing teaching, he pursued post-graduate sum- 
mer school courses at Harvard University, and in 
1903 was appointed superintendent of the public 
schools of Rockland, Maine. For four years he 
continued in that position, then resigned to ac- 
cept the superintendency of the public schools of 
Auburn, Maine. There he still continues his 
record, one of successful achievement, as the 
schools themselves testify. Superintendent Ran- 
dall has made a deep study of his profession and 
under his leadership the Auburn schools have 
attained a high standard of excellence which 
can be attained only by first bringing the com- 
munity to a point where they demand the best, 
and are willing to pay a fair price for it. De- 
voted superintendents, principals, and teachers ac- 
complish the rest, and the public school becomes 
a veritable university within the reach ofall. Mr. 
Randall has served as president of the Maine 
Teachers’ Association, and at present is presi- 
dent of the New England Association of School 
Superintendents. He is affiliated with the Ma- 
sonic order, is a member of Beta Theta Pi, and 
the Wasea Club of Auburn; in politics a Republi- 
can. 

Mr. Randall married in Rockland, Maine, Au- 
gust 31, 1905, Alice Louise Harrington, daugh- 
ter of Charles M. and Rose E. (Harrington) Har- 
rington, of Rockland. Mr. and Mrs. Randall are 
the parents of two daughters: Catherine J., born 
December 6, 1907; Elinor C., born March tig, 
1912. 


REV. GARDNER D. HOLMES—tThe pastoral 
career of Rev. Gardner D. Holmes extended from 
1877 to 1912 in active work of which the Maine con- 
ference was the field of his labors with the ex- 
ception of two years in the Montana conference. 
At the close of a six year term of useful effort 
as presiding elder of the Augusta district, he took 
the supernumerary relation in the conference and 
retired at the last session of the conference prior 
to his death in 1917. He was a son of Levi and 
Sarah (Dennett) Holmes, his father a farmer of 
Bridgton, Maine, among whose children were: 
Gardner D., of whom further; Mrs. Elizabeth 
A. Bacon, of Bridgton, Maine; Dr. Levi E. 
Holmes, of Helena, Montana; Mrs. Henrietta Po- 


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a lawyer of Brunswick, Maine; and Dr. Alvin D., of © 
Wakefield, Masachusetts. Levi and Sarah Holmes — 
were old residents of Bridgton, where both en-— 
joyed the regard and respect of the communit 2 
for lives of purity and usefulness, spent in well- 
doing and the rearing of a large family in ways 
of honor and righteousness. 

Rev. Gardner D. Holmes was born in Bridgton, 
Maine. December 18, 1848, died at Lewiston 
Maine, November 15, 1917. His youth and young — 
manhood were passed on his father’s farm, and 
while working on the home acres he attended the 
school and academy of his birthplace. His four 
brothers, like himself, chose professional ca-_ 
reers, not because of dislike for the calling of 
their father but because their home training had 
given them ambition to aspire to higher things. 
Need for his presence and services at home pre- 
vented his pursuing his studies to the extent that 
he desired, but he cheerfully relinquished his aim 
and applied himself to the present need. The 
home in which he passed his boyhood was thor- 
oughly Christian, and under its influence he early 
took upon himself the responsibilities of church 
membership. When the call to the ministry came 
to his thoughtful, earnest nature it was prayer 
fully received and obeyed, and although he was 
denied the oportunity of the full training for the 
pulpit he prepared himself thoroughly by wide 
reading and study, and in 1877, under the appoint 
ment of the presiding elder, he went to his first 
charge. At the following session of the Maine 
conference he was received as a probationer and 
in due time in full relation. For thirty-nine years 
he continued in the ministry, and the pulpits that 
he filled were enriched and blessed by his pres-_ 
ence. His appointments were Newry, Solon, 
Strong, Monmouth, York, two years in Butt 
Montana, conference, Lisbon and Lisbon Falls, 
Brunswick and Hammond Street, Lewiston. In 
1906 he was appointed presiding elder of Augus 
district, serving the full term of six years, an 
at the close of his term on the district he took 
the supernumerary relation, five years after retit~ 
ing. The following is an extract from the Year 
Book of the Maine Conference, 1918: 4 

He was a clean, wholesome man, winning and hold- 
ing the confidence and respect of every community 
in which he lived. As a citizen, he was alive to public 
interests, community conditions, and a warm adyocate 
of every needed reform. He was a man of strong c0s- 
victions, for he always had a reason for them. He was 
not easily turned from his purpose. He could take, 


and strike, hard blows. While modest and peace loy- 
ing, not seeking leadership nor desiring contest, he 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


could stand far out on the firing line and struggle 
mantully for righteousness. 

As a preacher he was clear, earnest, and convincing. 
Although wanting in special training for the ministry, 
he learned to preach by preaching and made himself 
a pulpit speaker of recognized ability. He gained 
material by wide reading, careful thinking, and close 
ebservation. Possessing the instincts and habits of 
the scholar, loving his task, his sermons were hever 
slovenly prepared cr lazily delivered. There was, 
always, ‘Beaten oil’’ in the message and spiritual fer- 
yor in the presentation. Pastoral work was a pleasure 
as well as a duty. His sympathetic and friendly nature 
gave him entrance into the hearts of the people and he 
won them to his Savior. There are stars in his crown. 

He has not gone empty-handed. 

He married, at Oxford, Maine, March 2, 1875, 
Calista A. McDonald, of Brighton, Maine, and they 
ere the parents of three children: 1. Elbert B., born 
t Solon, Maine, December 5, 1870, graduated from 
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, in 1900, and 
from the General Theological Seminary, New York 
City, in 1905, a minister in the Episcopal church 
at Middlebury, Vermont; married Effie M. At- 
wood, of Lisbon, Maine, and they have children: 
Arthur W., Mary L. and Elizabeth K. 2. Effie Ma- 
belle, born at Strong, Maine, April 14, 1882, edu- 
cated in Brunswick High School and Bates Col- 
lege, Lewiston, Maine, married Alton T. Maxim, 
of Portland, Maine, and they have one child, 
Doris R. 3. Wilbert D., born at Strong, Maine, 


March 11, 1884, died May 5, 1889. 


ROBERT FULTON WORMWOOD-—In the 
little town of Porter, in Oxford county, Maine, 
there lived some years ago a farmer by the name 
of Darius Wormwood, and his wife, Abbie 
(Wales) Wormwood. The former was born in 
Cornish, Maine, and the latter in Hiram, Maine. 
They had one son, Robert Fulton Wormwood, 
born on the farm in Porter, June 15, 1858, and two 
daughters, Fannie and Hattie. The boy was sent 
to the town schools, and then entered a printing 
office to learn the trade, at the age of fifteen 
years. When nineteen years old he became editor 
of the Cornish Maxima, a small local paper pub- 
lished weekly at Cornish, Maine. In 1884 he be- 
gan the publication of the Oxford County Record, 
at Kezar Falls, continuing it there for a few years, 
when he moved the paper and printing plant to 
Fryeburg, Maine. Mr. Wormwood remained at 
this work until 1891, when publication was sus- 
pended, and in the following year he became a 
member of the editorial staff of the Portland Eve- 
ning Express, a position which he held for eight 
_ years. In 1900, Mr. Wormwood became editor 
|i the Biddeford Daily Journal, and as such he 
| still remains. While in Portland he also edited 
the Portland Sun, 


a 


a Sunday newspaper which 


| 


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had a brief and troubled existence. After this, 
while still on the Evening Express, he for a time 
was associate editor of the Lewiston Courier, a 
daily sheet which lived only a few weexs. 

Mr. Wormwood was frequentuy approached in 
the matter of politics, as a newspaper man gen- 
erally is, but he did not care to take any political 
office other than the local ones of town clerk and 
member of the town school committee of his na- 
tive town. He is a Republican, as his father and 
grandfather were before him. He is a Free Ma- 
son, a Knight of Pythias, a member of the Maine 
Republican Editorial Association, and a life mem- 
ber of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Associa- 
tion. 

Mr. Wormwood married (first) Annie M. Stacy, 
in 1884, at Cape Elizabeth; she died in Porter, in 
1894. He married (second) Mrs. Anna Hutchins 
Bullock, now living. The first Mrs. Wormwood 
was the daughter of Jordan and Lydia F. Stacy, 
the former being a versatile and successful busi- 
ness man. During his lifetime he was a farmer, a 
school teacher, something of a politician, and a 
general business man, holding at different times 
many town offices, and was also at one time sher- 
iff of Oxford county, and also represented his 
district in the State Legislature. By his first 
marriage Mr. Wormwood had two children: 1. 
Bertha M., born March 14, 1885, who married 
Herbert S. Doe, and resides at Kezar Falls, Maine, 
2. Florence E., born February 25, 1887, for several 
years a registered nurse, and later married Mor- 
ton D. Garland, and is now living at North Par- 
sonfield, Maine. Both daughters were educated 
in the common schools and at Parsonfield Semi- 
nary, of which both are graduates. 

The subject of ancestry has never attracted Mr. 
Wormwood, but he points with pride to the fact 
that his father responded nobly to the call of his 
country at the time of the Civil War, enlisting 
twice with the Maine troops. His grandfather 
was Ithamar Wormwood, born in Kittery, Maine, 
and followed farming as an occupation all his life. 
He had three children, Darius, Simeon and Mehit- 
able. 


FRANK AUGUSTUS HAYDEN, D.M.D.— 
Among the capable dentists of Portland is Frank 
Augustus Hayden, who enjoys a most enviable 
reputation in that city, both in his professional 
capacity and as a man. Dr. Hayden comes of 
good old New England stock. His father, John 
J. Hayden, was a native of Boston, and dur- 
ing his young manhood removed to the town 
of Norway, Maine, and there engaged in the foun- 


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dry business, and eventually died at the age of 
fifty-six years. Clara (Ames) Hayden, wife of John 
J. Hayden, survived him and still resides in Nor- 
way. 

Frank Augustus Hayden was born at Norway, 
Oxford county, Maine, May 17, 1868. He secured 
the elementary portion of his education at the 
local public schools, then attended the Norway 
High School, where he was prepared for college, 
and in 1897 he matriculated in the Dental School 
of Tufts College at Boston. Here he established 
a fine record for scholarship and was graduated 
with the class of I900, receiving the degree of 
D.M.D. He returned to his native town of Nor- 
way immediately thereafter and began there the 
practice of his profession. From the outset he 
met with a very gratifying success, but at the end 
of four years felt that he desired a larger field 
for his ability, and accordingly, in 1904, came to 
Portland where he established an office at No. 
604 Congress street, removing thence to the 
Young Men’s Christian Association building, his 
present location, and has been most sucessfully 
engaged in the practice of his profession ever 
since. 

In the year 1888 Dr. Hayden enlisted in Com- 
pany D, First Regiment, at Norway, but some 
little time afterwards withdrew from the service. 
He re-enlisted, however, in 1901, and was retired 
in I910 with the rank of first lieutenant. He is a 
very prominent figure in fraternal circles in Port- 
land and particularly so in the Masonic order, 
having taken the thirty-second degree in Free Ma- 
sonry and being affiliated with Oxford Lodge, No. 
18, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Oxford 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Oxford Council, 
Royal and Select Masters, Portland Commandery, 
Knights Templar; Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic 
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a 
member of Pennesseewassee Lodge, Knights of 
Pythias, and of the Portland Club, Mount Joy 
Club of Portland, and the Portland Gun Club. In 
his religious belief Dr. Hayden is a Universalist 
and attends the church of that denomination in 
Portland, taking an active part in the work con- 
nected therewith. 

Dr. Hayden married, September 28, 1916, in 
New York City, Phillis McCue, a native of Port- 
land, Maine. 

It is the progressive, wide-awake men of af- 
fairs who make the real history of a community, 
State or nation, and their influence as a potential 
factor of the body politic is difficult to estimate. 
The examples men furnish of patient purpose 
and steadfast integrity strongly illustrate what is 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


in the power of each to accomplish, and there is 
always a full measure of satisfaction in adverting, 
even in a casual manner, to their achievements in 
advancing the interests of their fellow men and in 
giving strength and solidity to the institutions 
which tell so much for the prosperity of the com- 
munity. Frank A. Hayden, of Portland, Maine, is 
a man of his calibre, a public spirited citizen, 
he is ready at all times to use his means and in- 
fluence for the promotion of such public improve- 
ments as were conducive to the comfort and 
happiness of his fellow men, and there is probably 
not another man in the community so long hon- 
ored by his residence who is held in higher es- 
teem, regardless of sects, politics or profession. 
He is one of the most unostentatious of men, 
open-hearted and candid in manner, always re- 
taining in his demeanor the simplicity and candor 
of the old-time gentleman, and his record is to be 
admired by all who know of it. 


WALTER HARRIS DRESSER was born at 
Falmouth, Maine, January 28, 1862, and died De- 
cember 8, 1918. He was a son of William Henry 
Dresser, the latter’s birth having occurred at Hol- 
lis, Maine, January I, 1832, and died at Standish 
in 1901, whither he removed about a year after 
the birth of his son, Walter H. Dresser. The el- 
der Mr. Dresser was during his early life a far- 
mer, trader and teacher. He was elected sheriff 
of the county, in which office he served for the 
period of four years. William Henry Dresser 
was united in marriage with Cassendana Cram, 
who was born at Standish and whose death oc- 
curred in 1908. They were the parents of five chil- 
dren, as follows: Walter Harris, of this review; 
Alvin Cram, whose death occurred in 1901; Maud 
G., who at present makes her home in Standish, 
Maine; Mabel, who became the wife of Fred B. 
Goold, of Standish, Maine, the latter of whomis 
deceased; and Edith M., who died at the age of 
one and a half years. ’ 

Walter Harris Dresser received the early por- 
tion of his education in the public schools of 
his native region, and when still a young man re- 
moved with his parents to Portland, Maine. He 
later went to Boston, Massachusetts, where he 
obtained a position with the Fitchburg Railroad, : 
remaining in this employ for about three years. 
At the end of this period he returned to Port- 
land, and in 1887 became deputy sheriff of Cum- 
berland county, which office he filled for ten 
years. In 1907 he was appointed chief of police 
of Portland, continuing in that office for seven 
years. After retiring from the office of chief of 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


police, he was elected secretary of the Cumber- 
land Loan and Building Asosciation, which posi- 
tion he occupied at the time of his death. Mr. 
Dresser was for several years a member of the 
well known firm of Hall & Dresser, the business 
being located at Bridgton, Maine, dealing largely 
in grain, flour, coal, etc. Mr. Dresser was also a 
‘director of the Maine Loan and Building Asso- 
‘ciation and was prominent in the business cir- 
‘cles of Portland and the region surrounding. Mr. 
‘Dresser was associated with a number of promi- 
‘nent organizations in Portland, and was identified 
“with the Masonic order, having been a member of 
Oriental Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of 
ridgton. He was also a member of the Portland 
otary, the Portland, the Woodfords, the Lincoln 
d Munjoy clubs, and of the Maine Charitable 
echanics Association. 
On October 8, 1890, Walter Harris Dresser 
“was united in marriage with Nettie A. Webb, a 
native of Bridgton, Maine, and a daughter of 
Isaiah S. Webb, also a native of Bridgton, where 
he was a successful merchant and at one time held 
‘the office of sheriff of Cumberland county, and 
‘Harriet J. Webb, his wife, also of Bridgton, 
‘Maine. To Mr. and Mrs. Dresser two children 
were born, as follows: 1. Clarence Webb. em- 
ployed with the Canadian Pacific Railroad Com- 
pany at Brownville Junction, Maine. He went into 
service in May, 1917, entering the first Platts- 
burg Training Camp, and at the end of three 
“months was commissioned as second lieutenant in 
the Engineres; he reported at Camp Devens, and 
in November, 1917, he was commissioned in the 
‘regular army in the C. A C. and sent to Fort 
Monroe; from there he was promoted to first lieu- 
tenant and sent to Fort McKinley, and on August 
6, 1917, went overseas with the Seventy-second 
Regiment; he has trained as an observer of 
fire and received a commission in the Aviation 
Squadron overseas; he has been ordered home and 
is probably now on the way with the Eighty- 
eighth Aero Squadron. Lieutenant Dresser mar- 
ried, June 3, 1918, Delma E. Kennedy. 2. Grace 
M., who held the position of clerk in the police 
department at Portland; married, September 1, 
: 1917, Alonzo Livingston Bart, of Portland, Maine. 


| HARRY P. SWEETSER—Practically the en- 
| tire professional career of Mr. Sweetser has been 
_ devoted to legal work in connection with rail- 
| roading, his present office that of General So- 
| licitor of Grand Trunk Lines in New England, 
' which he occupies under the United States Rail- 
| road Administration. He is a native and resi- 


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dent of Portland, interested and active in pub- 
lic affairs, and identified with many of the lead- 
ing institutions of his city, professional, social 
and fraternal. 

Harry P. Sweetser was born in Portland, Maine, 
July 20, 1873, and after attendance in the public 
schools enrolled in Greeley Institute, of Cumber- 
land Center, Maine, afterward attending St. 
Johnsbury Academy, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. 
He taught in the schools of Cumberland for two 
years and then attended Shaw’s Business Col- 
lege, of Portland. At the completion of his 
general study he read law in the office of C. A. 
Hight, of that city, and after passing the neces- 
sary examination was admitted to the Cumber- 
land bar, April 22, 1903, in the following year, 
October 6, being admitted to practice in the 
United States Court. Mr. Hight was solicitor 
for the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Can- 
ada, and Mr. Sweetser became clerk of his law 
office, afterward assistant solicitor of the road, 
and January I, 1917, he was appointed solicitor, 
with headquarters in Portland, in charge of legal 
work in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. 
This position he capably filled until the assump- 
tion of railroad control by the national govern- 
ment as a war measure, when he was appointed 
General Solicitor of Grand Trunk Lines in New 
England. 

Mr. Sweetser is a supporter of Republican 
principles, and for two terms represented his 
ward, the Eighth, on the Portland City Council. 
He is a member of Deering Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, and Portland Lodge, Benevolent 
and Protective Order of Elks, and his club is 
the Portland Yacht. Mr. Sweetser served a par- 
tial enlistment in Company B, First Regiment, 
National Guard of Maine, receiving his discharge 
on his personal application by reason of business 
interests taking him to California, returning to 
Portland in 1898, where he has since resided. 
He is a communicant of the Congregational 
church. 


WILLIAM CHUTE PETERS, well known 
among the professional men of Bangor, Maine, 
was born in Ellsworth, in the same State, June 
15, 1868, the son of William B. and Martha Eliza- 
beth Peters. His father was a merchant, and 
sent his son to the local schools, from which he 
passed in course of time to the high school where 
he prepared for the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology. After some time spent at this 
school he determined to study medicine and en- 
tered the medical school of Tufts College. He 


260 HISTORY: 
afterwards went to the Boston City Hospital, 
from which he received the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine. He served an interneship at the Bos- 
ton Children’s Hospital, and was appointed Or- 
thopedic surgeon to the Eastern Maine General 
Hospital in t905. He was much attracted by 
orthopedic work, and went abroad and studied 
that type of surgery in the clinics of Berlin and 
Vienna. In 1915 he was elected fellow of the 
American College of Surgeons. He had been, 
in 1913, elected president of the Maine Medical 
Association. Dr. Peters is now (1918) serving 
in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States 
Army, having been called to active duty in Sep- 
tember, 1917, and assigned to duty at Camp 
Devens, Massachusetts, where he was chief of 
the Orthopedic service until March 10, 1918, on 
which date he was attached to the office of the 
surgeon-general in Washington as consultant in 
orthopedic surgery. He holds the rank of major. 
He is a member of the University Club of Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, and of the Tarrantine Club 
of Bangor, Maine. He and his family attend 
the Congregational and the Unitarian churches. 

Dr. Peters married, at Concord, Massachusetts, 
February 1, 1906, Adah Bryant, daughter of Ed- 
ward Stewart and Adah Manning (Bryant) Stewart. 
Mrs. Peters’ grandfather, Charles Davis Bryant, 
who was born January 16, 1813, was a prominent 
surveyor, timberland owner, and business man- 
ager of estates. He was a director of several 
Bangor banks, and a Republican in his political 
convictions. He married, December 27, 1836, at 
Bangor, Maine, Avis Lowder Taylor, daughter 
of Wilder and Avis (Lowder) Taylor, who were 
married May 21, 1809. The children of Charles 
Davis and Avis L. (Taylor) Bryant were: 
Charles Wilder, born June 2, 1839; Charles Henry, 
born June 16, 1842; Adah Manning, born De- 
cember 24, 1845, married, December 28, 1871, Ed- 
ward Stewart, and their daughter, Adah Bryant, 
married William Chute Peters; Adelaide George, 
born September 13, 1848; and Avis Olivia, born 
July 25, 1852. 


SEWALL JOHNSON WATSON, one of the 
most prominent business men and merchants of 
Bath, Maine, comes from old New England stock, 
and was a son of Sewall Watson, who was also 
a prominent man in this State. Sewall Watson 
was a native of Leicester, Worcester county, 
Massachusetts, where he was born in 1795, but 
when only fifteen years of age came to Maine 
and settled at Castine, when that town was oc- 
cupied by the British in 1812. He resided at Cas- 


OF MAINE 


tine for a number of years. He also lived for a 
time at Augusta, Maine, where he held the posi- © 
tion of clerk of courts. In 1846 he removed to 
Georgetown, where he remained in business for — 
nearly twenty years and occupied a position of — 
prominence and influence in that town. He was 
chairman of the Board of Selectman for five 
years, and represented Georgetown in the State 
Senate in 1856. He was a member of the Goy- 
ernor’s Council during the Civil War from 1861 © 
to 1865. In 1866 he moved to Bath and died 
here in 1882 at the age of eighty-seven years. 
He was twice married, the first time to Anstrus — 
Little, a member of an old historic New Eng- * 
land family. She died in 1843, and he married 
(second) Mrs. Alice Delano, of Georgetown, who 
died at Bath in 1874. 

Born at Castine, Hancock county, Maine, No- 
vember 8, 1825, Sewall Johnson Watson, son of 
Sewall and Anstrus (Little) Watson, was edu-— 
cated at the local schools of his native place and 
at the schools of Augusta, where he came to 
live with his parents while still a lad. After 
completing his studies, he came in early man- 
hood to Bath, Maine, and there became engaged 
in the hardware business. This he carried on 
for many years, later taking into partnership his 
brother, William H. Watson. He continued ac- 
tively engaged up to within a few years of his 
death when, his health failing, he was forced to 
retire from active life. His business was a high- 
ly successful one and he won for himself a place 
among the substantial merchants of this region. 
Mr. Watson made his home on Middle street 
and his house there is still occupied by his 
daughters. His death occurred October 7, 1907, 
at the advanced age of eighty-two years, and he 
is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery. In his re- 
ligious belief Mr. Watson was a Congregation- 
alist and attended the Winter Street Church of © 
this denomination at Bath, giving liberally both 
of his time and means to the work of the church 
and especially to those charitable movements un- 
dertaken by it. A Republican in politics, Mr | 
Watson was in no sense of the word a politiciaall 
and was quite unambitious of political prefer- 
ment, though he was keenly interested in the 
welfare of Bath and did much to assist in the 
growth and development of its institutions. He 
was a man of great enterprise and progressive 
ideals and was active in promoting the various 
business interests of the city without reference 
to his personal advantage. Mr. Watson was a 
man of strong domestic instincts and was much 
devoted to his home and family. 


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Sewall Johnson Watson was united in marriage, 
August 31, 1857, with Caroline Clifford, a native 
of this city and a daughter of William and Caro- 
line (Shaw) Clifford, old and highly respected 
residents here. Mrs. Watson was a lady of cul- 
ture and refinement, and like her husband was 
She was a mem- 
ber of one of the best known families in New 
England, and was a charter member of the Bath 
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo- 
lution, and a member of the Winter Street Con- 
gregational Church. Four children were born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Watson, as follows: 1. Alice 
Caroline, who became the wife of Converse L. 
O. Smith, who is the subject of mention below. 


2. Julia A:, who resides in the old Watson home 


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borne three children: 


on Middle street. 3. Nellie, who became the wife 
Oo: Brani: H. Percy, of Bath, to whom she has 
Sewall Watson Percy, who 


married Virginia Pingree; Anna, who married 


Edward Cutler, of New London; and Carolyn 
Clifford, who married Captain Langdon Simons, 
of the United States Army. 4. Sara W., who 
became the wife of Charles W. Fisher, of Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, where they at present reside. 

Converse Lilly Owen Smith, who was a well 
known business man of Bath, Maine, was a na- 
tive of this city, born June 16, 1858, and died No- 
vember I9, 1900. He was a son of William H. 
Smith, also a merchant here, and was educated 
in the local public school and at Bryant and 
Stratton Business College, Boston, Massachusetts. 
He entered as a youth the mercantile business 
which his father established in 1842, holding for 
a time a clerical position. He was later taken 
into partnership by his father, and the firm’s 
name became William H. Smith & Son. This 
association continued until the death of the elder 
man in 1894, when Mr. Smith assumed the full 
control of the business and continued it until his 
own death in 1900. He was an influential fig- 
ure in the life of Bath and was respected highly 
for his ability and strong Christian character. 
He was a member of Solar Lodge, Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons, of Montgomery; St. Bernard 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Council, Royal 


and Select Masters; and Dunlap Commandery, No. 


5, Knights Templar, of Bath. He married, in 
1882, Alice Caroline Watson, daughter of Sewall 
Johnson and Caroline (Clifford) Watson. Mrs. 


Smith survives her husband and resides with 


her sister, Julia A. Watson, at Bath. Five chil- 
dren were born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Harold 
Watson, William Baldwin, Charles Watson, 
Frank Owen, and Alice Winslow. Three sur- 


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vive, Harold Watson, of Youngstown, Ohio, who 
married Cecil Ward; William Baldwin, of New 
York City, who married Edith Brown; and Frank 
Owen, of Hastings, Nebraska, who married Bes- 
sie Morse. 


GRANVILLE CHASE—An enterprising mer- 
chant and manufacturer of Baring, Washington 
county, Maine, son of Daniel and Elizabeth 
(Gray) Chase, Granville Chase was born in Cut- 
ler, Maine, November 4, 1851, and died Novem- 
ber 26, 1904. His grandfather, Captain John 
Chase, who was born in Gilmanton, New Hamp- 
shire, about the year 1796, was related to Captain 
Lane, who served under General Wolfe at the 
siege of Quebec. Through his paternal grand- 
mother, Lydia Whitney, he was a descendant of 
General Greene of Revolutionary fame; while his 
maternal great-grandfather, whose name was 
Jones, served in General Washington’s body- 
guard. Captain John Chase served in the War 
of 1812. Shortly after leaving the army he set- 
tled in Frankfort, Maine, later taking up new 
land in the town of Winterport, Maine. He was 
a blacksmith by trade and followed it in connec- 
tion with farming for the rest of his active 
period. His unusual strength and agility gained 
for him much local notoriety as an athlete. He 
held a captain’s commission in the State militia. 
His death occurred in Winterport in 1887, four 
years after his wife had passed away. 

Daniel Chase, who was born in Frankfort, 
Maine, July 17, 1822, in early life taught school, 
and was for a time a Methodist preacher. Later 
he was engaged in blacksmith work and farming. 
The greater part of his life was spent in Wesley 
and Baring, Maine. He came to Baring in 1864, 
and died here March to, 1885. He served as 
county commissioner and was town treasurer for 
twelve years. His reputation was that of an 
able business man and public official. In poli- 
tics he was a Democrat. His wife, Elizabeth, 
who was born in Brighton, Maine, September 15, 
1824, became the mother of three children, name- 
ly: Granville, of whom further; Ellery, born in 
Wesley, April 14, 1855, who died at the age of 
six years; and Cyrus, born in Wesley, Novem- 
ber 25, 1860. The mother died July 24, 1884. 

Granville Chase attended the common schools 
and the Milltown Academy and completed his 
education with a course at Gray’s Commercial 
College at Portland. Afterward for six years 
he was employed in lumbering for George Lowell 
& Company of Baring, and was bookkeeper and 
confidential clerk for the firm of Todd, Polleys 


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& Company of Nova Scotia for eight years. Go- 
ing then to Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, he 
was engaged for some time in the manufacture 
of boxes. From Cambridgeport he went to St. 
George, New Brunswick, where he had charge of 
the lumbering operations conducted by Charles 
F. Todd & Son until 1890. Then he established 
himself in the box shook industry in Baring, 
at the same time opening a general store, which 
business he was engaged in at the time of his 
death. 

In 1876 Mr. Chase was joined in marriage with 
Caroline Polleys, a native of Baring, who was 
born May 5, 1853, and died April 9, 1918. Mrs. 
Chase gave birth to six children, namely: Ed- 
ward, born March 16, 1877; Edith N., June 26, 
1879; Clifford G., April 23, 1881; Florence P., 
October 29, 1883; Daniel, November 26, 1885; 
and Winifred, April 1, 1896. In politics Mr. 
Chase was a Democrat and served with ability as 
town clerk and superintendent of schools. He 
was a candidate for the State Legislature in 1898. 
He passed the chair in Alley Lodge, No. 14, Free 
and Accepted Masons, at Upper Mills, New 
Brunswick. He was also connected with Fron- 
tier Lodge, No. 4, Knights of Pythias, of St. 
Stephen, New Brunswick, and with the Uniform 
Rank. 


EDWARD CHASE, one of the most active 
and successful manufacturers of Baring, Maine, 
and treasurer of the corporation known as the 
Granville Chase Company, manufacturers of box 
shooks and shingles, is a member of an old Maine 
family and the son of Granville and Caroline 
(Polleys) Chase. He was born March 16, 1877, 
at Baring, Maine, and attended as a lad the local 
public schols. He passed through the grammar 
grades and high school and was prepared at the 
latter institution for college. He then entered 
the Shaw Business College at Portland, where 
he pursued studies to fit him for a business ca- 
reer. After completing his studies at the unusual 
age of sixteen years, he became a clerk in the 
grocery store of his father, and continued to 
work in that capacity for two years. He was 
then given the position of foreman in his father’s 
sawmill and filled that position very efficiently. 
When he was nineteen years of age, the follow- 
ing year, he went West and became bookkeeper 
of a hardware concern in Minnesota for six 
months. Returning to Maine he became asso- 
ciated with his father in the lumber business and 
continued in this affiliation until the death of the 
latter in 1904. The lumber business was then 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


incorporated, and Mr. Chase was elected treas- 
urer of the Granville Chase Company, the posi-— 
tion which he now holds. The principal busi- 
ness of this corporation is the manufacture of 
box shooks and shingles, of which products they 
manufacture in large quantities, being also en-— 
gaged in the long lumber industry. Mr. Chase 
is well known in financial circles, he is associated 
with the Calais National Bank, of which he is a 
stockholder. ; 

He does not by any means confine his activities — 
wholly to his private affairs, but is a very promi-— 
nent figure in the political life of the State. A 
Democrat in politics, he is active in the affairs 
of his party, being at the present time a member 
of the State committee. He has also been the 
candidate on the Democratic ticket as representa- 
tive to the State Legislature in 1906, and to the 
State Senate in 1916, but in the strongly Repub- 
lican region was defeated on both occasions. In 
1917 he was Democratic candidate for repre- 
sentative to the United States Congress, from the 
Third Congressional District of Maine. For six 
years he held the office of first selectman of 
Baring, and the is now filling the post of treas- 
urer in that town. Mr. Chase is also well known 
in fraternal circles here and has attained the 
thirty-second degree in Free Masonry. He is a 
member of Alley Lodge, No. 14, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons of Upper Mills, New 
Brunswick, and is past master of that body; of 
the St. Croix Chapter, Royal Arch Masons of 
Calais, Maine, of which he is past high priest; 
of Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of 
the Mystic Shrine of Lewiston, Maine; and Maine 
Consistory, Sovereign Princes of the Royal Secret. 
He attends the Baptist church at Baring and 
contributes liberally to the support thereof. His 
wife is a member of the Presbyterian church. 

Edward Chase was united in marriage on Oc- 
tober 20, 1909, at Milltown, New Brunswick, Can- 
ada, with Bertha Jane Dewar, a native of that 
place and a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Mc-~ 
Kenzie) Dewar. One child has been born to ~ 
Mr. and Mrs. Chase, Daniel Angus Chase, born 
August 23, 1912. 


FRANCIS AUGUSTUS CLOUDMAN—When ~ 
we say the words “A Self-made Man,” how few 
of us stop to consider what they really mean. 
The hours of physical toil perhaps, or it may be 
mental concentration, or the self-denial neces- — 
sary to bring about success worthy of the title. 
Such a man is Francis Augustus Cloudman, born 
in Westbrook, Maine, June 16, 1839. When very 


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young, he was sent to the common school, but 
after a few years his ambitious nature led him 
to obtain employment in the cotton mills of the 
Old Westbrook Manufacturing Company, part 
of the time working, or whenever possible go- 
ing to school for a short period. The day’s work 
then began at five o'clock in the morning, and 
it was not by any means an eight-hour day, for 
closing time did not come until seven o’clock in 
the evening, meaning fourteen hours of labor 
each day. When eighteen years old the young 
man decided to try to better his conditions, so 
leaving Westbrook he went to Windham, and 
having an opportunity to learn carriage building, 
took up that work, applying himself diligently 
for two years. 

About that time the Civil War broke out, and 
Mr. Cloudman enlisted in the Fifth Regiment of 
Maine as a member of the band, remaining in 
the service for fourteen months when he was 
honorably discharged, according to Act of Con- 
gress. On arriving in New York he learned that 
his brother, Captain Andrew C. Cloudman, of 
the Tenth Maine Regiment, had been killed at 
the battle of Cedar Mountain on the same day 
and at about the same hour of his discharge. Re- 
turning to Windham he again devoted himself 
to the carriage trade, and after thoroughly mas- 
tering every detail of the business, opened a 
manufactory in his own name in 1870. This he 
continued for nine years, and when an oppor- 
tunity offered itself to learn the trade of mill- 
wright he abandoned carriage making and went 
to work for S. D. Warren & Company, as mill- 
wright. We next find him superintendent of the 
Fibre Manufacturing Department of S. D. War- 
ren & Company, which position he held until 
1903, when he retired from active business and 
returned to Westbrook. For some time Mr. 
Cloudman did not engage in any fresh occupa- 
tion, but gradually becoming interested in auto- 
mobiles, he bought and sold them, following this 
occupation for some years. 

After Mr. Cloudman became a resident of 
Westbrook for the second time, he drifted into 
politics, filling the position of councilman for two 
years, and later was elected mayor of Westbrook 
on the Republican ticket. 

Among the names of members in the lodge 
of Free Masons at Westbrook may be found that 
of Francis Augustus Cloudman, also in the lodge 
of Independent Order of Odd Fellows, through 
the various chairs of which he has passed. He 
is member of the local encampment of Grand 
Army of the Republic, the Economic Club, be- 
sides several clubs of Boston. 


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Mr. Cloudman’s wife was Miss Annie E. Bodge, 
born in Windham in 1850, the daughter of Josiah 
Bodge, also a native of Windham, and Isabella 
(Richards) Bodge. The children born of this union 
were: The eldest, Frank Herbert, a hardware dealer 
of Westbrook; Cora Isabelle, wife of Dr. Bar- 
rett, a physician located in Westbrook; Andrew 
C., superintendent of the Electric Plant of S. D. 
Varren; and Percy L., who was drowned when 
only a boy of eighteen. His sister, Margaret 
A., was married to William Sweet, who was a 
member of the Eleventh Maine Regiment, and 
lost an arm in the service. The father of Fran- 
cis Augustus Cloudman was Paul L. Cloudman, 
of Gorham, Maine, son of John, also of Gorham, 
and his mother was Eliza B. Waterhouse, born 
in Saco, but married in Westbrook. In early 
life Paul L. Cloudman was a stage driver, then later 
learned the carpenter’s trade, eventually becom- 
ing a contractor and builder in Westbrook, own- 
ing considerable real estate. He also conducted 
a successful shoe business. A very interesting 
incident of this member of the Cloudman fam- 
ily is told, and is worthy of repetition. During 
the early days in Maine, about 1838, when Great 
Britain and the United States were disputing the 
boundary rights in the Aroostook region, Paul 
L. Cloudman volunteered as teamster and not- 
withstanding the wild nature of the country and 
the perils to be encountered, continued hauling 
government supplies during the period of the 
Aroostook War. The elder Cloudman was a life- 
long Democrat of the old school. He died at 
the age of forty-five years. The mother of 
Francis A. Cloudman was a devoted follower of 
the teachings of the Universalist church. 


PATRICK THERRIAULT, prominent citizen 
and owner of a general store at Grand Isle, 
Maine, is a member of a family originally of 
French extraction, and is a son of Isidore and 
Philomene (Daigle) Therriault. His father was 
for many years engaged in the occupation of 
farming at Grand Isle, and was a well known 
and highly respected resident of this region. 

Patrick Therriault was born on his father’s 
farm at Grand Isle, Maine, April 18, 1875, and 
passed his childhood and early youth in that 
place. Asa lad he attended the common schools 
of Madawaska and the Madawaska Training 
School, being prepared for college at the latter 
institution, from which he graduated in 1893. 
He then entered Van Buren College, where he 
took the usual classical course and made an ex- 
cellent reputation for himself both for scholar- 
ship and general character. Upon completing 


264 SMOKY, 
his studies at the last named institution Mr. 
Therriault began his successful business career, 
and in 1901 founded the present general store at 
Grand Isle, which he has since operated with 
a very high degree of success. This establish- 
ment, of which Mr. Therriault is the active head, 
is one of the largest of its kind in this section 
and is conducted along the most modern and 
up-to-date lines. Mr. Therriault has also be- 
come identified with other important business 
interests in this region, and is at the present time 
vice-president of the Van Buren National Bank. 
Although Mr. Therriault is widely and most fa- 
vorably known in connection with his business 
activities, he is perhaps even more prominent in 
the public life of the community and has held 
many important offices of trust hereabouts. He 
is a staunch Republican in politics, and in the 
year 1905 was elected to represent this com- 
munity in the State Legislature. In 1907 he 
was elected to the State Senate and served on 
that body in that year and in 1909, making for 
himself during this time an enviable reputation 
as a capable legislator and a disinterested public 
servant. From Ig9II to 1917 he was county com- 
missioner of Aroostook county, Maine, and in 
1918 was appointed by Governor Milliken to fill 
the vacancy on the Board of County Commis- 
sioners, an office which he holds at the present 
time. He is also a member of Local Board, Di- 
vision No. 2, .of Aroostook county. Mr. Ther- 
riault has for many years been identified with the 
social and religious life of this community and 
is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Fourth 
Degree; of K. O. T. M., and the local lodge, 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 
his religious belief Mr. Therriault is a Roman 
Catholic. 

Patrick Therriault was united in marriage, 
August 7, 1897, at Grand Isle, Maine, with Zelie 
Morneault, daughter of Pierre .and Marie 
(Plourd) Morneault. To Mr. and Mrs. Ther- 
riault two children have been born, as follows: 
Edmond, January 21, 1899, and Alma, March Ig, 


1904. 


DAVID HARRY DARLING, the well known 
resident of Gardiner, Maine, is a son of David 
Henry and Sarah Josephine (Lane) Darling, old 
and highly respected residents of Wakefield, 
Massachusetts, and a grandson of Henry Darling, 
of North Adams, Massachusetts. Three of his 
ancestors in direct line are said to have fought 
at the battle of Lexington. David Henry Darl- 
ing, the father of the Mr. Darling of this sketch, 


OF MAINE 


was born at North Adams, and was a prominent. 
banker and broker in Boston and in New York 


City, where he died in March, 1902. 
was a lifelong resident of Wakefield, and died 
there when her son, David Harry Darling, was 
two years of age. 

Born December 7, 1870, at Wakefield, Massa- 
chusetts, David Harry Darling attended as a lad 
the local public schools, Chauncy Hall School 
of Boston, and after studying at the high school 


His wife 


of Wakefield for a time, became a pupil in the 
Peekskill Military Academy, of Peekskill, New 


York. His education was completed at the 
Phillips-Andover Academy, of Andover, Massa- 
chusetst, after which he became associated in 
business with his father in the latter's banking 
establishment. For two years he was employed 
there as a clerk and for one year following tuat 
was a traveling agent. At the end of that time 
he withdrew from his father’s company and went 
to Alliance, Ohio, where he became connected 
with an engineering concern in 1893. Later he 
returned to Wakefield, Massachusetts, where he 


secured a position in the drafting department of 
the Water Company, where he remained for 


about eighteen months. He then once more 


went on the road as a salesman in New England 


for a New York company engaged in the bicycle 
business, and after a short time went to New 


York City, where he became connected with the 


United States Storage Battery Company in the 


capacity of secretary and vice-president. 
then, for the same company, spent eight years 


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in the Middle West, with headquarters at Pitts- 


burgh, developing the business in that region. 
At the end of this period Mr. Darling came to 
Gardiner, Maine, as treasurer for the Bradstreet 


Lumber Company, and since that time has con- 


tinued to make his home here. He remained 
for nine years with the lumber concern, and is 


now in the real estate and investment business 


for himself. 


He owns a handsome residence in 


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this place, surrounded by a charming estate, in 


which he has developed a very complete garden 


in the cultivation of which he spends much of 


his time. 
Mr. Darling is associated with several important 
enterprises here, and is secretary of the Gardiner 


In addition to his personal business” 


Forestry Company, a concern organized-for ex- 


perimental education in forestry, and which has 


bought forty acres in which they have planted 


sixteen thousand pine trees. 

Mr. Darling has taken an active part in the 
life of this city ever since he came here, and was 
one of the most prominent figures of the group 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


of men who organized the commission form of 
city government for Gardiner and was secretary 
of the Good Government Organization, giving 
much time and effort to the work of this body. 
In politics he is an Independent and quite with- 
out personal ambition for office, but has 'never- 
theless been very influential in the affairs of his 
city. It was he who was the author of the 
bill for the preservation, perpetuation and in- 
crease of the forests of Maine, and he who prin- 
cipally conducted the campaign for this most 
important measure, which would have had a ma- 
terial effect upon the future development and 
prosperity of the entire State had the bill passed. 
He has written many articles for the periodicals 
of importance in the State on the subjects of 
forestry and taxation. He is also keenly inter- 
ested in antique furniture and is a collector there- 
of, this subject also having afforded him mate- 
rial for several interesting articles. He is a 
member of the A. X. E. Society of the Peekskill 
Military Academy, and the K. O. A. of Andover. 
‘In his religious belief he is an Episcopalian and 
attends Christ Church of that denomination at 
_ Gardiner. 

David H. Darling was united in marriage, Sep- 
tember 15, 1903, at Gardiner, Maine, with Laura 
“Dearborn Bradstreet, a daughter of F. T. Brad- 
street, who is the subject of extended mention 
elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Darling 
are the parents of four children, as follows: Anne 
_ Bradstreet, Rachel Dearborn, David Lane, and 
John Bradstreet. 


_ RODNEY ELSMORE ROSS, since 1915 the 
| treasurer and president of the Hyde Windlass 
_ Company, was born in Kennebunk, Maine, April 
9, 1884, son of Dr. Frank Marcellus and Louisa 
Dana (Morton) Ross, both of whom were natives 
of Kennebunk. Dr. Ross is a practising physi- 
Cian in Kennebunk, and is the president of the 
Ocean National Bank, of Kennebunk. He is a 
member of the Republican party, and of the Ma- 
sonic order. Dr. Ross has three living children. 

Rodney E. Ross was educated at the public 
schools of Kennebunk, and then went to Bow- 
doin College, from which he was graduated with 
the class of 1910. From Bowdoin he went to 
the Harvard Law School, graduating in 1913, and 
was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 
1914. In that year he came to Bath, Maine, and 
assumed the position of treasurer of the Hyde 
Windlass Company. To these duties were added 
those of president, in 1915, and he still holds the 
combined office. He is also a director of the 


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Bath Trust Company. Although Mr. Ross is a 
Republican in his political opinions he has never 
cared to hold political office. He is a member 
of the Masonic order, and holds membership in 
the Psi Upsilon and the Phi Beta Kappa frater- 
nities of Bowdoin College He is also a mem- 
ber of the Colonial Club, and of the Engineers’ 
Club, of New York. In his religious views he is 
a Liberal. 

Mr. Ross married, in Bath, Maine, June 8, 1914, 
Lina Carr Andrews, who was born in Bath, a 
daughter of Jacob R. and Annie (Mitts) An- 
drews, the former having been for many years 
president of the Hyde Windlass Company. Mr. 
Andrews was a Mason; and in his religious be- 
lief a Unitarian. In politics he was a Repub- 
lican. He was also president of the National 
Bank of Bath, and was a member of the Engi- 
neers’ Club, the Lotus and Yacht clubs, all of 
New York City, and of the Manufacturers’ Club 
of Philadelphia. He died in t915. Mr. and Mrs. 
Rodney E. Ross have two children: Barbara 
and Rodney E., Jr. 


JOHN WILLIAM HOULIHAN—It is a mis- 
taken corallary from the great and true proposi- 
tion that the world is growing more virtuous to 
suppose that therefore of any two epochs the 
latter must be the better. It is true that we are 
moving, however slowly, towards what we be- 
lieve shall prove to be the Millenium, but we 
move as do the waves of the sea and trough must 
follow crest as well as the contrary. It would 
probably be a difficult matter, however, to per- 
suade anyone that the present time occupies any 
such ignominious position as that of trough be- 
tween two crests of development, and doubtless 
most men would point indignantly to the mar- 
velous mechanical achievements of today and 
ask when the world has approached them in the 
past. But there are other and surer ways of 
judgment of the worth of a period than by its 
mechanical inventions, notably by the amount of 
religious enthusiasm existing, and it is a fact 
that to call a period in history at once the “Dark 
Ages” and the “Ages of Faith” is a contradiction 
in terms. That today there is less of religious 
belief than in the times that have preceded, it 
is hardly susceptable of denial and this, accord- 
ing to the above criterion, marks it as in some 
degree a retrogression. To carry us through such 
times of disbelief, however, there are several 
great factors to which men of more faithful in- 
stincts may turn for support and refuge. One 
of the greatest of these is undeniably the Roman 


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Catholic church, in the shelter of whose institu- 
tions so many find security. It is among the 
priests and more devoted members of the church 
that we shall still find something that approxi- 
mates the simple faith of those old times, a faith 
which approached the moving of mountains. Typical 
of those who thus seem to perpetuate in their own 
persons the splendid traditions past is Father Houli- 
han, rector of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, of Port- 
land, Maine, which he has done much to build up to 
its present size and importance, and make it the 
factor that it is in the religious life of the com- 
munity. Father Houlihan comes of a family 
such as he might have been expected to have 
been a scion of, his forebears having been mem- 
bers of the simple, yet capable Irish people. 
County Kerry was the home of the Houlihans 
in past ages, and it was there that Father Houli- 
han’s father was born and spent the first nine- 
teen years of his life. His parents had lived 
and died there, and it was only after their de- 
mise that he finally came to the United States, 
where he had heard great opportunities awaited 
those of enterprising natures. Accordingly, he 
sailed for this country and came directly to 
Bangor, Maine, where he resided during the re- 
mainder of his life, and had been a resident of 
that place for fully sixty-five years and was 
Prominent in the affairs of the community. The 
name of this worthy gentleman was Patrick 
Houlihan and he married Mary Moriarty, like 
himself a native of County Kerry, Ireland. He 
passed away in Bangor, having attained the age 
of eighty-four years. Ten children were born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Houlihan, as follows: Mary, 
who married V. B. Ross, of Portland; Helen M., 
who at present makes her home with Father 
Houlihan in Portland; Patrick H., who is en- 
gaged in business as a druggist at Orono, Maine; 
Agnes, who died at the age of twenty-one years; 
Joseph E., who is engaged in business as a drug- 
gist at Bangor, where he owns the handsome 
State street drug store; Rev. Timothy H., who 
is now rector of the Roman Catholic Cathedral 
in Portland; Anna, who resides with her mother 
at Bangor; John William, with whose career we 
are particularly concerned; and two other chil- 
dren who died in infancy. 

Born February 13, 1871, at his father’s home 
in Bangor, Maine, Father Houlihan spent his 
childhood in that place. It was there also that 
he began his education, attending for that pur- 
pose the local public school, and at the age of 
seventeen, having completed his education at 
these institutions, he went to Holy Cross Col- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


lege. Father Houlihan from the outset dis- 
played a remarkable talent as a student and 
scholar, and it was in 1891, when only twenty 
years of age, that he graduated from Holy Cross 
with the degree of Bachelor*of Arts. He has 
already felt strongly his call to the priesthood, 
and having developed a great fondness for learn- 
ing and scholarship in general, he decided to con- 
tinue his studies with this end in view. Accord-— 
ingly, he went to Monireal, Canada, where he 
entered Grand Seminary and studied for some 
time. Thereafter he went abroad and continued 
his studies at the famous seminary of St. Sul- 
pice, Paris, where he completed the ‘courses 
necessary before ordination. It was at St. Sul- 
pice that he was ordained May ig, 1894, after 
which he returned to America and was assigned 
as curate to the Catholic church at Old Town, 
Maine, in the month of August, 1894. He re- 
mained there for a little above a year and then, 
in October, 1895, was sent to Dexter, Maine, 
where he established the Catholic parish. He 
remained at this post for more than three years 
and during that time so managed affairs that he 
was able to build a Catholic church not only at 
Dexter but one at Dover, Maine. His organizing 
ability is of quite an unusual order, and in May, 
1909, he was placed in charge of St. Joseph’s” 
parish in Portland, where he at once became very 
active in the religious life of the place. Since 
that time he has remained continuously in charge | 
of St. Joseph’s and has done an enormous amount 
to increase its influence in the community. One 
of the most important works accomplished by 
him was that in connection with parochial edu- 
cation, his achievement in this direction having 
been most notable. Some years ago he was 
enabled to purchase two acres of valuable prop- 
erty situated on Stevens avenue, which he felt 
would be an excellent location for a school. A 
handsome old Colonial mansion already stood on 
this tract and this he remodeled and added to, and 
this is occupied by Father Houlihan, and he erected 
a new building, St. Joseph’s Parish School, a beauti- 
ful building, which cost $30,000. This was in the 
year 1915, but already Father Houlihan contemplates 
a still more ambitious and important project, 
namely, the building of a handsome new church 
edifice for the more adequate accommodation of 
a constantly growing congregation. Father 
Houlihan is a comparatively young man, and it 
requires no prophetic vision to predict a long 
period of invaluable service, both to his flock 
and to the church-at-large. 


town of Belfast, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


AMOS CLEMENT—On the coast of Maine, 
beaten by the waves of the Atlantic ocean, stands 
Mount Desert Island, and there, in the village 
of Mount Desert, Amos Clement was born July 
30, 1849. His father, James Clement, was a na- 
tive of Maine, as was his mother, Abigail (South- 
ard) Clement, born in Dresden. The child, who 
was one of a family of six brothers and sisters, 
three of whom are still living, grew up on his 
father’s farm, sometimes assisting in the farm 
work or in fishing, the latter being one of his 
father’s occupations. For some years he at- 
tended school in the village whenever possible. 
Later he became a clerk in one of the stores in 
Mount Desert, filling that position until the age 
of twenty-one when he decided to make a 
change for his betterment, and went to the coast 
Maine, the county seat of 


Waldo county. Here the young man found a 


clerkship in the book store oi J. S. Caldwell with 
_ whom he was associated for about twelve years, 
and when Mr. Caldwell died in March, 1883, Amos 


_ Clement succeeded him in the book 
This he carried on very successfully for fifteen 


business. 


_ ‘years. Some years before this Mr. Clement had 


Miccome greatly interested in timber, this being 
{ 


1808 Mr. 
_ Clement homestead at Seal Harbor, Maine, mak- 


one of the leading industries of Maine. About 
Clement decided to remodel the old 


ing a summer resort hotel of it. This was a 


“most successful venture, the hotel “Sea Side Inn” 
becoming known far and near as one of the best 


hotels in the State of Maine, and enjoying an 
unusually large patronage. Mr. Clement still 


‘continues in this capacity and is assisted by his 


brother. His grandfather was the first settler 


of Seal Harbor and the founder of the home- 
stead; 


a monument with a fountain has been 


_ erected as a memorial to him. 


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In Belfast, on September 22, 1880, Mr. Clement 


married Mary Rice Caldwell in the home where 


_she was born and where they still live. 


She is 


the daughter of John Stanwood Caldwell, who 


- March, 
of merchant; 
though never holding office; and was a member 


was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and died in 
1883. Mr. Caldwell’s business was that 
he was a Republican in politics, 


of the Congregational church. He married (first) 
Mary Elizabeth Simpson, who died in 1855. They 
had five children, though only one is now living, 
Mrs. I. B. Moore, of Waterville. Mr. Caldwell 
married for the second time, in 1858, Sophia Rice, 
born in Meridan, Connecticut, the daughter of 
Ezekiel Rice, a farmer of Meridan. The sec- 
ond Mrs. Caldwell died in 1896. Of this marriage 


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there were two children: John, who died at the 
age of two years, and Mrs. Amos Clement. Mr. 
Caldwell’s father was John Caldwell, also born 
in Ipswich. The Caldwell family came to Amer- 
ica from the north of England settling in New 
England, the first trace of them being John, 
who settled at Ipswich in 1754. 

Mr. and Mrs. Amos Clement have three sons 
and one daughter: The first son, John Clement, 
resides at Seal Harbor, and is manager of Sea 
Side Inn; the second is Dr. James Donald Clem- 
ent, a practicing physician, of Bangor; the third 
son is Stephen C. Clement, who is teaching 
school in Danbury, Connecticut, who was in the 
service, United States Naval Reserve, in London 
during the World War; and a daughter, Louise 
Rice. The ancestors of the Clements were Eng- 
lish and came to this country soon after the 
landing of the Mayflower. There were three 
brothers, one of whom settled at Haverhill, Mas- 
sachusetts. 

In politics Mr. Clement is a Republican, but 
like his father before him is not a politician. 
Neither of them ever held public office. The 
elder Clement was an old time Whig. All the 
members of the Clement family belong to the 
Congregational church. 


THOMAS T. MICHAUD—The plantation of 
Wallagrass, in Aroostook county, now a station 
on the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad, and a 
famous potato growing section of Maine, was 
virgin wildnerness when Romaine Michaud, a 
Canadian, settled there, taking up a pre-emption 
claim from the government. The claim was rich 
in pine forest, but a quantity had been cut prior 
to the Michaud settlement. The lot was orig- 
inally drawn by John Webber, town surveyor at 
that time, and on his pre-emption lot Romaine 
Michaud erected a house, farmed, kept a little 
store, and worked at lumbering. He was never 
reimbursed for the timber cut from his claim, 
as he was led to believe he would be, but his 
eight lots were valuable, and he prospered. 
Prior to coming to Maine, he had been impressed 
into the British service against the United States 
in the War of 1812-14, although he was but six- 
teen years of age. At the time of the birth of 
his son, Thomas Michaud, in 1839, he was living 
near Keegan, Maine. The Michauds being the 
only family living in that then wilderness, be- 
tween Keegan and Portage, Romaine Michaud, 
with his family, moved to Wallagrass in 1843. 

Now the visitor along the Bangor & Aroostook 
Railroad observes villages springing up, the lum- 


268 HISTORY 
ber industries expanding, and the farming area 
developing wonderfully. The chaim of lakes that 
penetrate this beautiful country and the valleys 
through which they run make the finest of farm 
land, and as the forests recede the fields advance. 
The farmer finds prosperous villages with well 
equipped stores at convenient points, and one of 
these found on the Ashland branch is at Soldier 
Pond, at the foot of one of Maine’s prettiest lakes. 
The store there is kept by a grandson of the old 
French settler and pioneer, Romaine Michaud, 
and there with him resides his father, Thomas Mi- 
chaud, Sr., a son of Romaine, who is passing with 
his son, Thomas T. Michaud, the evening of a 
busy life. This son of the third generation in 
Maine is a man of importance in his community, 
a heavy dealer in potatoes, with storage houses 
at Soldier Pond, Wallagrass, Eagle Lake (capac- 
ity 75,000 barrels), Winterville, Fort Kent Pit, 
Fort Kent, St. Francis, Albert and Frenchville. 
At his store at Soldier Pond he handles flour, 
feed, farm machinery, fertilizer and merchandise, 
in addition to seed potatoes and his large potato 
buying and shipping business. 

Thomas Michaud, of the second generation, was 
born at Keegan, Maine, May 3, 1839, and when 
four years of age was taken by his parents to 
Wallagrass, Maine. The country, then a wilder- 
ness, afforded absolutely no school advantages, but 
the lad grew up rich in the learning of the woods 
and stream, with a strong body and a brave heart. 
His father cleared a tract, worked at lumbering, 
and kept a public house in Wallagrass for several 
years, although travelers were. very few and far 
between. he lad, Thomas, grew up and became 


a farmer and lumberman, and was appointed the’ 


first game warden in Northeastern Maine. He 
held that office six years, was a member of the 
school committee for two years, and after the 
town of Wallagrass was organized he was elected 
town treasurer. He is a member of the Roman 
Catholic church. He is now living, retired, with 
his son, Thomas T. Michaud, at Soldier Pond. 
Thomas Michaud married, in Frenchville, Maine, 
in June, 1860, Clara Madore, daughter of Augus- 
tin and Bregite (Bevesque) Madore, they now 
having been married fifty-nine years. They are 
the parents of nineteen children, eight of whom 
died in infancy. The first two children, a son, 
three years of age, and a daughter, aged fifteen 
months, were in the Michaud home when it was 
totally destroyed by fire, it being impossible 
to rescue them when help arrived. The nine chil- 
dren who grew to mature years are: Joseph T., 
the eldest; John T., accidentally killed in 1902; 


OF MAINE 


Edith, married Joseph Gagnon, of Wallagrass, 
Maine; Sophie, married Theophile Soucy, of Win- 
terville, Maine; Peter, married Elizabeth Gag- 
non, of Wallagrass, now living in Wall, Maine; 
Elizabeth, died at Eagle Lake, Maine, unmarried; 
Modest, married Adolph Cyr, of Eagle Lake; 
Phill, married Carl Maxwell, and resides at Eagle 
Lake; Thomas T., of Soldier Pond, of further 
mention. 

Thomas T. Michaud, youngest son of Thomas — 
and Clara (Madore) Michaud, was born at Wal- 
lagrass, Aroostook county, Maine, June 14, 1885. 
He was educated in the public schools of Walla- 
grass and at Fort Kent Training School, and from 
his nineteenth year has been engaged in mercan- 
tile business. He is now located at Soldier Pond 
where, under the name T. T. Michaud, he con- 
ducts a large store, newly built, located opposite 
the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad station. His 
line embraces heavy and shelf hardware, paints 
varnishes, mechanics’ tools, lumbermens’ supplies 
guns, ammunition, fishing tackle and the usual 
farmers supplies. He is also a large land owner 
and farmer, and one of the heavy potato buyers 
of the county. He is a prosperous, progressive, 
keen, modern business man, upright and honor- 
able, highly regarded by all who know him. Dur- 
ing the recent European War Mr. Michaud served 
on the committee of public safety for his town; is 
a Republican in politics, and member of the Ro- 
man Catholic church. 

Mr. Michaud married, August 27, 1906, 
Frenchville, Maine, Nellie Martin, daughter 
Basil and Clara Martin. 


July 30, 1907; Mamie, born November 14, 1908; 
Chester, born May 17, 1910; Wilbert, born Decem- 
ber 6, 1912; Gordon, born Januees 29, 1915; A 


Outober 6, 1918. 


FRANK HARRISON DUDLEY —The fine 


State, and he is at present the State Horticultur- — 
ist, making his headquarters at the State House 
in Augusta. 


(Folsom) Dudley, and is a direct descendant from 
Governor Thomas Dudley of Maine Colony. His 
father was a railroad conductor and had worked 1 
for the Maine Central Railroad for thirty-five 
years. During the Civil War he had served in 
Company G of the Ninth Maine Infantry. Mr. 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


Dudley went to the local schools and to the nor- 
mal school at Farmington, Maine, where he made 
a specialty of the study of plant life. After leav- 
ing school he went into the nursery business and 
made a thorough and practical study of his work, 
both from the scientific and the business end. 
Here he was busily engaged for sixteen years 
when the post of State Horticulturist was ten- 
dered to him and he entered upon the duties of 
his office, February 1, 1917. In politics Mr. Dud- 
ley is a Republican. He is a Mason, and is also 
a member of the Society of the Sons of Veterans, 
of the Pomona and the State Grange. He is a 
member of the Auburn Board of Trade, and be- 
longs to the Lincoln Club of Portland. He and 
his family are members of the Congregational 
church. 

He married, May 27, 1896, at New Gloucester, 
Maine, Mabel Griffin, a daughter of John Rollins 
and Martha M. (Kelsey) Griffin, whose ances- 
tors came to this country in 1622. They have one 
son, Frank Harrison, Jr., who enlisted as a volun- 
teer in April, 1917, was made a musician and went 

-to France, where he was in one of the radio 
schools. 


WILLIAM McGILVERY — All. citizens of 
Pittsfield, Maine, and many far beyond the limits 
of that city know that this is the name of one of 
he leading mill owners of that region. Mr. Mc- 
ilvery is active in the political life of his com- 
munity and is well known in its fraternal and club 
circles. 

_ William McGilvery was born July 16, 1880, in 
Stockton, Maine, and is a son of William R. and 
Marietta (Lampher) McGilvery and a grandson of 
William McGilvery. William R. McGilvery was 
born at Searsport, Maine, and was a shipbuilder. 
Mrs. McGilvery was a native of Stockton, Maine, 
where she was married. Both she and her hus- 
band are now deceased. 

The primary education of William McGilvery 
was received in the public schools of Boston and 
he afterward attended the high school, gradu- 
ated in 1898. He then found employment in the 
woolen mills of “Robert Dobson & Company, 
Serving two years in the office. He then went to 
Boston, where for one year he was associated 
with the American Loom Company, at the end 
of that time migrating to New York. In that 
city he became assistant sales agent for the Am- 
erican Can Company, but shortly returned as 
superintendent of the Waverly Woolen Company. 
This position he retained until the concern sold 
out in 1914 to the American Woolen Company. 


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Mr. McGilvery then founded the firm of McGil- 
very-Cumming Co. The mill gives employment 
to over sixty men, its annual output exceeding 
one million dollars. Mr. McGilvery is a director 
of the Pittsfield National Bank. 

A faithful Republican, Mr. McGilvery has been 
honored by his fellow-citizens with the office 
of treasurer of the county committee. He affiliates 
with the Masonic fraternity and the Knights Tem- 
plar, and belongs to the Boston City Club. 

Mr. McGilvery married, April 27, 1904, Mary, 
born in Pittsfield, daughter of William and Le- 
citna (MacMaster) Dobson, the former a native 
of Galashiels, Scotland, and the latter of Pitts- 
field, where they were married. Both Mr. and 
Mrs. Dobson are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. 
McGilvery are the parents of one child, William 
D. McGilvery. 

William McGilvery is an able, honorable busi- 
ness man and an energetic, public spirited citi- 
zen. He is a type of man that every community 
needs. 


FRANK WILLIAM STOCKMAN, late owner 
of the W. L. Wilson Company, wholesale and re- 
tail grocers, passed to his reward after a long life 
of honor and usefulness, leaving an example of 
business integrity which it is the pride of his 
sons to emulate. He was the son of Samuel and 
Rachel (Haley) Stockman, and was born at Tops- 
ham, Maine, July 14, 1847. Samuel Stockman was 
a farmer and produce dealer of Topsham, Maine, 
and one of the substantial men of the commun- 
ity in which he spent his life. 

At the age of fourteen, Frank W. Stockman 
left his home town and came to Portland, where 
his after life was spent. He secured his first em- 
ployment with the wholesale and retail grocery 
firm, W. L. Wilson & Company, whose place of 
business was in West Market Row. He began as 
a junior clerk, but being ambitious to rise, he 
rightly saw the help a better education would be, 
and entered evening classes in a Portland busi- 
ness college. With increased mental equipment 
he rose to better clerical positions, and for five 
years he continued in that capacity, but continued 
his study for advanced positions. So well did he 
fill the positions in which he was placed, and such 
fine business qualifications did he display, that 
even before he attained his majority he was ad- 
mitted to a partnership in the firm he had entered 
as an untried country boy but a few years previ- 
ous. At about the time of his admission to the 
firm the place of business was removed from 
West Market Row to No. 112 Exchange street, 


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and there he continued in business until his death. 

In 1873, twelve years after his arrival in Port- 
land, he became the sole owner of the business, 
the senior partner, W. L. Wilson, dying in Cali- 
fornia in that year, having broken in health and 
gone to California for recuperation. Mr. Stock- 
man purchased the Wilson interest from the es- 
tate, and for thirty-nine years continued a pros- 
perous business under the old firm name, W. L. 
Wilson Company, he the proprietor and manager. 
His connection with the business as boy clerk, 
partner, and sole owner covered a period of half 
a century, and at his death he left a wholesale 
and retail grocery business well established and 
prosperous, second to no business house of its 
kind in the city. The business reflected his own 
character and the W. L. Wilson Company repre- 
sented the ambition, business quailty, and sterling 
character of Frank W. Stockman. The firm and 
its business was really his life work, and to it he 
gave every talent he possessed, and every high 
aspiration of his nature found in some way an ex- 
pression in the conduct of his mercantile busi- 
ness. Integrity and honor attended him, and 
when the years grew heavy his sons, whom he 
had trained to a similar high conception of busi- 
ness ethics, succeeded him and continue as suc- 
cessfully as did the father and mentor. In 1908 
he practically withdrew from the active manage- 
ment, sickness confining him to the house, but 
only when he passed away did he surrender con- 
trol of the business which he had developed and 
made great. He died April 12, 1912, and was bur- 
ied in the beautiful Evergreen Cemetery. 

While a man of strong business tempera- 
ment and wholly devoted to the interests of the 
W. L. Wilson Company, Mr. Stockham was not a 
slavish money getter, but considered the social 
side of life of importance, and failed in none of 
the demands which good citizenship imposes. He 
never desired, sought nor held political office, al- 
though he strongly supported the principles of 
the Republican party, and aided to bring its 
campaign to a successful issue. He was a thirty- 
second degree member of Portland Consistory, 
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and in York Rite 
Masonry held all degrees of Ancient Landmark 
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Mount Ver- 
non Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Portland Com- 
mandery, Knights Templar. He was also an Odd 
Fellow, and attended the Baptist church. Broad- 
minded, liberal in his views on all subjects, de- 
voted to his home and family, his home on Cum- 
berland avenue, Portland, where the family yet 
resides, was the dearest of all spots to him, and 
there his happiest hours were spent. 


HISTORY OF MAINE a 


Mr. Stockman married Nellie E. Barbour, who 
survives him, and they were the parents of two 
sons; Ralph Haley and Frank William, sketches 
of whom follow. ’ 


RALPH HALEY STOCKMAN, one oi the 
most capable and popular of the younger business 
men of Portland, Maine, where his death in the 
prime of life, January 17, 1916, was felt as a se- 
vere loss to the community, was a native of this 
city, his birth having occurred here February 20, 
1886. Mr. Stockman was a son of Frank Wil- 
liam, Sr., and Nellie E. (Barbour) Stockman, the 
former owner of the W. L. Wilson Company up 
to the time of his death, April 12, 1912. Mr. Stock 
man attended, as a lad, the local public schools of 
Portland, studying first at the Park Street Pri- 
mary School, later at the Butler Grammar School, 
and finally at the Portland High School, from 
which institution he was graduated with the class 
of 1905. In the summer of that year he secured a 
clerical position in the office of the W. L. Wilsor 
Company, but his unusual capability and business 
talent secured him rapid promotion, so that three 
years later, in 1908, he was appointed treasurer of 
the corporation, an office which he continued to 
hold up to the time of his death. Mr. Stockm 
was also prominent in the general life of this 
community, and was a well known Free Mason, 
being a member of the Ancient Landmark Lodge, 
No. 17, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Green- 
leaf Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch Masons; Port- 
land Council, No. 4, Royal and Select Masters; 
and Portland Commandery, Knights Templar. His 
clubs were the Portland and the Portland Yacht 
of this city, and he was also a member and the 
president of the Credit Men’s Association of Po 
land. He was a man of strong religious feeli 
and instincts, and attended the Williston Congre- 
gational Church of this city up to the time of his 
death. ; : 

Ralph Haley Stockman was united in mar 
riage, April 2, 1912, at Portland, with Reina B. 
Johnson, a daughter of Almon L. and Margaret 
(Masterdon) Johnson, who are well known resi- 
dents of this place. 4 

The life of Mr. Stockman, although a brief one, 
was well worthy to serve as a model of earnest — 
and disinterested service. Possessed of qualities 
above the ordinary, of an unusually capable and 
alert mind, a winning personality and strong | 
character, he was always willing to place his tal- — 
ents at the disposal of the community. The sterl- 
ing virtues of simplicity and charity, which were 
the essential factors of an unusual altruism, were 
not overlooked by his fellow-citizens, however, — 

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BIOGRAPHICAL 


who admired and appreciated them highly, so that 
there is little doubt that his career would have 
been a brilliant one, as it certainly deserved to 
be, had not his tragic and untimely death cut it 
short in the very prime of his achievement. His 
death was felt as a loss by all those who had as- 
sociated with him, even casually, and cast a gloom 
over a large portion of this community, where his 
virtues and attractions were so well known and 
appreciated. 


FRANK WILLIAM STOCKMAN, the effi- 
cient treasurer of the W. L. Wilscn Company, 
and a prominent business man of Portland, Maine, 
is a native of this city, his birth having occurred 
here, July 3, 1890. Mr. Stockman is the second 
son of Frank William, Sr., and Nellie E. (Bar- 
bour) Stockman.. Mr. Stockman passed his child- 
hood in his native city of Portland, and attended 
the Park Street Primary School as a small child. 
He afterwards studied at the Butler Grammar 
School and the Portland High School, and gradu- 

ed from the latter institution with the class of 
ro. In the autumn of that year he was given 
a position as clerk in the W. L. Wilson Company 
~ which his father was the owner, and continued 
that capacity until March, 1916, when he was 
‘appointed treasurer of the corporation, on ac- 
ount of the excellent work he had done in his 
lerical capacity. Since 1916 he has continued to 
charge the duties of treasurer here with the 
atest efficiency, and is recognized as one of the 
st capable of the younger business men of 
his city. 

In addition to his business activities, Mr. Stock- 
n is very active in the general life of the com- 
nunity, and is associated with a large number of 
aportant organizations in Portland. He is a 
Particularly conspicuous figure in the Masonic or- 
der, having taken his thirty-second degree in Free 
Mesonry, and is a member of Ancient Landmark 
Lodge, No. 17, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma- 
sons; Greenleaf Chapter, No. 13, Royal Arch Ma- 
sons; Portland Council, No. 4, Royal and Select 
Masters; Portland Commandery, Knights Temp- 
lar, of Portland; the Order of Constantine; and 
Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of 
the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the 
Portland Consistory, Sublime Princes of the 
Royal Secret. Mr. Stockman is a member of the 
Portland Club, the Portland Athletic Club, the 
Portland Yacht Club, the Portland Kiwanis Club, 
and the Men’s Club of the Williston Congrega- 
tional Church. In religious belief he is a Congre- 
gationalist, and attends the Williston church of 


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that denomination at Portland, and takes an ex- 
ceedingly active part in the work of the congre- 
gation. 

Frank William Stockman was united in mar- 
riage, April 16, 1917, at Portland, with Olive Mar- 
lor Goold, a daughter of Henry Paul and Jessie 
Ethel (Light) Goold, old and highly respected 
residents of this city. One child has been born 
to Mr. and Mrs. Stockman, Janet Goold Stock- 
man, born February 26, 1918. 


DANIEL JOSEPH CONLEY, the well known 
and successful business man of Lewiston, Maine, 
comes from a family which has for two genera- 
tions been native in the “Pine Tree State,” but 
which in the generation preceding that came from 
Ireland. He himself manifests in his own person 
and character the typical virtues and talents of 
his paternal race, having inherited these from 
many worthy ancestors. 

His grandfather, Daniel Conley, was a native 
of County Cork, Ireland, where he was born in 
the year 1815. He married Mary Lucy, also a 
native of Ireland, shortly after coming to Am- 
erica. Not long after their marriage they emi- 
grated from their native land to the United States, 
and settled in the city of Lewiston, Maine, where 
they were among the first Irish settlers. Here Mr. 
Conley secured work in the Continental Mill and 
continued to be so employed for fully fifty-five 
years. He was one of those who assisted in building 
the canal at Lewiston, and indeed was employed in 
the construction of all the important railroads in 
this region. He and his wife were the parents of 
sixteen children, nine of whom are now living, name- 
ly: Mary, who became the wife of Patrick Hopkins, 
of Lewiston; Etta, who became the wife of John 
Jepson; Cornelius, Timothy, Dennis, William, John, 
James, who now lives at Norfolk, Virginia; and 
Jeremiah, who makes his home at North Attleboro, 
Massachusetts. Mrs. Daniel Conley died in Lewis- 
ton, May 15, 1909, at the age of seventy-four years, 
but Mr. Conley survived until November 8, 1915, 
when his death occurred at the venerable age of 
one hundred years. 

One of their children, Daniel Conley, Jr., father of 
Daniel Joseph Conley, was born August 18, 1856, 
at Lewiston, Maine, and made h‘s home in this 
region during his entire life. He was occupied asa 
farmer on the Sabattus road during the latter part 
of his life, and died at his home there, July 20, 
1913. He married Delia A. Lyons, a native of 
Chatham,-New Brunswick, in the Dominion of 
Canada, who survives him and still makes her 
home at Lewiston. She has been engaged in busi- 


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ness in this city for the past thirty-five years 
and is known throughout the community as one 
of the leading fashionable dressmakers here. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Conley six children were born, all 
of whom are now living, as follows: Gertrude K., 
who is now the widow of J. Harry Lovell, and is 
employed in the responsible position of wardrobe 
mistress of the Hippodrome Theatre, New York 
City; Charles Edward, who is engaged in the 
manufacture of cigars at Lewiston; Emma F., now 
the wife of Samuel D. Hamilton, of Lewiston; 
Daniel Joseph, whose career forms the principal 
subject matter of this sketch; Mary H., who be- 
came the wife of Timothy Desjardines, of Lewis- 
ton; and Louise M., who makes her home with 
her mother in this city. 

Born October 5, 1891, Daniel Joseph Conley, 
fourth child of Daniel and Delia A. (Lyons) Con- 
ley, has passed his entire life in this neighborhood 
up to the present time. It was here also that 
he obtained his education, attending for this pur- 
pose the local public schools. He graduated 
from the Frye Grammar School in 1906, and then 
attended the Lewiston High School for a period. 
His father then sent him to a private school in 
Boston, where he studied art, he having developed 
a strong taste for this subject in early youth. 
Upon completing his course at this institution, 
Mr. Conley returned to Lewiston and here en- 
gaged in the undertaking business, buying out 
A. E. McDonough. His establishment has always 
stood at the corner of Park and Ash streets, and 
he is now the owner of a successful establish- 
ment. After placing his business upon a firm 
foundation, Mr. Conley, who is very much of a 
student at heart, entered the New England In- 
stitute of Anatomy, where he applied himself to 
the study of scientific sanitation and embalming. 
From this institution he graduated, February 16, 
1915, and received a state embalming license. His 
establishment is thoroughly fitted with all the 
most modern scientific equipments, and he is 
recognized as one of the leaders in his business 
in that region. 

A word concerning Mr. Conley’s art is here 
appropriate. Even from a very early age he 
showed a marked talent in this direction, and 
when but eleven years old executed a painting of 
the “Madonna and Child,’ which attracted con- 
siderable attention as a remarkable piece of work 
for a boy of that age. This taste and talent 
he developed during the first period in which he 
was studying, in Boston, and since that time 
has devoted practically all of his leisure mo- 
ments to the pursuance of this passion. He 


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has done considerable creditable work, and hi 
home is full of canvasses from his own hand. 
Mr. Conley is also very fond of animals and es- 
ecially of dogs, his friendship for them oa 
at once recognized instinctively by his four- 
footed friends. He is a prominent figure in fra- 
ternal circles in Lewiston, and is a member of 
the local lodges of the Knights of Columbus, of 
the New England Order of Protection and the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is 
also a member of the Calumet and Pest clubs. In 
his religious belief Mr. Conley is a Roman 
Catholic, and attends St. Patrick’s Church of 
this denomination in Lewiston. He is unmarried. 
The influence which the artist exerts upon the 
community in which he lives is not to be ex 
pressed in material terms, it is not commen- 
surate with that of the merchant, the business 
man or even the inventor, although a certain 
amount of art must enter into the work of the 
best of these. In the case of the inventor, or 
the craftsman and artisan, the art but enhances 
the value of the material object at which 
works and does not necessarily change the kind 
of value that it possesses. In the case of the 
pure arts, however, in the case of music or paint- 
ing, the change is not only in degree but in kind, 
so that a common standard cannot be found for 
the two types, which cannot be compared to- 
gether. But’though this is true, and it must re- 
main forever impossible to compare the work of 
the artist with that of almost every other kind 
of man who performs a service for the com 
munity, the men of aesthetic sensitiveness knows 
by a sure instinct that the work of the artist 


if a man shall benefit a community to the extent 
of one thousand dollars, nothing will avail either 
to increase or decrease that benefit, if another 
shall benefit it to the extent of a beautiful picture, 
the benefit depends solély upon how great “a 
who see are capable of being moved thereby anc 
with their increasing appreciation might arisé 
beyond any limit we may set for it. It is for 
this reason that in speaking of the work of Mr. 
Conley, it is beyond the powers of anyone to 
say how great since it is impossible for him to 
know the degree of receptivity with which his 
message is met, because of the position which he 
holds in the regard of the community and the 
popularity which his work achieves among those 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


who are familiar with art. This can especially be 
seen in his youthful painting of the “Madonna and 
Child,” which is most certainly famous in the 
eyes of those who were aware of the youthfulness 
of the artist. 


DAVID ROBINGSON HASTINGS, the suc- 
cessful and progressive business man of Auburn, 
Maine, who has been most intimately identified 

with all its public affairs for a number of years, 
comes of an old and aristocratic English family, 
which was founded in this country by one Robert 
Hastings, who came from England at an early 
period. He settled at Haverhill, Massachusetts, 
where the family resided for a number of gene- 
rations. The name was first brought to Maine by 
General Amos Hastings, who settled in the town 
of Bethel, where a number of his descendants 
continue to reside. 

David Robingson Hastings is a son of Gideon 
Alphonso Hastings, a native of Bethel, where he 
was born in the year 1827, and where he continued 
to reside during his entire life, his death occur- 
ting there in I910 at the age of eighty-three 
years. He was a prominent lumberman all his 
life. He enlisted in the Union Army as the cap- 
tain of Company A, Twelfth Regiment of Maine 
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861. He served through- 

out 'the Civil War and was honorably discharged 
‘k: t the close of hostilities with the rank of major. 
e€ saw much active service and was present at 
any important engagements, including the bat- 
tle at Cedar Creek and those connected with the 
campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, when he 
‘served under General Sheridan. He also took 
part in the campaign of General Butler, and was 
present at the battle of Winchester. Major Has- 
tings married Dolly Keyse Kimball, a native of 
Rumford, Maine, whose death occurred in 1907 
at the age of seventy-six years. They were the 
parents of eight children, one of whom died in 
infancy. Among those who survived are the fol- 
lowing: Moses A., who resides at Lancaster, 
Maine; William W., who has continued to make 
his home in his native town of Bethel, where he 
is engaged in the lumber business and also con- 
ducts a mercantile establishment; David Robing- 
son, with whose career we are especially con- 
cerned; Herbert B., who resides in Douglas 
county, Oregon, where he is engaged in business 
as a rancher; Tom, who for a number of years 
conducted a hardware store at Bethel, and is now 
living in that town, retired. 

Born January 24, 1858, at Bethel, Maine, David 

Robingson Hastings obtained his education at 


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the local public schools and at Gould’s Acad- 
emy in his native town. He completed his 
studies at the latter institution at the age of 
eighteen, after which he engaged for a time in 
the profession of teaching, having a position as 
instructor in Gould’s Academy, where he had 
previously been a student. He remained here as 
professor of mathematics and English for three 
years. Upon reaching his majority, however, he 
gave up this career and engaged in the lumber 
business at Riley Plantation, Oxford county, 
Maine, remaining there for three years. He then 
removed to Batchelors Grant, township of Has- 
tings, which place had been named after his 
father, who was a pioneer there. Here Mr. Has- 
tings has continued his business ever since, and 
has greatly increased his holdings. These were 


’ originally twelve thousand acres, but now amount 


to twenty-six thousand. In this immense tract 
he carries on his operations and takes a great 
pleasure in his business, as he is devotedly fond 
of the woods and life in the open. He also main- 
tains a home at No. 142 Hampshire street, Au- 
burn, and has become very prominent in this city’s 
affairs. 

Mr. Hastings is a staunch Democrat in his poli- 
tics, and for many years has been active in the 
political life of the various communities where 
he has resided. The first office which he held was 
that of superintendent of schools in the town 
of Gilead, Maine. He was afterwards elected a 
member of the Board of Selectmen of that town 
and served as its chairman for a number of years, 
and stili later was the postmaster there. In the 
year 1806 he came to Auburn and at once identi- 
fied himself with his party in this city. He 
quickly rose to a position of prominence in 
the local organization, and was twice elected a 
member of the Board of Aldermen from Ward 
Two. Later he was elected mayor of Auburn, and 
while serving his first term in this office was 
elected high sheriff of Androscoggin county. He 
resigned as mayor of Auburn to take this: latter 
post, and was re-elected to it after the expira- 
tion of his first term. He did not complete the 
second term, however, as he was elected to repre- 
sent Androscoggin county in the Maine Legis- 
lature. For the last six years he has continued 
a member of that body, and has made for himself 
a very enviable reputation as a capable and dis- 
interested legislator. Mr. Hastings is a promi- 
nent figure in the social and fraternal world of 
his community, and is affiliated at Auburn with 
the Universalist church. He is a member of Mt. 
Abraham Lodge, Ancient Free and Acceptéd Ma- 


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sons, of Bethel, having joined that organization 
as a young man while still living in his native 
town. 

David Robingson Hastings married (first) 
1880, Josephine Sanderson, who died two years 
later, leaving one child, a son, Marshall R., who 
now resides at Bethel, where he is engaged in the 
lumber business. He married Norma Linscott, of 
Auburn, and they are the parents of a daughter, 
Ruth Ella, now (1917) eleven years of age. David 
Robingson Hastings married (second) in 1885, 
Ella J. Coffin, a native of Gilead, and to them 
one daughter has been born, Florence O’Neal, 
who is at present engaged as a teacher in con- 
trol of the physical culture department of all the 
Auburn schools. 

No country can ever be too democratic to ob- 
ject to the aristocracy of merit. Indeed, it may 
well be held that one of the most important raison 
d’etre of democracy is that it causes this aristoc- 
racy to prevail and take the place of a more ar- 
tificial order. That such an aristocracy may have 
many of the appearances of the older and more 
formal types, that it may, for example, retain 
wealth, position, influence within the grasp of a 
family, that these things together with the pow- 
ers upon which they depend may descend gene- 
ration after generation from father to son is am- 
ply shown by such a family as that of Hastings, 
whose representatives throughout the history of 
Bethel, Maine, and before, have distinguished 
themselves in connection with the affairs of that 
State. Perhaps the most successful and capable 
scion of this important family at the present time 
is David Robingson Hastings, one of the promi- 
nent men of Auburn, and a model for the younger 
generation to follow. His public career is one 
which can be admired, as illustrative of the high- 
est kind of disinterestedness and public spirit. His 
career in the State Legislature has been one of 
which not only he himself, but the community 
at large, may well feel proud, and during which 
he has identified himself conspicuously with re- 
form legislation. 


ELFORD HOLLIS MORISON—In the sec- 
tion of country round about Wilton and Liver- 
more Falls, Maine, the Morison family is well and 
favorably known, one of them being an unusually 
bright, energetic young man. He is Elford Hol- 
lis Morison, born in Wilton, January 1, 1888. His 
career began when he graduated from the high 
school at Livermore Falls in 1904. 

His first position was in the bank at Liver- 
more as clerk. Making good there he returned to 


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Wilton in 1908 to take the post of manager 
the Livermore Falls Trust Company, a ver 
responsible position for a young man only twenty 
years old. He performed the duties of the of 
ice to the entire satisfaction of the directors, re- 
maining there until 1912, when the good will o 
the Livermore Falls Trust and Banking Compan 
was bought by the Wilton Trust and Bankin 
Company, and Mr. Morison was made treasurer 
of the consolidated concern; this position he holds 
at the present time. He is also on the executive 
board of the bank and one of the board of di- 
rectors. 

Mr. Morison’s political faith is Republican, but 
he has been too busy to enter politics, and has 
never sought any public office, contenting him- 
self with the work with which he has been en- 
trusted. 

Like Leigh Hunt’s hero, Abou a Ahdem, Mr, 
Morison also “loves his fellow men,” as is shown 
by his rapid progression through the various de- 
grees of the Free Masons, being a member of th 
local lodge. From the Blue Lodge through the 
Commandery he has gone, until now he is a 
thirty-second degree Mason and a member of th 
Shrine. ; 

Mr. Morison chose his wife from among the at- 
tractive young ladies of Wilton. She was Flor- 
ence A. Holmes, daughter of Milton and Car 
rie (Miller) Holmes, the family being residents o 
Wilton also. The marriage occurred August 20, 
1913. The young people have two children, 
boy and a girl: Keene, born May 18, 1914, an 
Marjorie, born August 20, 1916. 

The parents of Elford Hollis Morison are Hol- 
lis A. and Jennie F. (Walton) Morison. They for 
merly resided upon a farm at East Livermore, but 
of late years they have lived at Livermore Falls 
of which place Mr. Morison, Sr., is a merchant. 


LUCY C. FARNSWORTH—tThe Farnswort 
family has been one of prominence in the build- 
ing up of the city of Rockland, Maine, and th 
community owes much to these men who by thei 
sterling American virtues set a pace for later 
generations. Of such were the pioneers of the 
Republic and it is to such that we look for a re- 
newal of that type of Americanism of which the 
country is always in need. The sole surviving 
member of the family, now living in Rockland, 
is Miss Lucy C. Farnsworth. She is widely es- 
teemed for her virtues and worthily upholds the 
dignity of the old and respected name. 

William Farnsworth, her grandfather, was born 
in 1790, and was one of the early settlers of Rock- 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


‘Jand, and had the virile virtues of that old time, 
transmitting them to his posterity. Like many of 
the early New England dwellers on the coast 
he went to sea and was gradually promoted from 
grade to grade, becoming at last captain. He was 
lost at sea in 1826, at the age of thirty-six. He 
was married and had three children, the eldest 
of which was William A., who was born in 1815. 
He was educated in the public schools, and after- 
wards went into the lime business with the Cobb 
Lime Company. He became the largest stock- 
holder in this company and finally bought out the 
whole business, with the quarries, kilns, and real 
estate. Possessed of an untiring and indomitable 
energy he carried through every undertaking with 
a vigor and success almost inconceivable. He 
was the founder of the Chicawauka Water Com- 
pany which was afterwards merged in the Rock- 
land Water Company, becoming the president of 
the latter and holding that office until his death 
in Savannah, Georgia. He was a Mason of high 
standing. He married and had six children who 
were: Josephine; Lucy C.; James R., born 1841, 
died 1905; William A., born 1849. died 1856; 
Fannie, born 1852, died 1877; Joseph, born 1858, 
died 1863. 
James R. Farnworth, son of William A. Farns- 
worth, was born in 1841, and died in 1905. He 
was educated to succeed his father in the water 
business and in his time this was greatly enlarged 
and improved and large holdings of real estate 
acquired. He was a very progressive and public 
spirited man and lived up to his responsibilities 
as a man and as a citizen. He was married but 
left no family. Thus the family ends with his 
sister, Lucy C. Farnsworth, the last survivor of a 
line, the tradition of which will always command 
the esteem and respect of the city of Rockland, 
the interests of which community they did a 
large part in maintaining. 


JOHN LENZEY STANLEY—As a general 
tule sailors are not very good business men, but 
in the case of John Lenzey Stanley, it is quite the 
opposite. Though spending all his youth on the 
water, he afterward became a very successful 
business man, exemplifying the truth of the state- 
ment “Opportunity knocks but once at every 
man’s door.” Wise, indeed, is the man who heeds 
that knocking. 

John Lenzey Stanley was the son of Peter and 
Sarah (Newman) Stanley, and was born in Tre- 

- Maine, April 25, 1841. His father had al- 
Ways followed the sea as a means of earning a 
livelihood, and the boy, brought up on the rug- 


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ged coast of Maine, knew no other life than that 
of a sailor. He was sent to the public schools 
of Tremont with other children of the town, and 
received as good an education as the limited fa- 
cilities of that institution afforded; but by the 
time the lad had reached thirteen years of age he 
had finished the school course, and naturally 
adopted a sailor’s life, at first engaging in fishing, 
that being the customary beginning, unknowingly 
taking the first step in preparation for his future 
achievements. He followed fishing for seven years, 
but the call of the sea was loud and strong, so he 
went coasting in the topsail schooner J. F. Carver, 
continuing it for one year, when the youth ship- 
ped in a brig which carried coal from Cape Bre- 
ton. Landing, on his return to Boston, he ship- 
ped next in the schooner Rachel Varnum, re- 
maining aboard her for two years. This was fol- 
lowed by shipping on the Marietta Tilton, a 
schooner hailing from Philadelphia. The young 
sailor's experiences were many and varied dur- 
ing the several voyages he went upon, some of 
them being sufficiently thrilling to make very 
good story-telling in later life. It was four 
years before Mr. Stanley returned home, remain- 
ing there only one year; during this time he was 
married. But the man who has led a seafaring Iife 
can seldom content himself long on land, so he 
finally determined to go on a cruise in the Mary 
B. Dyer of Provincetown, bound on a seining 
trip to the Bay of St. Lawrence. The following 
spring he went to Boston and signed up for a 
year’s sailing in a porgy steamer. In his next 
venture we find him as Captain Stanley in charge 
of the schooner Yankee Lass, a berth he held for 
seven years, when he decided to give up a sailor’s 
life and become a landsman. 

It was at this time, 1874, that opportunity came 
knocking at Captain Stanley’s door. He, from his 
seven years as a fisherman, realized the fact that 
there was no fresh fish and ice market at Man- 
set, so determined to start one at once, thus 
becoming the pioneer in that line for his section 
of the State. It was most successful, growing 
steadily until, as his sons became of age, he made 
them one by one, his partners, under the firm 
name of John L. Stanley & Sons. Devoting him- 
self exclusively to the fish trade, Captain Stan- 
ley soon found other openings in connection with 
it; one being the great need of a fish freezing 
plant in that particular place, which, lying right 
on the coast, was the center of the fisher folk’s in- 
dustry. So he set about forming a company for 
that purpose, and in 1907 organized the South- 
west Harbor Cold Storage plant, he being made 


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director and treasurer, an office he has con- 
tinuously held since the formation of the com- 
pany. Finding this working very successfully, 
Mr. Stanley found there were further possibili- 
ties in the fish business, and with several other 
enterprising men started, in 1916, the Tinkers Is- 
land Fish Company, the object being to build and 
maintain weirs and traps for catching fish on 
a large scale. Mr. Stanley is one of the direc- 
tors of this company also, one of his sons being 
manager and another, treasurer and clerk. It 
has been a very prosperous concern, and Mr. Stan- 
ley is fully justified in the pride he feels at the 
results of his farsightedness, the small fish busi- 
ness, started by him forty-five years ago, having 
grown to be one of the largest and best known 
fresh and salt fish businesses in the State, with 
headquarters at Manset, and a branch retail house 
at Southwest Harbor, and a branch wholesale 
house at Cranberry Isles. 

In his youth Captain Stanley was absent from 
home most of the time, therefore he entered very 
little into politics, but has always been a Democrat 
in his convictions. He is a Free Mason, being 
a member of Tremont Lodge, No. 77. He and his 
family are all members of the Methodist church. 

John Lenzey Stanley married, January 5, 1870, 
Mary Elizabeth Whitmore, daughter of Isaac 
Stanley and Rachel (Robinson) Whitmore, the 
marriage taking place at Tremont (now South- 
west Harbor). Four children were born of this 
marriage: 1. Isaac Foster, born December 1, 1870. 
2. Everett George, born September 1, 1874. 3. 
Fred Lenzey, born September 27, 1876, died when 
he was four years old. 4. Nellie May, born 
September 28, 1878. The first two sons are those 
connected with Captain Stanley in business. 


PHINEAS RICHARDSON —In the ship which 
‘brought John Winthrop, the future governor of 
Massachusetts, to the young colonies in America 
about 1620, there came with him a strong, ven- 
turesome young man, and it was from him, 
Thomas Richardson, youngest brother of Eze- 
kiel Richardson, who bore the Winthrop company, 
who settled in Charlestown about 1635 that the 
line is traced to Phineas Richardson. His de- 
scendants can be traced in a straight line until 
we reach Phineas Richardson born in Turner, 
Maine, October 15, 1851. This boy grew up on 
his father’s farm, living much in the open and 
developing that love of the great out-of-doors 
which continued through his entire life, mani- 
festing itself in the nature of his occupation. 

Of course the boy was sent to school, for all 
good New Englanders believe in education, but 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


and the high school, he went to the woods at 
Rangeley, Maine, and engaged in the lumbering 
business. This he followed successfully for some 
years. The Maine woods are known far and nea: 
as the Mecca of all sportsmen, and as Kennebago 
Lake was a popular resort for hunters, it was 
necessary to have comfortable accommodations 
there, so the two brothers, Phineas and Cornelius 
T. Richardson, bought the sporting resort known 
as Kennebago Lake House, conducting it under 
the firm name of Richardson Brothers, and they 
remained there for thirty years. 

While devoting himself almost exclusively to 
this enterprise, Mr. Richardson found time to 
become interested in several other businesses in 
Rangeley; among them, the Rangeley Trust Com- 
pany of which he was vice-president and one of 
the board of directors, and Rangeley Water Com-— 
pany, of which he was president and director. 
He never aspired to any public office, but de- 
voted to the Republican party, served on the Re- 
publican town committee many years; also as dele- 
gate to State and district conventions. He was 
always deeply interested in the affairs of the 
town, and was active in all projects for its better- 
ment, always voting the Republican ticket on 
election day. The only fraternal order with 
which Mr. Richardson was affiliated was the 
Knights of Pythias, in the local lodge of which 
he has been more or less active. Mr. Richard- 
son died July 8, Igro. 

In Rangeley there lived a well-to-do farmer, by 
name, Charles H. Pillsbury and his wife, Mary T. 
(Quimby) Pillsbury. Their daughter, Miss Addie, 
became the wife of Phineas Richardson at Range- 
ley, December 6, 1880. They have only one child, 
Prudence Mary, who is unmarried. 

Mr. Richardson’s father, like himself, bore the 
name of Phineas, and he was born in Litchfield 
Maine; his grandfather was Cornelius T. Rich- 
ardson, and his great-grandfather was Abijah, 
these two being natives of Townsend, Massachu- 
setts. The elder Phineas in his youth was a steam-— 
boat engineer, but after following this for some — 
time decided to become a farmer and as such 
continued for many years. He has to his credit 
the fact of running as engineer a transport for 
the Government during the period of the Civil 
War. He retired from business some years be- 
fore his death, living with his daughter at Keens 
Mills. 


SETH AUGUSTINE MOULTON—Those of 
us who are familiar with our Scott recall well the 
attractive character of Thomas de Multon, Baron 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


DeVeaux, the faithful attendant and companion in 
arms of Richard the Lion-Hearted, as he appears 
in “The Talisman” and we have reason to believe 
on the authority of the author himself, that how- 
ever much he may introduce imaginary charac- 
ters and episodes in connection with the plot of 
the story, that in so far as de Multon is con- 
cerned, the events narrated are historic. Cer- 
tainly Thomas de Multon was a well known name 
in early English history from the time that the 
first Thomas De Multon came from Normandy 
with William the Conqueror and took part in the 
battle of Hastings. His services were evidently 
great as his royal master rewarded him for them 
with the grant of large estates in Lincolnshire 
and elsewhere. The de Multons made their home 
on these estates for many years, and atter the 
manner of the great feudal lords of the period, 
built castles and established monasteries and ab- 
beys and maintained an almost regal state. We 
find the name in various parts of the United King- 
dom and America, whither it was transplanted 
in the early Colonial days by the enterprising 
younger sons of the great family. In this coun- 
try the name is spelled Moulton, as indeed it is 
in many parts of England today, but the line of 
descent is unbroken from the earliest days to 
the present. The Moultons have always been lov- 
ers of Liberty from the time that one Sir Thomas 
Moulton was among the nobles who extracted 
from the unwilling hands of King John the Magna 
Charta, the original instrument of English liber- 
ties, to the time when representatives of the fam- 
ily sought for greater religious and civil liberty 
in the New World and later. In America the 


family was founded by three brothers, Thomas, 


John and William, who settled at Winnacunnett, 
now Hampton, New Hampshire, and it is from 
these that all or nearly all the Moultons of New 
England are descended. The ancient arms of the 
Moulton house were as follows: A plain field, ar- 
gent or azure, crossed by three horizontal bars, 
gules or sable. In 1571 the following arms 
were granted to them: Argent, three bars, gules, 
between eight escallop shells: sable three two, two 
and one: Crest, On a pellet a falcon rising ar- 
gent. 

Many of the Moultons remained in New 
Hampshire, where their earliest ancestors had 
settled, but several branches removed to other 
States, notably to Maine and Massachusetts. Al- 
though the present Mr. Moulton, with whose ca- 
teed this sketch is chiefly concerned, is identified 
with the life of Portland, Maine, it was from the 
Massachusetts branch that he is descended and 
he himself is a native of that State. 


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Seth Augustine Moulton is a son of Charles 
Edson Moulton, a native of Framingham, Mas- 
sachusetts, and of Clara Alice (Russ) Moulton, of 
Lowell, Massachusetts. Charles Edson Moulton 
was interested in mining, and eventually died in 
Mexico in the year 1905, whither he had gone as 
an expert on mining. Charles Edson Moulton and 
his wife were the parents of two children, a 
daughter, who died in infancy, and Seth Augus- 
tine Moulton, of whom further. Mrs. Moulton 
survives her husband. 

Seth Augustine Moulton was born October 13, 
1875, at Lowell, Massachusetts, but did not pass 
more than the first five years of his life in his 
native town, accompanying his parents in 1880 to 
Auburn, Massachusetts. He attended the Wor- 
cester public schools for a time and there pre- 
pared for college and eventually matriculated at 
Brown University, where he took a special course 
in engineering and the fine arts. For a time he 
lived in Milton, New Hampshire, where he held 
the position of chief engineer in the employ of 
I. W. Jones, of that place. In the year 1909 he 
came to Portland, Maine, and became the junior 
partner of the firm of Sawyer & Moulton, con- 
sulting engineers. This enterprise was success- 
ful, and on November 1, 1914, Mr. Moulton be- 
came the owner of the entire business which is 
now conducted entirely under his management. 
The success which he has met with is an elo- 
quent tribute to his business talents and to his 
skill as an engineer, which has brought him to 
a place where he is now recognized as among 
the leaders of his profession in electro-chemical 
and industrial engineering. Mr. Moulton is not 
the kind of man, however, to confine his atten- 
tion to his merely personal interests, but has 
always devoted considerable time and energy to 
public affairs and community life. He is at the 
present time (1917) president of the Moulton En- 
gineering Corporation of Maine, of the Moulton 
Engineering Company of New York, of the 
Tidewater Equipment Corporation of Portland; 
and a director in the Accessories Corporation and 
the Electron Chemical Company of Portland; he 
is also a director and vice-president of the Port- 
land Chamber of Commerce. He is a Republi- 
can in politics, but it not ambitious for political 
preferment, preferring rather to exert what in- 
fluence he can in his capacity of private citizen. 
He is a conspicuous figure in club and fraternal 
life in Portland, and has recently joined the Ma- 
sonic order, into which he was initiated Janu- 
ary 27, 1917. He is also affiliated with the Rotary, 
the Cumberland, the Portland Country, the Wood- 
fords and the Civic clubs, all of Portland. He is 


278 HISTORY 


a member oi the Engineers Club of Boston, also 
of the Chemists and Railroad Clubs of New York. 
Mr. Moulton finds his chief pleasure in. whole- 
some out-door sports and pastimes and is par- 
ticularly fond of fishing. He is a member of the 
American Society of Civil Engineers, the Ameri- 
can Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Ameri- 
can Institute of Electrical Engineers, the Ameri- 
can Chemical Society, the American Electro- 
chemical Society, the American Concrete Insti- 
tute and National Municipal League, and the 
American City Planning Conference. He is also 
affiliated with several international societies and 
is well known in engineering circles throughout 
the country. Mr. Moulton, in his religious belief, 
is an Episcopalian and he and his family are mem- 
bers of Trinity Episcopal church of Portland. 

On September 3, 1903, at Milton, New Hamp- 
shire, Seth Augustine Moulton was united in mar- 
riage with Elfrida Mabel Peacock, a native of 
Solon, Maine, and a daughter of the Rev. Robert 
M. and Ada M. (Lee) Peacock, now of Riverside, 
Maine. To Mr. and Mrs. Moulton two children 
have been born, both now living, as follows: 
Lorna Augustine, September 13, 1904; Olena Ria, 
April 8, 1906. 


WALTER FRANCIS OAKES—When Range- 
ley, Maine, was a much smaller place than it is 
today, there lived in the town a family named 
Oakes, in whose home was born October 1, 1865, 
a son, Walter Francis Oakes. The father, Jerry 
F. Oakes, was a merchant of Rangeley, and the 
mother was Emily C. Oakes. When old enough 
the boy was sent to the village school during the 
seasons of the year which made it possible, but 
in the late fall and nearly all winter it was hard 
work for a small boy to gain much in the way of 
an education, so after a time he entered the gro- 
cery store at Rangeley as a clerk. When the 
young man was about twenty-seven years old he 
and two other men formed a partnership under 
the firm name of Furbish, Butler & Oakes, to 
carry on the sale of groceries. The business has 
continued ever since, though in 1908 Mr. Butler 
and Mr. Furbish sold out their share to Mr. 
Oakes, and the firm name was changed to Oakes, 
Quimby & Herrick. Six years ago Mr. Oakes 
sold out his holdings in the enterprise and for a 
time he and his wife traveled quite extensively 
for recreation, all over the country, their wan- 
derings covering thirty-six States. During their 
tour they visited all the important points of in- 
terest, journeying over each State in quest of 


pleasure. . After their return Mr. Oakes renewed 


OF MAINE 


his interest in the firm of Oakes & Badger, and 
is still actively engaged therein. 

While Mr. Oakes has always been a Republi- 
can he has never become deeply interested in poli- 
tics, and he has never been a candidate for pub- 
lic office. Neither is he a club man, but he is a 
member of a fraternal order, the Knights of 
Pythias. 

Mr. Oakes married October 20, 1885, Cora E. 
Porter, daughter of Rufus B. and Milly (Calden) 
Porter, of Salem, Maine. They have seven chil- 
dren, in the order of their birth, as follows: 1. 
Bessie B., who married H. C. Riddle and lives in 
Rangeley. 2. Ila E., married to H. W. Badger, — 
who is in partnership with her father. 3. Marian, 
the wife of Linwood Ellis, of Rangeley. 4. Mar- 
jorie G., living at home. 5. Vance E., married 
Susie Stewart; they also are residents of Range- 
ley. 6. Karl R., who resides at the family home. 
7. Elizabeth P., also lives at home with her par- 
ents. 


COLUMBUS HAYFORD—At Salem, Franklin 
county, Maine, in Salem township, Columbus 
Hayford was born, and upon coming of suitable 
age went to Aroostook county, and there began 
his life connection with the agricultural interests 
of that section. He cleared a small tract, built 
a log cabin from the logs cut on his own land, 
and there remained. He was living in Aroos- 
took when “war alarms” sounded through the 
forest primeval, and quickly Columbus Hayford 
answered the call for men. He served his term 
of enlistment, was honorably discharged and re- 
turned to Aroostook county, becoming one of 
Maine’s most prosperous farmers, owning five 
hundred acres of highly fertile and well-improved 
land. He identified himself with every interest 
of his section, and is widely known as a pro- 
gressive farmer, prominent in the Patrons o 
Husbandry, and in public life. Now entered in 
the circles reserved for octogenarians, he has 
surrendered the burden of management to his 
son, and is enjoying to the full the fruits of 
his long life of activity. i 

(1) John Hayford, the ancestor of this family 
in New England, married Abigail Albins, of 
Braintree, Massachusetts, and lived in Braintree. 
They were the parents of seven children: Abigail, 
married Captain Thomas Washburn; John, mar- 
ried Lydia Pierce; Samuel, no record; Edward, 
twice married; Benjamin, married Mary ; 
Daniel, of further mention; Thomas, twice mar- 
ried. 

(II) Daniel Hayford, son of John Hayford, 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


was born at Duxbury, Massachusetts, about 1690. 
He was admitted to the First Congregational 
Church in Duxbury, July 6, 1729; was deacon 
1746, and died December 11, 1764. He married 
(first) in 1723, Anne Webster, (second) Deliver- 
ance Boles. Children: Daniel, married Pris- 
cilla Faxon; Samuel, married Rebecca Freeman 
Waterman; Walter, married Mary Bonney; Wil- 
liam, of further mention. 

(III) William Hayford, son of Daniel Hay- 
ford, was born in Pembroke, Massachusetts, May 
16, 1740, died at Hartford, Maine, October 12, 
w8or1. He took part in the French and Indian 
War of 1756, was under Wolfe, at Quebec, in 
1759, and served in the Revolution, 1775-76. 
After returning from the war he moved with his 
wife and eight children from Pembroke to Syl- 
yester, Canada, now Turner, Maine, in the spring 
of 1777. Of the six sons of William Hayford, 
it is said that not one measured less than six 
feet in height, and all were noted for their great 
strength and endurance. About 1796 the fam- 
ily moved to Hartford, Maine, and settled near 
the old “Center.” William Hayford married, 
March 11, 1762, at Pembroke, Massachusetts, 
Betty Bonney, born there, February 15, 1743. 
Children: William, married Philena French; 
Betty, married Benjamin Alden; Artemissa, mar- 
ried (first) Joel Simmons, (second) Nehemiah 
Packard; Matilda, married Abiathar Briggs; 
Arvida, married Mercy Ellis; Gustavus, married 
(first) Abigail Fuller, (second) Judith Leach; 
Christina, died aged fourteen years; Zeri, mar- 
ried Sally Chickering; Gad, married Sally Bris- 
Dane; Albert, of further mention. 

(1V) Albert Hayford, son of William Hay- 
ford, was born in Hartford, Maine, in 1785, died 
January 5, 1874. He married and lived in Sum- 
ner, Maine, until 1813, then moved to Salem, 
Maine, where he cleared a farm, being one of 
the first settlers of that town. He was a suc- 
cessful farmer, a man of great strength and fine 
military bearing. He lived in Salem from 1813 
until his death in 1874, and there reared a fam- 
ily of fourteen children, his fifteenth dying in in- 
fancy. He served in the War of 1812. He mar- 
ried, in 1803, Deborah Bonney, born 1786, died 
February 21, 1853. Children: Washington, 
married Jane Barker; Albert, married Parmelia 
Heath; Florinda, married Abram Heath; Zebedee, 
of further mention; Isaac, married Charlotte 
Sensor Columbus, married Levenia Martin; 


Artemissa, married William Carl; America Bon- 


ney, married Eliza Whitney; Cordelia, married 


Benjamin Kenneas; Alden, married Julia Austin; 


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Deborah, married (first) Jacob Howard, (sec- 
ond) Sumner Whitney; Nancy, married Rufus 
Beals; Aurelius, married Margaret ; and 
Julia, married Isaac Whittier. 

(V) Zebedee Hayford, son of Albert Hayford, 
was born in Hartford, Maine, April 22, 1809, died 
in Salem, Maine, August 18, 1887. He was a 
farmer of Salem, his farm adjoining that of his 
parents. He was a man of industrious, upright 
life, and highly esteemed. He married, July 25, 
1834, Nancy P. Stinchfield, born January 9, 1812. 
Children: Amanda M., married Belcher Stewart; 
Columbus, of further mention; Celina W., mar- 
ried Daniel P. True; Artemissa, died unmarried; 
Rufus, died unmarried; Cleora M., married As- 
bury Dodge; Celestia, married Almor Carville; 
Nathan S., died in boyhood; Clarion O., married 
Georgia Ellis. 

(VI) Columbus Hayford, eldest son of Zebedee 
and Nancy P. (Stinchfield) Hayford, was born 
in Salem, Maine, July 31, 1836, and now resides 
upon his farm at Presque Isle, Aroostook county, 
Maine, long since retired from active farm man- 
agement, his years now numbering eighty-three. 
He settled near Caribou, Aroostook county, in 
1857, and there worked, built a cabin, and cleared 
the land until 1866, with the exception of the 
time he served in the Union Army. In 1866 he 
moved to the fine farm of five hundred acres, 
which he owns and has long cultivated, one of 
the best in the county, well improved, well 
stocked, and equipped with modern aids to farm- 
ing. About 1893 Mr. Hayford retired and placed 
the management of the farm in the hands of his 
capable son, Melville, father and son both oc- 
cupying the homestead. 

A Republican in politics, Mr. Hayford was se- 
lectman of his town for ten years; member of 
the State Legislature in 1875; member of the 
State Board of Agriculture, 1877-78-79; member 
of the executive committee of the State Grange, 
Patrons of Husbandry. His military career be- 
gan with his enlistment August 12, 1861, and con- 
tinued until August 12, 1862, when he was dis- 
charged for disability, his service having been 
with Company I, Seventh Regiment, Maine Vol- 
unteer Infantry. He is a member of Wade 
Post, No. 123, Presque Isle, and for the past 
seven years has been commander of that post. 
He is an attendant of the Congregational church. 

Columbus Hayford married, at Presque Isle, 
Maine, April 22, 1866, Lavina P. (Pratt) Allen, 
widow of Augustus Allen. Mrs. Hayford died 
September 2, 1915, after a married life of al- 
They were the parents of a 


most fifty years. 


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son, Melville B. Hayford, born June 26, 1870; 
at the farm he now manages and -resides upon. 
He married, December 6, 1893, Grace Greenlaw, 
and they are the parents of a daughter, Alicia, 
born March 1, 1895, married June 6, 1916, Dr. 
F. S. Walker, of Presque Isle, Maine. 


HERBERT WEBSTER RICH—In the year 
1838 Samuel Snow Rich established an under- 
taking business in Portland, Maine. In course 
of time he admitted his son, Andrew Jackson 
Rich, to a partnership and the sign S. S. Rich & 
Son went up over the door that has never been 
changed. Samuel Snow Rich was gathered to 
his fathers, and Andrew J. Rich, the son, be- 
came head of the house, his son, Herbert Web- 
ster Rich, succeeding to a junior partnership, and 
later a representative of the fourth generation, 
Irving Lockhart Rich, was admitted, he a son of 
Herbert W. Rich. These three, Andrew J., 
Herbert W. and Irving L. Rich, grandfather, 
father and son, were contemporaries and part- 
ners in the business founded in 1838 by Samuel 
Snow Rich until September, 1912, when the part- 
nership was dissolved by the death of Andrew 
J. Rich, son of the founder. Four score years 
have passed since the business was founded in 
Portland and the name of the firm through all 
these changes remains S. S. Rich & Son, the 
present firm now being Herbert W. and Irving 
L. Rich, father and son, grandson and great- 
grandson of the founder, Samuel Snow Rich. 
The business is conducted in the Rich Build- 
ing, a four-story brick structure at No. 106 Ex- 
change street. The firm fully live up to their 
long established high reputation as practical em- 
balmers, furnishing undertakers and funeral di- 
rectors, and no men in the city enjoy a wider 
circle of friendships than the proprietors, both 
of whom are highly regarded native sons of Port- 
land. 

Herbert Webster Rich, the present head of 
the firm, was born in Portland, August I9, 1861, 
and has all his life resided in the city of his 
birth. He was educated in the public schools, 
and became associated with his father in the un- 
dertaking business of S. S. Rich & Son at an 
early age. In 1912 he succeeded his father as 
head of the firm, and since the latter’s death in 
that year, Herbert W. and his son Irving L. have 
conducted the business. Mr. Rich is very fond 
of sport with rod and reel, and is a man of genial, 
generous nature, making friends wherever known. 
His position as head of the leading undertaking 
business in the State of Maine necessarily im- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


plies a very wide acquaintance, but wider than 
his business is his personal acquaintance. He 
is a member of the Congregational church, the 
Masonic Order, the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias. He mar- 
ried Elva L. Sterling, of Portland. 

Irving Lockhart Rich, only child of Herbert 
Webster and Elva L. (Sterling) Rich, was born in 
Portland, Maine, September 15, 1886, and in 1905 
completed his public school courses with gradua- 
tion from high school. He then entered Bow 
doin College, whence he was graduated, class of 
1909. He then entered the firm of S. S. Rich & 
Son, with his father and grandfather, and since 
1912 has been his father’s sole associate in the 
firm. He is a member of Portland Consistory, 
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, holding the thir- 
ty-second degree, belongs to the Congregational 
church, his fraternity, Alpha Delta Phi, Bowdoin 
Chapter. He is a lover of sports of the out-of- 
doors, and like his father, is an enthusiastic fish- 
erman. 

Mr. Rich married, in Portland, June 9, 1914, 
Mildred Lang, daughter of J. Frank and Flor- 
ence (Drew) Lang. One child was born of this 
marriage, Elizabeth Prescott Rich. 


JOHN JAMES CUNNINGHAM—tThis coun- 
try has the greatest possible reason for feeling 
proud of the great element in its citizenship 
drawn originally from Irish ancestry and which 
has contributed and still contributes to the ac- 
tivities of the country some of the most emi- 
nent men in all the callings. There are few 
families, however, of this great element that pos- 
sess a greater claim to distinction, in so far as 
the establishing of monuments to themselves in 
the order of noble building work, than that 
which bears the name of Cunningham, as rep- 
resented here by John James Cunningham, t 
successful general contractor of Portland, Maing 
The Cunninghams came originally from County 
Leitram, Ireland, where during the early part of 
the nineteenth century Mr. Cunningham’s grand- 
father, Francis Cunningham, was living. He was 
born and died in his native land, was a mason 
by trade, and was a man of considerable promi- 
nence in his community. He married a Miss 
McGinness, and they were the parents of five 
children: John, James, Francis W., Christopher 
and Ellen. Each of the sons learned all the 
branches of the trade of mason in the old coun- 
try, including stone cutting, and it may be said 
that each of their sons in turn learned the trade 
except John J. Cunningham, who went into the 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


other branch of building and studied architec- 
ture. 

One of their sons, Francis William Cunning- 
ham, father of John J. Cunningham, was born 
September 29, 1846, at Manor Hamilton, County 
Leitram, Ireland, and there spent his childhood 
and early youth. At the age of nineteen years 
he, with his brothers and sisters, came to the 
United States and settled at Portland, Maine. A 
short time after he went to California, where 
he was married to Bridget McGuire, who also 
was born a short distance from his old home in 
Ireland. For three years they remained in this 
far-western region, and then returned to Port- 
land, to engage with his brother James in the 
contracting business. He was a most exceptional 
mechanic and expert in building construction, his 
advice being sought by architects and others. In 
1901, with his son, Francis L., he started in busi- 


ness under the firm name of F. W. Cunningham ~ 


& Son, which later developed what is now the 
largest contracting business in the State of 
Maine. His death occurred July 5, 1913, in his 
adopted city, six months after the death of Mrs. 
Cunningham. 

Their son, John James Cunningham, was born 
April 2, 1875, at Portland, Maine. He was educated 
in the public schools of his native city, and after 
completing his studies there he turned his atten- 
tion to the profession of architecture. In 1892 
he entered the employ of Francis H. Fassett, 
architect, remaining four years. After this he 
traveled in Europe for six months, returning to 
Boston, where he studied in the offices of sev- 
eral leading architects. Then coming back to 
Portland, he engaged in business for himself as 
an architect. Although meeting with a high de- 
gree of success, he felt that combining with his 
father and brother, who shortly after started in 
the contracting business, all branches of building 
being represented, with hard work a large or- 
ganization could be built up, and the corpora- 
tion of F. W. Cunningham & Sons was organ- 
ized in 1905. After the death of his brother in 
1908, he was elected president, which executive 
office he continues to hold at present. Having 
given up architecture, his energies were devoted 
entirely to development of the contracting busi- 
ness, which development in recent years has been 
due in no small degree to the business foresight 
of Mr. Cunningham, an ability which he inherited 
from his father and which is a very marked ele- 
ment in his character. Among the largest build- 
ings constructed by this firm may be mentioned 
the Cumberland County Court House, United 


281 


States Court House, Fidelity Building, New Port- 
land High School, Union Station, Nathan Clif- 
ford School, City Home, St. Joseph’s Convent, 
all in Portland. There are hundreds of other 
buildings to his credit not only in Portland, but 
in all corners of Maine and neighboring States, 
comprising churches, schools, dormitories, office 
buildings, banks, railroad stations, mills, garages, 
theatres, industrial buildings of all kinds, hotels 
and residences by the score. 

Mr. Cunningham has taken and still takes a 
very active interest in the general affairs of Port- 
land and is affiliated there with many prominent 
associations. He is a member of the board of 
managers of the Chamber of Commerce, a di- 
rector of the Exposition Building Association, 
director of the Portland Development Associa- 
tion, a director of the United States Trust Com- 
pany, treasurer of the Falmouth Loan and Build- 
ing Association, treasurer of the Mahoney Foun- 
tain Company, director of the Homestead Build- 
ing and Loan Association, director of the Peo- 
ples’ Loan Company and the largest single stock- 
holder at the present time in that concern, a di- 
rector of St. Elizabeth’s Orphan Asylum and 
also of the Holy Innocents Home for Infants. 
He is affiliated with a number of important so- 
cieties, among which should be numbered the 
local council of the Knights of Columbus, of 
which he is of the Fourth Degree, the Benev- 
olent and Protective Order of Elks, the Port- 
land Club and the Munjoy Club. Mr. Cun- 
ningham is a devout Catholic and attends mass 
consistently at the Cathedral of the Immaculate 
Conception or at St. Dominic’s Church, in Port- 
land. 

On July 12, 1903, Mr. Cunningham was united 
in marriage at Portland with Kathryne F. Ma- 
loney, who was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 
and they are the parents of the following chil- 
dren: Anna Maria, born April 14, 1905; Fran- 
cis William, born July 13, I91I; and John James, 
Jr., born September 28, 1916. 

Mr, Cunningham is keenly interested in. out- 
door sports and pastimes of every kind and takes 
particular pleasure in automobiling or traveling, 
taking in this manner the major part of his rec- 
reation. There are some men who possess the 
power of crowding into one life duties and ac- 
tivities seemingly sufficient to occupy a dozen 
ordinary men, and who accomplish them all with 
success, nay distinction, and yet seem rather the 
better for it than otherwise. Now and then 
we are surprised to read of some one who has 
not merely been connected with, but has actually 


282 


taken a leading part in the management of 
numerous business interests and with so much 
skili and ability that it seems but to need the 
touch of his hand for them to tread the path of 
prosperity and success. Such is the case in a 
marked degree with John James Cunningham. 


THOMAS WHITTIER PITCHER—In the 
days when there were no electric cars and no 
automobiles, a family by the name of Pitcher 
lived upon.a lonely farm three miles from the 
small town of Belfast, Maine. Here, on No- 
vember 15, 1830, their son was born, Thomas 
Whittier Pitcher being the name given to the 
small boy. His father, whose occupation was 
farming, was Fisher A. Pitcher, born in Stod- 
dard, New Hampshire, and his mother was Eliza 
(Whittier) Pitcher, born in Belfast. The for- 
mer claimed to be a relative of a heroine of the 
Revolutionary War, the famous Molly Pitcher; 
Mrs. Eliza W. Pitcher was related to the great 
New England poet, John Greenleaf Whittier. 

The farm was the lad’s whole world for four- 
teen years; he worked upon it during the spring 
and summer months, going to the village school 
in the fall and winter, a long, cold walk in those 
bleak Maine winters. At last a day came when 
he determined to go forth and seek, and going 
to Belfast, the lad obtained employment in the 
drygoods store of Sherburn & Sleeper. That 
he gave entire satisfaction is evidenced by the 
fact that he remained with them for ten years, 
when, again feeling a desire to broaden his hori- 
zon, somewhat, the young man journeyed to 
Boston, in those days regarded as a very long 
trip from Belfast, Maine, to Boston, Massachu- 
setts, but having made up his mind to make the 
change the young man decided to go to a large 
city at once. Having learned the drygoods busi- 
ness thoroughly, Mr. Pitcher continued along that 
line, this time in a wholesale firm, staying there 
five years. That he did not indulge in riotous 
living is obvious, for, saving his money and wish- 
ing to return to Belfast, he bought a partner- 
ship in the business of his first employers, Sher- 
burn & Sleeper, which lasted for ten years; then 
the senior members of the firm solid out to the 
younger member, who carried it on until a few 
years ago, when he retired from the active pur- 
suit of business. After Mr. Pitcher returned to 
Belfast, he became identified with many of the 
interests of the town, among them being several 
local offices on the Republican side, but he never 
desired to hold any political office beyond his 
own town. He has been a director of the City 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


National Bank for some years, also a member of 
the Blue Lodge of Free Masons; in addition to 
these, he is a regular attendant of the Unitarian 
church. 

Thomas Whittier Pitcher married, in Belfast, 
Mrs. Maria (Lewis) Miller, also a native of 
Maine. She had one daughter, Mrs. Carrie 
Twombly, living in Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Pitcher 
have never had any children. 


ROBERT EARL RANDALL, for a number of 


years, has been one of the most active of the 


younger men of Freeport, Maine, and has taken 
a prominent part in a number of departments of 
this communty’s affairs. An attorney of ability, 
he has, in addition to his practice, associated 
himself with the financial and business interests 
of the town and is also connected with its pub- 
lic affairs. Mr. Randall is a son of Rufus S. 
and Annie S. (Townsend) Randall, old and high- 


ly respected residents of this place, where the 


former lived for many years and was a well 
known sea captain. 


Mr. Robert E. Randall was born at Freeport, — 
April 4, 1877, and from that time to this has made © 
As a lad he attended the local 


his home here. 
public schools, passing through both the gram- 
mar grades and the high school, and in the lat- 
ter was prepared for college. 


where previously he, himself, had been a stu- 
dent. At Bowdoin he took the usual classical 


course and graduated from that institution with 


the class of 1899. He had in the meantime deter- 
mined upon law as a profession and pursued the 
study of his subject. 
the bar and since that time has been in active 
practice in Freeport. He has now reached a po- 


sition where he is looked upon justly as one of — 


the leaders of the bar in this region and much 
important litigation is entrusted to him. Some 


years ago Mr. Randall was appointed by the — 


Lewiston Trust Company the manager of its 
Freeport Branch, and in this capacity he has had 
an important influence upon the development of 
finances and business here. Mr. Randall’s in- 
terest in the welfare of the community is not 
by any means a selfish one, and he has given 
much of his time and energies to the conduct of 
public affairs here. He is a Republican in poli- 
tics and has served the city in a number of ca- 
pacities and is at present the town clerk of 
Freeport. He is also treasurer of the B. H. 


He then matricu- — 
lated at Bowdoin College and at the same time — 
took up the profession of teaching, being em- — 
ployed in that capacity in the Freeport schools, — 


He was later admitted to © 


Bartol Library and has done excellent work in 
increasing the efficiency of that most valuable 
educational institution. In the fraternal and so- 
cial world, Mr. Randall is also conspicuous and 
is a member of the Masonic order, the Knights 
of Pythias, and the Order of Red Men. 

4 Robert Earl Randall was united in marriage on 
_ June 6, 1906, at Freeport, with Della J. Soule, a 
native of this place and a daughter of Fred S. 
Soule, an old and highly respected resident here. 


DANIEL BURLEIGH SMITH—From the 
age of eighteen years Mr. Smith has been a pur- 
veyor to the public of some kind of needed sery- 
ice. He began this service as an express mes- 
senger, continued as an employee of the Eastern 
Steamship Corporation, then in 1888 began serv- 
ing the Portland public as proprietor of Cape 
Cottage Hotel, and since 1896 as manager of 
Riverton Park, an amusement center, six miles 
from Portland. This park, operated by the Cum- 
_berland County Light and Power Company, has 
such a wealth of natural beauty, stream, forest, 
rock and dell, that there remained but little for 
the landscape gardener to do, but that little has 
been well done, and the plants, shrubs, flowers and 
‘lawns form an additional charm to the eye. 
Casino, Rustic Theatre, canoe course, fishing pond 
and dancing floors furnish amusement for those 
whom the rural beauty of the park does not satisfy. 
In the perfection of the detail which goes to create 
and maintain a successful summer resort, River- 
ton Park is phenomenal, and its popularity is a 
distinct tribute to Mr. Smith as a caterer to the 
public taste in wholesome amusement. During 
the summer months Riverton Park is thronged 
with visitors from an early hour until the close 
of the open air theatre. In the fall the autumn 
foliage of the fascinating trees that border the 
river is an additional attraction, and so popular 
is the resort that all through the winter the Ca- 
‘sino is kept open. Nothing less than perfec- 
tion of management can explain the continued 
‘popularity of Riverton and to its manager all 
‘praise is due. 

Daniel Burleigh Smith was born December 3, 
1849, in Exeter, New Hampshire, son of Dan- 
iel Smith, born in Exeter, July, 1815, died there in 
1905, a nonogenarian. Daniel B. Smith attended 
_ public schools until eighteen years of age, then 
entered the express business, running between 
Exeter and Boston, continuing as express mes- 
-senger for twelve years. The next nine years 

were spent in Bangor, Maine, in the service of 

the Eastern Steamship Corporation, operating a 


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line of steamers between Bangor and Boston. 
The close of his service there in 1888 saw him a 
man approaching forty and as yet he had ac- 
cumulated little more than a vast fund of ex- 
perience. In 1888 he first located in Portland, 
a city which has since been his home. For eight 
years he was manager and proprietor of the Cape 
Cottage Hotel, but in 1896 he became resident 
manager of Riverton Park and to that enterprise 
he has since given himself exclusively. He is 
a member of the Masonic Order, the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, 
the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Be- 
nevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In poli- 
tics he is a Republican. 

Mr. Smith married, at Standish, Maine, No- 
vember 7, 1877, Elizabeth S. Norton. Mr. and 
Mrs. Smith are the parents of a daughter and a 
son: 1. Amy S., born December 19, 1878, mar- 
ried Earl S. Edgerton, of Ansonia, Connecticut, 
formerly a judge of the Probate Court. 2. Paul 
Huss, born in Bangor, October 23, 1887, in the 
freight office employ of the Grand Trunk Rail- 
toad Company, married Caroline Jordan, of 
Westbrook; Maine, daughter of Mayor Rufus K. 
Jordan, and has a son, Paul Jordan, born Octo- 
ber 23, 1916. 


WARREN WILSON COLE—There is doubt- 
less much to be said in favor of Carlyle’s belief 
that the man of true talent and ability can find 
expression for himself in almost any direction, 
and that the fact of his doing so in one or an- 
other, of his performing his achievements in this 
or that medium is largely a question of circum- 
stances, such, for instance, as what may have at 
first claimed his attention and interest in the 
impressionable period of youth, so that whether 
he be a poet or politician, a scientist or soldier, 
is of comparatively little significance so that the 
genius lies behind. This is undoubtedly the case 
with Warren Wilson Cole, treasurer of the E. 
T. Burrows Company, prominent manufacturers 
of window and door screens, billiard and pool 
tables, etc., of Portland, Maine, and also treas- 
urer of the Portland Billiard Ball Company. 

His father, Richard Cole, was born in Cornish, 
Maine, and when but a young man engaged in 
the shoe business in Portland and continued in 
this line for the remainder of his career. He 
was at one time the president of the Maine Chari- 
table Mechanics’ Association. Richard Cole was 
united in marriage with Susan Carr, who was a 
native of Portland, where her family had lived 
for a long period, and she was directly descended 


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from the famous Preble family of which Briga- 
dier-General Preble was a member. 

Warren Wilson Cole was born in Portland, 
September 22, 1852, a son of Richard and Susan 
(Carr) Cole. He attended the local schools of 
the region for his preliminary education, and 
was graduated from the Portland High School in 
1870. He soon connected himself with the above 
named corporation, of which he is the treas- 
urer and director. He has been connected with 
this establishment for thirty-five years, during 
which time he has faithfully served his con- 
stituents and is held in high admiration by them, 
and in fact all the members of the establishment. 
Since the incorporation of the Portland Billiard 
Ball Company, Mr. Cole was chosen the treas- 
urer, which position he holds to the present day 
(1917). This concern is actively engaged in the 
manufacture of billiard balls, etc. Mr. Cole 
does not confine his activities to his business in- 
terests only, but whatever time he can spare he 
devotes to the interest of his fellow-men. He 
is a member of the Old Portland Cadets, and 
through his mother is a descendant of Briga- 
dier-General Jedediah Preble, a prominent Revo- 
lutionary general. Mr. Cole is a member of the 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
and a very prominent man in the Masonic Or- 
der, having held the rank of past master and 
taken his thirty-second degree in Free Masonry. 
He is also a past master of the Independent Or- 
der of Odd Fellows, a member of the Portland 
Club of Automobiling. In his religious belief 
Mr. Cole is a Methodist and attends the Chestnut 
Street Church in Portland. He is the past su- 
perintendent of the Sunday school, in which he 
is very much interested to the present day. 

On September 22, 1875, in Portland, Maine, 
Warren Wilson Cole was united in marriage with 
Mary E. Josselyn, like himself a native of Maine, 
born at Phillips. She is a daughter of William 
Harrison and Mary (Marston) Josselyn, old and 
highly respected residents of Maine, and both 
now deceased. Mr. Josselyn had been at one 
time State Senator for Maine. 

Mr. Cole is a conspicuous figure in the life of 
Portland, taking part in almost every important 
movement therein, especially those connected 
with the welfare of the people. He is in every 
respect an ideal citizen, a member of the old 
school of culture and refinement and a domestic 
man in general. 


WILLIAM STEWART DAVIDSON, one of 
the leading spirits in every good work and im- 
provement in the vicinity of Fort Fairfield, Maine, 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


comes of the virile Scotch stock which, accord-— 
ing to statistics, has furnished so large a pro- 
portion of the men of ability in the country. He 
was born in New Brunswick, Canada, August 22,8 
1870, the son of Isaac and Sarah (Jewett) David- — 
son, his father having been a carpenter and 
builder. He was educated in the public schools — 
of New Brunswick, and as a youth came to 
Maine, and at first secured employment in the © 
New Brunswick Railroad service, and was for 
four years a telegrapher and station agent at — 
Fort Fairfield. He was still but a youth when 
he went to work for Mr. Cary in his hardware 
store, doing the work of a junior clerk for about 
four years, and then securing the better position 
of traveling salesman for the Emery-Waterhouse — 
Company, of Portland, Maine, working in this © 
capacity for about four years. He then returned ~ 
to Fort Fairfield to associate himself with the — 
L. K. Cary Company, hardware, plumbing and — 
heating. After a time he sold his interest in — 
this concern and accepted a position as traveling — 
salesman for N. H. Bragg & Sons, a hardware 
firm of Bangor, and remained with them for four- — 
teen years. Upon the death of Mr. Luther K. 
Cary, and the consequent reorganization of the 
business. Mr. Davidson returned to Fort Fair- 
field and renewed his association with the busi- 
ness, becoming after its incorporation treasurer 
and manager, which offices he holds up to the 
present time. ; 

Mr. Davidson has shown his energy and public 
spirt in more than one way, and the community 
is greatly indebted to him for generous help and 
service in behalf of every movement for civic 
betterment. Among these was the Fort Fair- 
field Hotel Association, organized in 1917, of 
which Mr. Davidson is the president, the associa- 
tion having provided the town with one of the 
finest hotels in all that section of the State. He 
has been a very active member of the Masonic 
order, having been a leader among other things 
in the organizing of the Masonic Club of Fort — 
Fairfield. In Masonry he has been a member — 
of Eastern Frontier Lodge since 1893, and was — 
worshipful master for three years; is a member 
of Garfield Royal Arch Chapter, Aroostook Coun- 
cil, Royal and Select Masters, being thrice illus- 
trious master for two years; also a member of 
St. Aldemar Commandery, Knights Templar, and 
of Kora Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 
He has been president of the Fort Fairfield 
Board of Trade. He holds membership also in 
the Tarratine Club, of Bangor, Maine, and attends 
the Congregational church. 

Mr. Davidson married (first) at Fort Fairfield, 


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Jessie B. Cary, daughter of Luther K. Cary; and 
(second) Anna I. Gilliss. Mr. Davidson has one 
daughter, Doris C. Davidson. 


CHARLES DANA BARROWS—tThe Barrows 
family, which has made Maine its home for many 
years, is descended in the paternal line from an 
old Italian family, the name having been spelled 
Barros originally and become Anglocized during 
the long period of residence in this country. 


Charles Dana Barrows, who has been for many 


years identified with the railroad interests of 
Maine, is not himself a native of that State. His 
father, Charles Dana Barrows, was, however, 
born there in the town of Fryeburg, as was also 
his mother, in the city of Portland. Charles 
Dana Barrows, Sr., married Marion Merrill, and 
they were the parents of four children, all of 
whom are living, as follows: Malcolm D., of 
Boston, who is there engaged as a school teacher; 
Charles Dana, Jr., of whom further; Alice Pren- 
tiss, who became the wife of Tinckom Fernandez, 
of New York City; and Samuel K., who now re- 
sides at Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania, where he is 
engaged in the paper business. 

Born November 12, 1871, at Lowell, Massachu- 
setts, Charles Dana Barrows, second child of 
Charles Dana, Sr., and Marion (Merrill) Bar- 
rows, passed only the first six years of his life 
in his native place. He was six years old when 
his parents removed to San Francisco, California, 
and it was in that western State that he received 
his education, or the elementary portion thereof. 


He attended the Belmont Academy at Palo Alto, 


from which he graduated in 1889. Mr. Barrows 
then returned and entered Dartmouth College, 
from which he was graduated with the class of 
1894. Upon completing his studies at the last 
named institution, Mr. Barrows secured a posi- 
tion with the Maine Central Railroad in the of- 
fices of that company at Portland, and thus began 
the long association with that company, which is 
still unterminated today. For a time he worked 
in the accounting department in a clerical ca- 
Pacity, and was then transferred to the office 
of the general manager and given the position 
of purchasing agent in 1902. This highly re- 
sponsible position he continues to fill at the pres- 
ent time (1917), discharging its duties with the 
utmost efficiency and to the great satisfaction 
and benefit of the company which employs him. 
But Mr. Barrows does not confine his activities 
to the business world, but is on the contrary 
exceedingly active in well nigh every aspect of 
the community’s life. He is especially conspicu- 


285 


ous in the social and club circles of the city, and 
is a member of the Cumberland and Country 
clubs. Mr. Barrows is devotedly fond of out- 
door life of every kind and especially of such 
sport as golf, tennis and hunting. In these he 
finds his recreation and indulges in them to as 
great an extent as his period of leisure will 
permit. 

Charles Dana Barrows was united in marriage, 
April 2, 1910, with Mrs. Henry St. John Smith. 

It is a pleasure to investigate the career of 
a successful self-made man. Peculiar honor at- 
taches to that individual who, beginning the great 
struggle of life alone and unaided, gradually over- 
comes environment, removes one by one the ob- 
stacles in the pathway to success and by the 
master strokes of his own force and vitality suc- 
ceeds in forging his way to the front and win- 
ning for himself a position of esteem and influ- 
ence among his fellow-men. Such is the record 
of Charles Dana Barrows, one of the most sub- 
stantial and representative citizens of Portland, 
Maine. He takes a prominent part in the later 
day growth of the community, and is one of its 
wisest counsellors and hardest workers. He is 
a progressive man in the broadest sense of the 
word, and gives his earnest support to any 
movement that promises to benefit his community 
in any manner. His is a life of honor and trust, 
and no higher eulogy can be passed upon him 
than to state the simple truth—that his name is 
never coupled with anything disreputable, and 
that there never is a shadow of a stain upon his 
reputation for integrity and unswerving honesty. 
He is a consistent man in all that he ever under- 
takes, and his career in all the relations of life 
is utterly without pretense. He is held in the 
highest esteem by all who know him, and Port- 
land can boast of no better man or more enter- 
prising citizen. 


DANIEL WENTWORTH—tThis is an old 
New England name dating back to early days, 
and very prominent in Maine and New Hamp- 
shire history. Arnold Wentworth, a farmer, was 
a native of Lisbon, Maine, born July 6, 1801, 
died in’ Portland, Maine, November to, 1853. He 
married, May 5, 1833, Hannah Larrabee, born in 
Danville, April 22, 1799, died December 8, 1893. 
They were the parents of five children, includ- 
ing a son, Daniel, now, too, deecased, but a man 
of high intelligence and able business quality, 
who, as mill man and merchant, won success and 
high reputation. 

Daniel Wentworth was born in Greene, Maine, 


266 
June 8, 1842, died in Lewiston, Maine, Septem- 
ber 13, 1908. He was educated in the public 


schools of Greene, and spent his years of minor- 
ity at the home farm, his father’s assistant. 
Later he located in Lewiston, Maine, where for 
six years he was an employee of the Bates Mill. 
He went to the Cowan Woolen Mill as overseer, 
remaining there for five years. This brought 
him to a point where he decided in favor of a 
mercantile life, and he established in business for 
himself as a tobacconist and dealer in period- 
icals. He continued that business in a store on 
Chestnut street, Lewiston, for three years, then 
sold out to good advantage, reopening on Lis- 
bon street, remaining there one year, then in 
1891 built a new store on Main street, which 
later he sold, finally establishing on Ash street, 
opposite the post-office. He there continued in 
business until ill health caused his retirement. 
He was an excellent business man, widely trav- 
eled, a Republican in politics, but without the 
least desire for public office. He was a mem- 
ber of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and an 
attendant of the Universalist church. 

Mr. Wentworth married, March 26, 1878, Lil- 
lian Johnson, who survives him, residing at No. 
1o Arch avenue, Lewiston. Mrs. Wentworth is 
a daughter of Nathan S. Johnson, born in Indus- 
try, Maine, April 14, 1825, died June 30, 1874. 
He married, in Industry, July 26, 1846, Mary 
Catherine Butler, born September 23, 1828, in 
New Vineyard, now residing with her daughter, 
Mrs. Wentworth, in Lewiston, a nonagenarian, 
blessed with a wonderful memory and quite good 
health, considering her years. Nathan S. John- 
son was a farmer of Industry, a Democrat in poli- 
tics, holding several local offices, and an ardent 
advocate of temperance, belonging to that one 
time very strong order, Sons of Temperance. In 
religious faith he was a Congregationalist. Mr. 
and Mrs. Johnson were the parents of six chil- 
dren, three of whom are now living. Mr. and 
Mrs. Wentworth had no children. 


ELMER ELLSWORTH WENTWORTH-—In 
1889 Mr. Wentworth located in Springvale, a 
town of York county, Maine, thirty-six miles 
from Portland, and there and in Portland is well 
established in business, conducting both garage 
and livery. He is a son of Simon and Frances 
J. (Cook) Wentworth, his mother a widow, now 
residing upon the homestead farm at North 
Rochester, New Hampshire, aged eighty-two 
years. Simon Wentworth died aged eighty-four, 
his father, Beard Wentworth, living to the great 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


age of ninety-six. Simon and Frances 
worth were the parents of three soi 
Ellsworth, of whom further; Walter, 
Frederick, of Arlington, Massachusetts. 

Elmer Ellsworth Wentworth was born 


of age. He then became clerk in a re 
store in the town, continuing in that position u 
1889. He then located’ in Springvale, 1 


wood and coal yard and an aint anionile pee 
He also owns an automobile business” lo 
at No. 651 Congress street, Portland, and has the 
Overland agency for cars and the Garford. : 
for heavy trucks. In Springvale he handl 
addition to the Overland and Garford a li 
Ford cars. Mr. Wentworth makes Spring) 
his home, and has for many years been active 
the public and business life of the town. He 
served as selectman, was for ten years a 1 
ber of the town committee, has served on 
highway committee, is an ex-president of 
Board of Trade, ex-president of the Fish 
Game Club, and is a member of the Independ 
Order of Odd Fellows. He is an enthusia 
sportsman, particularly fond of hunting 
gare. 

Mr. Wentworth married in Sprinwemel i 
15, 1900, Harriet Belle Lord, born there, d 
ter of Alva and Harriet Belle Lord, both de 
ceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth are the 
ents of a daughter, Marion Frances, born 
24, 1905, in Springvale. 


citizen of Auburn and many far beyond i 
are fully aware, is the name of the presi 
the Oscar Holway Company, one of the 
receivers and shippers of flour, feed and 
grain, etc., in New England, and an o 
tion which requires no one to speak in 
half. Mr. Martin is also prominent in f 
cial world as the president of the Nati 
and Leather Bank of Auburn. 

(1) Robert Martin, grandfather of Ge 
Martin, was a farmer, preacher and lav 
and his wife were the parents of four c 
all of whom are now deceased: Catotiaes 
nah, Henry H., and Ezekiel, mentioned be 
The family hohe appears to have been in 
Pine Tree State. ; 

(II) Ezekiel Martin, son of Robert Martin, 
was born in 1820, in Turner, Maine, and was a 


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ister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He 
ied Cordelia Delano, born in 1818, a de- 
idant in the seventh generation of John Alden 
d Priscilla Mullins, of Mayflower celebrity. Mr. 
Mrs. Martin were the parents of two chil- 
Frank Wilson, and George Pearl, men- 
Mr. Martin died February 3, 1889, 
Lewiston, and his widow survived him many 
years, passing away in 1906, in Portland. 

GIT) George Pearl Martin, son of Ezekiel and 
Sordelia (Delano) Martin, was born March 15, 
at Stoughton, Massachusetts, and soon after 
birth his parents returned to Maine, living 
# at Winthrop, and later at various cities in 
ne, including Augusta and Portland. George 
arl Martin began his business career at the age 
seventeen as a bookkeeper in Augusta, Maine. 
In 1877, Mr. Martin came to Auburn, which has 
ever since been his home and the center of all 
interests. For many years he has been 
mnected with one business house, for a long 
od holding the position of manager, and in 
being admitted to the firm of Oscar Holway 
& Company—indisputable evidence of his talent 
and fidelity. In 1900, when the Oscar Holway 
Company was incorporated, Mr. Martin was made 
urer, and in t9i0 he succeeded to the of- 
fee Of president. As a financier, Mr. Martin 

early showed undoubied ability. For twenty- 
sight years he occupied a séat on the board of 
lirectors of the National Shoe & Leather Bank 
Auburn, and in 1903 he received the tribute 
election to the presidency of the institution. 
ce the age of nineteen he has been an ac- 
fve member of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
levoting a large share of his time and means to 
interests of local and State work, and reeciv- 
as a reward for his fidelity and zealousness 
7 honors from the church of his choice. 
Mr. Martin married, October 7, 1875, in Au- 
guste Maine, Mary Augusta Gould, born at Hal- 

well, Maine, daughter of Albert Percival and 
cca (Lombard) Gould, the former a hard- 
merchant of Augusta, where he died. His 
also is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were 
Parents of one child, George Scott Martin, 
was born in 1877, and died in infancy. Mrs. 
Hin is a true home-maker and her husband is 

Bly domestic in taste and feeling. 

Ly he career of George Pearl Martin furnishes an 
ration of the results to be obtained from 
persistent effort in business, and zealous, 
trusive devotion to the advancement of the 
DeSt interests of the community. Young men 
farting in life may draw many useful lessons 


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287 


from the perusal of such a record and the con- 
templation of such an example. 


ARCHIE DUMONT MOWER, one of the 
successful and energetic real estate men of Au- 
burn, Maine, and a man who has made his per- 
sonality felt in his chosen field, is a member 
of an old Maine family, which has made iis resi- 
dence in the “Pine Tree State” for a number of 
generations and the members of which have be- 
come closely identified with the life of the vari- 
ous communities in which they have dwelt. His 
grandfather on the paternal side of the house 
was Albion P. Mower, who resided at Greene, 
Maine, and was a soldier in the Civil War. He 
Was a merchant at Greene, Maine, and was very 
prominent in the affairs of that community. He 
married a Miss Larrabee, by whom he had three 
children, all of whom are now living, namely, 
Augustus Albion, who is mentioned below; 
Erlon J., who resides at Auburn, Maine, where he 
is engaged as a shoemaker; and Eva, who be- 
came the wife of Alberto E. Jordan, of Bruns- 
wick, Maine. Augustus Albion Mower, father 
of Archie Dumont Mower, was bora at Greene, 
Maine, but later removed to Auburn, Maine, 
where he at present resides. He married Jennie 
Glidden, a native of Newry, Maine. Mr. and 
Mrs. Mower were the parents of one child, Archie 
Dumont Mower. 

Bom July 9. i869, at Auburn, Maine, Archie 
Dumont Mower has made this city his home. As 
a boy he attended the grammar schools from 
which he was graduated when fourteen years of 
age, and immediately entered the employ of the 
Franklin Company, one of the largest real estate 
companies of the city, and thus began an asso- 
ciation which has continued ever since. The 
Franklin Company is situated at No. 112 Park 
street, Auburn, and conducts a successful busi- 
ness. Mr. Mower devotes his entire time to this 
business and is now exceedingly well known in 
real estate circles. Mr. Mower is a member of 
the Order of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. 
In his religious belief he is a Baptist. He is an 
enthusiast of out-door sports in general, fishing, 
hunting, etc., in which pastimes he always spends 
such vacations as he permits himseli from his 
business. These holidays he takes in the autumn 
and at once goes to some place in the wilder- 
ness where he may gratify his taste in this di- 
rection to the full. 

Archie Dumont Mower wes united in marriage, 
June 22, 1898, at Auburn, Maine, with Estella 
Maria Packard, of Auburn, where she was born 


288 


June 21, 1871, a daughter of John M. and Maria 
(Swan) Packard. Mr. Packard before his death, 
which occurred May 19, I915, at the age of sixty- 
nine years, was associated with the T. A. Hus- 
ton Cracker & Confectionery Company of Au- 
burn, being a partner of Mr. Huston. 


CLARENCE AUGUSTINE POWERS—A na- 
tive of Fort Fairfield, Maine, all of Mr. Powers’ 
life has been spent in that place, where he has 
taken a leading interest in all public matters and 
is known as a representative business man and 
citizen. He has been chosen by his fellows to 
represent them in the State Legislature, and is 
now (1919) serving a two-year term as a member 
of the Governor’s Council. 

Clarence Augustine Powers is a son of 
Roderick and Elizabeth (Hodgson) Powers, and 
was born at Fort Fairfield, Maine, February 209, 
1868. Roderick Powers had made his home in 
Aroostook county when a boy. Mr. Powers at- 
tended the public schools of Fort Fairfield and 
Easton, and was graduated from the Fort Fair- 
field High School. His active life has been 
passed in agricultural operations, and in addi- 
tion to the cultivation of his own property, he 
has conducted an extensive business in the mar- 
keting of farm products from the surrounding 
region. Mr. Powers is a director of the Fort 
Fairfield National Bank, and is a member of the 
Board of Selectman of his town. He is a sup- 
porter of Republican principles and as the can- 
didate of that party has represented his district 
in the Maine House of Representatives. His 
services and abilities were later recognized by 
appointment to the Governor’s Council for a 
two-year term. 

He is a member of the Masonic Order, belong- 
ing also to the Mystic Shrine, and he is identi- 
fied with the United Commercial Travelers’ As- 
sociation and the Patrons of Husbandry. His 
club is the Masonic, of Fort Fairfield. 

Clarence Augustine Powers married, at Fort 
Fairfield, Maine, April 29, 1893, Ida Frances, 
daughter of Franklin and Harriet (Batten) Grant. 
Her father was a farmer and blacksmith of Ac- 
ton, York county, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Powers 
are the parents of a daughter, Helen Grant, born 
April 18, 1894, married Edmund Edwards, Jr. 


MORTIMER LIVINGSTON HARRIS, the 
capable and enterprising railroad man of Port- 
land, Maine, who now (1917) holds the respon- 
sible position of general passenger agent of the 
Maine Central Railroad Company, is a native of 
Massachusetts, and a member of a family resident 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


in that State for many years. Mortimer L. Har- 
ris was born January 5, 1873, at Wakefield, Massa- ‘ . 
chusetts, son of Stephen Francis and Georgiana — 
(Adams) Harris, old and highly respected resi- 
dents of that town, Mr. Harris, Sr., having served 
in the capacity of salesman for a large retail hat 
concern. The childhood and early youth of Mor- — 
timer L. Harris were spent at Wakefield, and he © 
acquired a fundamental education by attendance — 
at the public schools. On May 1, 1880, when six- — 
teen years old, he secured a position in the pas- — 
senger department of the Boston & Maine Rail- — 
road Company, at Boston, Massachusetts, and re- 
mained there for about eighteen years, becoming 
in the meantime thoroughly familiar with the de- 
tails of that branch of the railroad business. On 
February 4, 1907, he came to New York City, and 
there entered the passenger department of the 
Consolidated Steamship Lines, in whose emplo: 
he remained until November 5, 1907, and on the 
following day he became identified with the New | 
York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company 
serving in the same department as formerly, and 


the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- 
road Company, at New Haven, Connecticut. I 
January, I911, he was elected to the position of 
secretary and treasurer of the New England P: 
senger Association of Boston, and on Februz 
I, I911, assumed the duties of his new office. 
association with the various transportation co 
panies made him familiar with the very last 
tail of the business, and thoroughly qualified h 
to take charge of practically any departme 
On May 31, 1913, he dissolved his relations 
the New England Passenger Association, and on 
June 2, 1913, became associated with the Maine 
Central Railroad Company, which connection con 
tinues at the present time. Upon entering the 
traffic department of this company, Mr. Harri 
title was that of assistant to the general passen- 
ger agent, a title that was changed on September 
23, 1915, to that of assistant general passeng 
agent, changed again on April 16, 1917, to ge 
eral passenger agent, having charge of the entire 
passenger traffic of that system. Mr. Harris is 
undoubtedly a young man to hold so responsible 
a position, but he has been well trained, and his” 
native abilities are such that he can apply his 
theoretical knowledge to each practical problem 
of the situation as it arises, with a degree of orig- 
inality and an accuracy that makes him one of 
the most valued officers on the staff of the great 
railroad. 

Mr. Harris is pre-eminently a railroad man, his 


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time being entirely occupied with the problems 
which confront him in the exercise of his duties, 
therefore he: cannot pay attention to other mat- 
ters for which his talents and abilities qualify 
him. He is a Republican in politics, but has never 
sought nor held public office. He is, however, a 
conspicuous figure in the social and fraternal life 
of Portland, and is particularly prominent in Ma- 
sonic circles, being affiliated with a large number 
of Masonic bodies of that region, holding mem- 
bership in Golden Rule Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Wakefield, Massachusetts, of 
which he is past master; St. Stephen’s Chapter, 
Royal Arch Masons, of Quincy, Massachusetts; 
Portland Council, No. 14, Royal and Select Mas- 
ters; Portland Commandery, No. 2, Knights 
Templar; Yates Lodge of Perfection, in which 


he took his fourteenth degree in Free Masonry; 


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Portland Council, Princes of Jerusalem, in which 
he attained the sixteenth degree; Dunlap Chap- 
ter of Rose Croix, in which he attained the 
eighteenth degree; and Maine Consistory, Sov- 
ereign Princes of the Royal Secret, in which he 
attained the thirty-second degree. He is also a 
member of the Economic Club of Portland. 

Mr. Harris married, June 15, 1898, at Wake- 


field, Massachusetts, Jessie Vieth Vose, daughter 


of Charles Ferdinand and Jessie Anne (Vieth) 
Vose, of Wakefield. 


LOUIS PROVOST, late of Lewiston, Maine, 
where, with his father, he conducted a grocery 


store for a number of years, and later a furniture 
store, also a wood and coal yard, and where his 
death occurred February 24, 1906, was a native 


of Ste. Madeleine, Canada, his birth occurring at 
that place, October 4, 1861. Mr. Provost is a 
member of an old French family, which came 
from that country to Canada, and was among the 
early pioneer settlers there. He was a son of 


_Eusebe and Arsene (Chabot) Provost, both of 
whom were natives of Canada. 


The elder Mr. and 
Mrs. Provost were married in that country, and 
then in 1873 came to Lewiston, where the former 
worked for a time in a local mill, and in 1880 


opened a grocery establishment, in which he con- 


tinued until the time of his death.. The first seven 
years of Louis Provost’s life were spent in his 
mative couniry, where he gained a somewhat 
meager education, which he aiterwards supple- 
mented by individual study and an unusual abil- 
ity of observation. Upon coming to Lewiston 
with his parents, he attended a private school for 
a short time, and then secured employment in the 
Continental Mill, while still a young lad. Here he 


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learned the business of cotton manufacturing, but 
when twenty years of age was taken by his father 
into the new grocery business established by the 
latter on Lincoln street, and there remained about 
fifteen years, in partnership with the elder Mr. 
Provost and his brothers, Regis and Pierre Eusebe. At 
the end of that-time Mr. Provost withdrew from 
this concern and engaged in partnership with his 
brothers in the furniture business, and later ad- 
ded a coal and wood yard, continuing in this line 
until the time of his death. Both he and his 
father and brothers were very well-liked in the 
community, and the various businesses estab- 
lished by them were highly successful. Mr. Pro- 
vost also engaged largely in the real estate line, 
and was regarded as an exceptionally capable and 
successful business man. In politics Mr. Provost 
was a staunch Democrat, but was never ambitious 
to hold office, though his elder brother, Regis, 
was for some time a member of the City Council. 
Although unambitious, Mr. Provost took a deep 
interest in all matters that tended to advance the 
welfare of his adopted community, and in many 
ways proved his broad minded public spirit. He 
was a prominent figure in the social life of Lewis- 
ton, especially in the large French Colony of the 
city, and was a member of the Institute Jacques 
Cartier, the Maccabees, and French Artisan So- 
ciety. He was also a member of the French 
Musical and Literary Club. In his religious belief 
Mr. Provost was a Roman Catholic, and was a 
member of St. Peters’ Church of this denomina- 
tion at Lewiston. He took a very keen and ac- 
tive interest in religious and church work, and 
was especially prominent in promoting the build- 
ing of the new church edifice here. 

Louis Provost was united in marriage (first) 
August 30, 1887, with Hermine Cote, whose death 
occurred July 1, 1900. Four children were born 
of this union, all of whom died in infancy. On 
September 2, 1901, Mr. Provost married (second) 
Marie Josephine Cote, a sister of his first wife, 
and a daughter of Alphonse and Hermine (Four- 
iner) Cote, the former a native of Weedon, Can- 
ada, and the latter of Cape St. Ignace.- The mar- 
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Cote occurred in’ Weedon, 
and the former died in-1878, Mrs. Ccte-now resid- 
ing with Mrs. Provost. By his second marriage 
three children were born to Mr. Provost as fol- 
lows: Roland Eusebe, Marie Simone and Marie 
Louise. 


REGIS PROVOST—No man in the French- 
Canadian circles of the two cities of Lewiston and 
Auburn, Maine, held a higher or more revered 


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place amongst the communities at large than did 
Regis Provost, of the firm of E. Provost & Sons. 
Of an unfailing generosity, of a business ability 
of the first rank, his death was a loss to the city 
of his adoption, which was felt by the whole com- 
munity as a calamity. It is seldom that-a man 
who has not yet rounded out a half century of 
life can command such a deep feeling of affection 
and esteem, and when it is considered that he 
came here as a stranger in a strange land and 
made his way to the top, it becomes evident that 
he was an unusual man, with qualities of heart 
and mind that fitted him for Jeadership and suc- 
cess. Mr. Provost was what might be termed a 
self-made man, never having received but the 
rudiments of an education, but such was his 
natural ability and instinct for the best in life 
that he never ceased to learn while he lived, and 
this supplemented the formal training in school 
which he had missed. 
marked grasp-of business principles, and was the 
guiding spirit in the house of E. Provost & Sons, 
which was one of the largest grocery establish- 
ments in our two cities. 

Regis 
Arsene (Chabot) Provost, and was born at Ste. 
Madeleine, Canada, in 1863, and died at Lewiston 
in 1904, thus being only forty-one years old. He 
was eight years of age when his parents left Ste. 
Madeleine to.come to settle in Lewiston. After 
going to the parochial.schools for several years, 
he secured a position:in the Bates Mills, and 
then at the Continental, where he was employed 
for a time. ~Latterly,. Eusebe Provost, having 
opened a grocery.store in partnership with Jo- 
seph Chaput, Regis Provost was taken into their 
employ. It was not long before he drew ‘the at- 
tention of the managément to his tact and cour- 
tesy in dealing with the public, to his aptitude in 
business affairs and to the sureness and sound- 
ness of his judgment, It came about, therefore, 
in the course of time, that Eusebe Provost event- 
ually decided to buy out the interest of Mr. Cha- 
put and, going into a business arrangement with 
his three sons, to establish a house under the 
style of E. Provost & Sons. This project was 
carried out, and the venture has, during the pass- 
ing years, become increasingly prosperous, and 
has grown to an unprecedented extent. 

Though it is generally considered that advers- 
ity is the true test of a man’s character, and this 
is so as regards the ability to stand up against 
difficulty and hardship, yet, perhaps, the most 
real and decisive test after all is success, and 
what he does with it. According to this cri- 


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He always showed a. 


Provost was the son of Eusebe and 


terion, Mr. Provost was one of the noblest 
spirits,, sharing with all with whom he came 
in contact the prosperity which he had achieved, 
and showing a generosity to his own people 
which was hardly. more marked than that used 
towards the community of which he was part. 
From the outset his helpful fellowship towards 
his Canadian compatriots kept pace with his 
growing fortunes and successful business ven- 
tures, and ere long his liberality became pro- 
verbial. Where was the poor family that he did 
not help?, Who was the unfortunate, who in a 
moment of weakness had come within the reach 
of the law, that did not receive his legal assist- 
ance? For all religious and civic causes, especi- 
ally those which affected his own people, Mr. 
Provost was always among the first to subscribe, 
and the good of the community ever occupied a 
place in the front rank of his interests. This 
was not from a mere sense of duty, because it 
is undoubtedly true that he loved the city of his 
adoption, where his powers: had had full play 
and where he had experienced the genuine Ameri- 
can spirit of goodwill and business fairness. 
This feeling on his part was appreciated by the 
public of Lewiston, and it showed its confidence 
in him by electing him to several. town offices” 
of trust, and these in tutn enabled him to put his 
shoulder to the work of civic betterment. In 
1893 he was elected an alderman, being one of the 
first French names to appear on the Board of 
Aldermen. He mingled in politics until 1902, 
being elected to the Board of Aldermen five times 
during his career. He was a+ Democrat in his 
political views, and was a Roman Catholic in his 
religious faith, He was a member of several 
fraternal and patriotic societies and clubs among 
his fellow Canadians, among these being the 
Institute Jacques Cartier, the Union St. Joseph, 
and the Société Artisans’ Canadiens-Francais, as 
well as to a number of musical and literary clubs. 
He and his family were attendants of the Church 
of St. Peter and Paul, at Lewiston. 

Mr. Provost married, May 14, 1888, Zoraide 
Guay, daughter of Joseph and Emerence (Bour-— 
get) Guay, both of them natives of Canada, the — 
former a farmer by occupation, who lived and 
died at St. Joseph de Levis. Mr. and Mrs. Pro- 
vost were the parents of eight children, of whom 
two still survive: Adrien P., served in France in 
the World War as interpreter in the United 
States Army; and Romeo R., enlisted at Platts- 
burg, and later served at Fort Williams, Port- 
land, Maine. 

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purchased the property on Sabattus street, and 
there in the midst of his family circle he was able 
to spend his happiest days and enjoy the well 
earned rest to which he was entitled. Here 
death claimed the man who was still in his 
prime, and who was so dear to his own family, 
to the larger circle of his friends and associates, 
and to the still larger number of his fellow Cana- 
dians. Mr. Provost had been in frail health for 
some time and had at times suffered greatly. He 
was stricken with apoplexy, and although he ral- 
lied and was able to receive the last rites of the 
church, the end came suddenly that same day. 
The beauty and the number of floral and other 
tributes at his funeral testified to the love and 
veneration of the town in which he had been so 
esteemed and respected a citizen. The passing 
of such a man is a public loss, and the gap left is 
one that is hard to heal. The memory of such 
a man is a treasure to all who have known him. 


PIERRE EUSEBE PROVOST, one of the 
most prominent citizens of Auburn, Maine, and 
alderman of this city at the time of his death, 
which occurred January 4, 1909, was a native of 
Canada. His birth occurred at the town of Ste. 
Madeleine, in the county of St. Hyacinthe, De- 
cember 6, 1866. He was the third son of Eusebe 
and Arsene (Chabot) ,Provost. His father had 
owned a farm in Canada for a number of years. 
In 1872, when Alderman Provost was six years of 
age, the whole family removed from Canada to 
Lewiston, Maine, the proceeds from the sale of 
the farm being invested in a small grocery es- 
tablishment in that city. The lad, Pierre Eusebe, 
had comparatively little opportunity for school- 
ing, and when only seven years of age was placed 
His 
ambitions, however, were great, even at that age, 
and in the meantime he attended night school. 
At the age of eleven he went to parochial school 
He 
then worked a year as a typesetter at the Mes- 
sager, a newspaper then belonging by partnership 
to his father. His fathers’ business had pros- 
pered, and accordingly the youth was enabled to 
attend the College of St. Hyacinthe, in Canada. 
He remained for three years at that institution 
(1882-1885). When he returned to Lewiston, the 
young man, then eighteen, became at once a 
partner of his father and brothers in the grocery 
business. The firm was then known as Provost 
& Gingras. In 1888 Mr. Provost and his two 
brothers, Regis and Lotis, mentioned above, 
purchased the interest of Mr. Gingras, and the 


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firm changed its: name to that of E. Provost & 
Sons. This was -the oldest establishment of its 
kind ‘in. Lewiston and Auburn, and met with a 
high degree of success, being continued until the 
death of Alderman Provost. In the meantime, 
however, the Provosts had gradually extended 
their business into many other lines, and in all 
of these were equally successful. They were 
partners in the newspaper plant of the Messager, 
the best French publication of Androscoggin 
county; they were dealers in pianos, organs, sew- 
ing machines, household furnishing specialties, 
etc. The firm of Provost & Bernatchz were en- 
gaged in the shoe business, that of Provost & 
Beauregard became large dealers in coal and 
wood. These were divided up when the elder 
Mr. Provost left the concern. Louis then man- 
aged the coal and wood yard, Regis and Pierre E. 
continued at the head of the grocery store, Pierre E. 
managed alone the furniture department. The 
three brothers also founded the Lewiston-Auburn 
Bottling Company, with Sabin Vincent as a 
partner, to whom some years later they sold out 
their share. 

After the death of his two brothers Pierre E. 
Provost took over their interest, and besides 
managed a large real estate business, consisting 
of tenement houses in the two cities and-of sev- 
eral farms in the vicinity. In 1901 he removed 
to Auburn, from Lewiston, where he built a hand- 
some residence at the corner of Dunn and Fourth 
streets, and from that time until his death was 
closely identified with the public affairs of this 
city. In the year 1907 he ran as Democratic 
candidate for alderman, and was elected by one 
of the largest majorities ever given by the Fifth 
Ward. It is proper to say that he was the first 
French Canadian gentleman clothed with that 
honor at Auburn. He served in this office for 
two terms and distinguished himself by his bril- 
liant career and as a disinterested and capable 
official He was also Democratic nominee for 
the State Legislature in September, 1908. Alder- 
man Provost stood a prominent figure in the 
social and club life of this community. He was a 
charter member of St. Dominique’s Association, 
a member of the Institute Jacques Cartier, the 
Modern Woodmen of America, and the Catholic 
Order of Foresters. In his religious belief he 
was a Roman Catholic. 

Pierre Eusebe Provost was united in marriage 
(first), June 30, 1891, with Lucia Brunelle, daugh- 
ter of Narcisse and Adélaide (Toutain) Brunelle. 
Mrs. Provost died January 3, 1903, leaving four 
children, as follows: Lucius, Justina, Sylva and 


Adolphe. He married (second) June 12, 1904, 
Virginia M. Gagne, of Providence, Rhode Island. 
Three children were born of this union: Nor- 
man T., Cecile Bertha, and Pierre Eusebe, Jr. 

In commenting upon Mr. Provost at the time 
of his death, the Lewiston Evening Journal had 
this to say concerning him: 


His judgment in business matters was sound and 
much sought after. When any important question 
came up in the management of city affairs the mayor, 
aldermen and councilmen always had great respect for 
Alderman Provost's opinion. He was always honorable, 
fair, agreeable; everybody liked him, and no one was 
ever heard to speak of him except in the most com- 
mendable way. His death being announced at the 
city government meeting, Monday night, cast a pro- 
found sorrow over the meeting. Rugged and healthy, 
he was the last member expected to die. He never 
pushed himself forward, but was always a leader, and 
would have been more prominent in public life if he 
had consented to the use of his name by his friends. 


From the Messager, January 6, 1909: 


Pierre E. Provost is dead! That was the sad greet- 
ing of the people in our two cities Monday evening, 
on January fourth. The departed gentleman was the 
last of the three brothers who for many years endeared 
themselves to their fellow citizens. Respect, esteem, 
prestige, what social advantage or honor may be de- 
sired was his. For his lofty ideals, kindly and joyful 
disposition, his keen sense of practical affairs, spiced 
with fits of a courteous humor, for his efficiency in 
business, his staunch heart steeled with the firmest 
principles, Pierre E. Provost was looked upon as the 
“pillar” of the “Sister Cities.’ Tradesmen, politicians, 
Tich and poor, knew his splendid qualities of soul and 
found no difficulty whatever to win him over to their 
interests, well established rights or needs, no matter 
what their nationality or creed. He proved to be a 
man in the highest meaning of the word. After the 
death of his two brothers, both carried away at an 
early hour of human life, it was on his shoulders tiiat 
the whole management of the many branches of the 
establishment Provost & Sons weighed. But he was 
endowed with unusual grit, courage and doggedness, 
with a perfect knowledge of the necessity of the hour. 
So his heart never failed; his activity, however much 
called upon and tantalized, never wavered or slackened. 
Despite his splendid appearance his everlasting smile 
and his overbearing physical structure, his strength 
was worn out. He betook himself to a sanitorium in 
New Jersey to restore his failing health, but he came 
back hopelessly stricken. 


THOMAS JAMES LAPPIN, the successful 
business man and wholesale merchant of Port- 
land, Maine, although by birth an Englishman, 
is a member of a family originally Irish, his father 
having been born in that country in County Mon- 
ahan, in the early part of the century just passed. 
County Monahan is in the north of Ireland and 
here Hugh Lappin (Mr. Lappin, Sr.) was for 
many years a millwright. Later in life, however, 
he came to the United States, having resided for 
a short time at Manchester, England, and it was 
in Portland, Maine, that he eventually died in the 
year 1906, when seventy-nine years of age. In 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Portland he had been engaged in business suc- 
cessfully as a miller. 


where Mr. Lappin was staying for a time in the 
capacity of engineer. To them six children were 
born, as follows: John J.; Thomas James, men- 
tioned below; Maria, deceased; Sarah, deceased; 
Kate, who now makes her home in Portland; 
Rose, who resides at Laconia, New Hampshire; 
and Hugh, deceased. Hugh Lappin was before 
his death treasurer of John J. Lappin & Company, 
but was killed in an automobile accident in 1914. 

Thomas James Lappin was born November 25, 
1853, at Manchester, England, and in 1868 came 
with his parents to Portland, Maine, where the 
family settled. Shortly afterwards he removed to 
New York City, where he lived for some four 
years, and then returned to Portland which he 
has made his home ever since. Mr. Lappin, upon 
reaching this country, first secured employment 
in a machine shop, where he learned the machin- 
ist’s trade, and continued in this line until the 
year 1876. At that time, however, his attention 
was turned to the wholesale grain business and 
he became interested with his brother, John J. 
Lappin. 
of John J. Lappin & Company was founded, in 
which these two brothers and the youngest, Hugh, 
were associated, the latter as treasurer, as has 


already been stated, until his death in 1914. Mr. — 


Lappin gives his entire time and attention to the 
development of what is rapidly becoming one of 
the largest businesses of its kind in the region, 


and has for many years held a prominent position 


in the mercantile world there. Mr. Lappin, be- 
sides his large business interests, is a prominent 
figure in the religious and social circles. Like 
all the members of his family for generations, he 
is a Roman Catholic and attends the Church of 
the Sacred Heart in Portland. He is a member of 
several important social organizations, among 
which should be mentioned the Portland Club, 
the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective 
Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. 


Mr. Lappin was united in marriage at Portland — 
with Frances M. Egan, a native of Cork, Ireland, 


who came after the death of her parents to this 


country with her uncle, Father Charles Egan, who — 


was one of the pioneer priests of the Catholic 
church in Maine. 

It has been the office of Ireland to supply the 
United States with a large percentage of its cit- 
izenship, a factor which will undoubtedly enter 
into the fabric of the New American race, eyen 


Mr. Lappin, Sr., married 
Mary Hargraves, like himself a native of Ireland, 
whose death occurred in 1865 at Cairo, Egypt, — 


Shortly afterwards, the present company ~ 


LAFOREST V. TOWLE 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


now in process of formation, supplying it with 
the splendid virtues of the parent stock. Among 
these virtues may be numbered buoyancy of 
spirit, indomitable courage, keen appreciation of 
the beautiful and a saving sense of humor. Of 
the best type of these, the gift of his native land 
to the nation of his adoption, is Mr. Lappin, who 
adds to these strong racial traits great patience 
and perseverance in the attainment of the ob- 
jectives which he sets himself. Like the ma- 
jority of his people he is a delightful comrade, 
his speech being at once witty and wise, and ever 
revealing a sincere heart and friendly mind with- 
in. His family life is a splendid example of do- 
mestic virtue and felicity, and he never tires seek- 
ing for the happiness of his household. This 
trait of altruism, this willingness to sacrifice his 
even interest, to compass that 
of others, is not confined to the relations of his 
home, but is discerntable in all his dealings. He 
is a very charitable man, but so strictly does he 
obey the injunction not to let one hand know 
what the other is doing that but few people 
realize the full extent of this side of his nature. 
He is a man to make himself felt in any com- 
munity, and to be honored wherever fate might 
cast his lot. 


LAFOREST VELDESSA TOWLE, who has 
been for many years one of the best known fig- 
ures in the life of Fort Fairfield, Maine, in which 
place he resided from the age of seventeen years 
until his death, November 23, 1901, is a member 
of an old and distinguished Maine family, which 
was founded in the United States by Jonathan 
Towle, in the year 1747. Jonathan Towle was a 
prominent man in his day and made his home at 
Hampton and Pittsfield, New Hampshire, until 
his death in 1822. His descendants have always 
maintained the high standard set by their first 
ancestor in this country, and many of them have 
made names for themselves in various callings 
in the northern part of the New England States. 
Mr. Towle is a son of Hiram and Betsey 
(Wheeler) Towle, the former having been en- 
gaged in farming for many years at Avon, Maine, 
where he was very prominent in public affairs 
and held a number of the principal offices in the 
gift of his fellow citizens. 

Laforest Veldessa Towle was born at Avon, 
April 25, 1829, and passed the first seventeen 
years of his life at his native place, where he at- 
tended the local common schools, and during his 
spare hours he worked for a Mr. Hunter, his 
father having died when he was a small boy. At 


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the age of seventeen, however, he left Avon and 
came to Fort Fairfield where he worked for 
about one year as a farm hand, receiving in lieu 
of wages a piece of heavily timbered land: As 
soon as he became the owner of this property, 
Mr. Towle set in to clear the land, selling the 
lumber in the local markets and building a home 
for himself. He worked hard at this pioneer 
labor, and eventually reaped the fruit of his in- 
dustry in the possession of a fine farm near the 
present village of Fort Fairfield. He was very 
successful in the general agricultural operations 
which he carried on here, and invested his earn- 
ings in more land, so that he became a land 
owner ona large scale. Besides keeping his place 
in the highest state of cultivation, he also made 
many improvements on his property and erected 
a comfortable farm house for himself, in which 
he resided until the time of his death, and also 
many excellent farm buildings. In politics Mr. 
Towle was a staunch Republican, and took a keen 
and active interest in local affairs, serving as 
selectman for two years in his adopted township. 
When a young man his peaceful avocation was 
interrupted by the outbreak of the Civil War. 
Mr. Towle, in company with the patriotic young 
men of his region, enlisted September Io, 1862, 
in Company G, Twenty-second Regiment, Maine 
Volunteer Infantry, and served for nine months 
in the Civil War. He saw much active service 
and was present at the engagements during the 
siege of Port Hudson and the battle of Irish 
Bend. He was honorably discharged August 14, 
1863. Mr. Towle was afterwards drafted for 
further service, but never called upon to perform 
that duty. In later years Mr. Towle was a mem- 
ber of Kilpatrick Post, No. 61, Grand Army of the 
Republic, and was a charter member of the Fort 
Fairfield Grange, No. 262. He was a man of ex- 
tremely strong religious beliefs and instincts, and 
was a devoted member of the- Free Baptist 
Church at Fort Fairfield, and served as clerk of 
the Northern Aroostook quarterly meeting for 
about eighteen years. 

Laforest Veldessa Towle was united in mar- 


triage, September 20, 1865, with Mary Elizabeth 


Estes, a daughter of Valentine M. and Louise 
(Rowe) Estes, of South China, Maine. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Towle the following children were 
born: Charles Melvin, born October 26, 1868, 
mentioned below; Clara Louise, born May 31, 
1871, who became the wife of Charles F. Parsons; 
Hiram Edgar, born March 3, 1880, mentioned be- 
low; Myron Laforest, born July 13, 1883, and died 
November 6, 1890. 


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CHARLES MELVIN TOWLE, one of the 
largest farmers and growers of potatoes at Eas- 
ton, Maine, where he has been engaged’ in this 
line of business for many years, is a member of 
an old and distinguished family of this State 
which was founded in the United States by one 
Jonathan Towle in the early Colonial period, and 
a son of Laforest V. and Mary E. (Estes) Towle, 
the former a successful farmer at Fort Fairfield 
for many years. 

Charles Melvin Towle was born at his father’s 
home at Fort Fairfield, October 26, 1868, and as 
a lad attended the local public schools, and upon 
completing his studies began to work on the farm 
under the direction of his father. He later en- 
gaged in agricultural operations on his own ac- 
count and is now the owner of an unusually fine 
farm consisting of some four hundred acres of 
land situated near Easton Centre. Upon this 
place he has made many improvements, and keeps 
it in the highest state of cultivation, so that it 
may justly be regarded as one of the show places 
of that locality. Mr. Towle has made a specialty 
of the raising of potatoes here, and now does an 
extensive business in this profitable line, produc- 
ing the finest type of this crop, for which the 
State of Maine is so justly famous. Mr. Towle 
has also become interested in the financial enter- 
prises of Easton. He is a very active member of 
the Republican party, his voice carrying much 
weight in the councils of the same, and he has 
held the office of selectman of the township for 
a number of years, finally resigning from the 
same in 1918. Mr. Towle is also well known in 
the social and fraternal circles here, and is a 
member of the local Grange; the Easton Lodge, 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and Eastern 
Frontier Lodge, No. 112, Free and Accepted 
Masons, of Fort Fairfield. He is a Methodist in 
his religious belief and attends the Methodist 
Episcopal church at Easton, Maine. 

Charles Melvin Towle was united in marriage, 
September 7, 1895, at Fort Fairfield, Maine, with 
Anna Maud Johnston, a daughter of Alonzo Cal- 
vin and Philena (Flannery) Johnston. 


HIRAM EDGAR TOWLE, who for many 
years has been prominently identified with the 
business of stock raising and general farming in 
the region of Fort Fairfield, Maine, is a son of 
Laforest V. and Mary Elizabeth (Estes) Towle. 

Hiram Edgar Towle was born at his father’s 
home in this place, March 3, 1880. He attended 
first the local public schools, after which he took 
a commercial course at the business college, a 


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training which has been of great value to him 
subsequently. Upon leaving school, Mr. Towle 
engaged in farming on the old family homestead 
which had been in his father’s possession for 
many years and he has remained there ever 
since. Mr. Towle has gradually specialized more 
and more completely in the raising of stock, and 
deals in these animals largely with the local 
trade. He has been exceedingly successful in his 
chosen business, and is now justly regarded as — 
one of the most successful stock raisers and 
dealers in this section. In politics Mr. Towle is 
a Republican, but although keenly interested in 
both local and National issues, has never taken — 
an active part in public affairs. He is, however, 
very prominent in the organizations which are 
concerned with the welfare of agricultural inter- 
ests in this part of the State. He is also a mem- 
ber of the local Grange. In his religious belief 
Mr. Towle is a Baptist and attends the Bethel 
Baptist Church at Fort Fairfield. 

Hiram Edgar Towle was united in marriage, 
April 10, 1907, at Fort Fairfield, with Kate 
Everett, daughter of Elisha Spurgeon and Jane 
Rice (Raymond) Everett, the former a native of — 
the province of New Brunswick, Canada, and for 
many years a prominent citizen of that commun- 
ity, where he served on the Town Council. Mrs, 
Everett was a native of Simonds, New Bruns- 
wick, and came to this country in 1892. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Towle the following children were born: 
Mary Louise, born March 19, 1908; Everett La- 
forest, born October 5, 1909; Helen, born Novem- 
ber 15, 1910, Charles Edgar, born June 24, 1912; 
Arthur Melvin, born November 25, 1913; Donald, 
born August 14, 1915; Ruth, born May 18, 1917; 
and Clara Elizabeth, born June 21, 1918. ; 


DAVID DENNIS—The city of Gardiner, 
Maine, lost in the death of David Dennis one of — 
her most respected and prominent citizens. For 
forty years he had been connected with the firm 
of Bartlett, Dennis Company as a partner, hav- ~ 
ing entered its employ when a very young man. 

Mr. Dennis was born in Litchfield, Maine, June — 
7, 1835, the son of John Dennis, Jr., and Harriette 
(Sawyer) Dennis, John Dennis, Jr., was born in — 
Ipswich, Mass., May 30, 1780, and died February 
4, 1866, in Litchfield. He was a farmer all his 
life and served the town as treasurer. He bore 
arms against the British in the War of 1812. 
David Dennis was educated in the schools of 
Litchfield, at first in the public schools and later 
in the Litchfield Institute. After leaving the lat- 
ter he taught school for a number of years, and 


J 


lived on a farm. In 1862 he came to Gardiner, 
and obtained a position with the firm of Bartlett, 
Barstow & Company, wholesale and retail deal- 
ers in flour and grain. He was eventually taken in 
as partner, and the firm name became, Bartlett, 
Dennis Company, and continued in this business 
until his death in 1904. He was also presjdent 
of the Merchants Bank, Gardiner, and was trus- 
tee of the Gardiner Savings Bank. In politics 
Mr. Dennis was a Republican, and served one 
term in the city government, but never cared for 
public office. He was a member of the Masonic 
order including the degree of Knight Templar, 
and was treasurer for a number of years. He was 
an attendant of the Universalist church and was 
a liberal in his views. 

Mr. Dennis married, January 21, 1863, Julia S. 
Bartlett, born in Litchfield, April 23, 1842, a 
daughter of John C. and Lydia (Robinson) Bart- 
lett. They had four children, three of whom are 
living; Harriet S., of Gardiner; John B., of New 
York City; and Henry Ray, also of New York 
City. 


STEPHEN SEDGLEY PINEO, a prominent 
wholesale and retail merchant of Milltown, 
Maine, his native place, was born February 10, 
1850, son of David and Amelia (Hall-Sedgley) 
Pineo. On the paternal side he traces his lineage 
back to Jacques Pineo, a young Waldensian or 
Huguenot, who, in 1688, on account of religious 
persecution, fled from France to England, and 
with a companion named Goulard, took the oath 
of allegiance to the English government in Lon- 
don. This Jacques Pineo seems to have returned 
to France, as a short time later, 1690, he escaped 
from Lyons, where the King’s troops were exe- 
cuting Protestants, and, seeking refuge in Amer- 
ica, landed at Plymouth. He settled in Leba- 
non, Connecticut, and in 1706 married Dorothy 
Babcock. 

His son, Peter Pineo, married Elizabeth Samp- 
son, daughter of David and Mary (Chaffin) Samp- 
son, of Duxbury, Massachusetts. Vinton, the 
genealogist, considers it beyond a_ reasonable 
doubt that David Sampson here named was the 
son of Caleb and Mercy (Standish) Sampson. 
Caleb was the youngest son of Henry Sampson, 
one of the Mayflower Pilgrims; and Caleb’s wife, 
Mercy, was a daughter of Alexander and Sarah 
(Alden) Standish and granddaughter of Captain 


Miles Standish and of John and Priscilla Alden. 


In 1763, Peter and Elizabeth (Sampson) Pineo 


removed to Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, drawn 
thither by the large land grants offered by the 


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British government to those who would settle in 
the country which the unfortunate Acadians had 
been forced to vacate. They were the parents 
of seven children, and their son, Jonathan, the 
next in line, settled in Machias, in 1770. 

Jonathan Pineo was a prominent resident of 
Machias, serving as a member of the board oi 
assessors. He was an active member of the 
first church, and assisted financially in erecting 
the first meeting house. He died in April, 1796, 
aged forty-nine years. His first wife was Esther 
Libby, born in Machias, in May, 1750, daughter 
of Timothy and Sarah (Stone) Libby. She bore 
him eight sons and three daughters, of whom 
David was the third born. Jonathan Pineo mar- 
ried for his second wife Mrs. Bridget Doty, born 
Byron, daughter of an Admiral in the British 
navy. 

David Pineo, Sr., son of Jonathan and Esther 
(Libby) Pineo, and grandfather of Stephen S. 
Pineo, was born in Machias, February 17, 1774, 
and acquired prominence among the business 
men of that town in his day. He eventually re- 
moved to St. Stephen, New Brunswick, where he 
died some years later, on January 24, 1863. On 
December 13, 1796, he married Priscilla Hill, who 
was born in Machias, July 28, 1780, and who died 
in St. Stephen, September 30, 1850. She was the 
mother of eight children. 

David Pineo, Jr., son of David Pineo, Sr., and 
his wiie, Priscilla, was born in Machias, Septem- 
ber 25, 1803. When a young man he came to 
Calais, making his way through the woods by the 
aid of spotted trees; and in 1836 he engaged in 
the manufacture of lumber, which he foliowed 
successfully for ten years. About the year 1846 
he embarked in mercantile business. This he 
carried on a number of years, his last days being 
passed in retirement. He died October 5, 1862. 
Previous to the Rebellion he voted with the 
Democratic party, but in 1861 he became a Re- 
publican. In his younger days he was actively 
interested in military affairs. In his religious be- 
lief he was a Methodist, and for many years was 
identified with that church as an official and class 
leader. On February 6, 1832, David Pineo, Jr.. 
married Mrs. Amelia Hall Sedgley, born in St. 
Stephen, March 9, 1807, daughter of John Hall. 
Of the eight children born of this union, five 
lived to maturity, namely: 1. Josiah H., who was 
employed in the custom house at Milltown. 2. 
George W., a mechanic. 3. Minerva, who married 
James A. Roberts, of Waterboro, Maine. Mr. 
Roberts, at the time of his marriage, was teach- 


ing school in Calais. Afterward he removed to 


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Buffalo, New York, and established a large law 
business in that city. At one time he served as 
Comptroller of the State. Mr. Roberts.is the 
father of two children: i. Joseph Banks, a grad- 
uate of Bowdoin College hie Buffalo Law School; 
iii Amelia Pineo. 4. David. 5. Stephen S., of 
further mention. David Pineo, Jr., was a suc- 
cessful railroad engineer, residing at Moncton, 
New Brunswick, and is now retired. 

Stephen Sedgley Pineo was educated in the 
schools of Milltown, and at the age of fifteen he 
‘began work upon the boom. When eighteen 
years old he was placed in charge of the boom, 
a position he occupied until 1872. In the spring 
of 1873 he became a clerk in the store of James 
G. Smith, remaining until the failure of his em- 
ployer, when he was stricken with a severe ill- 
ness, which continued for two years. On Oc- 
tober 23, 1877, a short time after his recovery, he 
established himself in business, having borrowed 
sufficient capital to make the start. After strug- 
gling for a while to keep his little business from 
being a failure, his zeal and integrity won for 
him many friends. At the present time he is 
carrying on one of the largest general stores in 
Washington county, besides a flourishing meat 
market. 

Politically, Mr. Pineo supports the Republican 
party. He has been frequently solicited to ac- 
cept nominations to public offices, but he has in- 
variably declined, as his business interests de- 
mand his undivided attention. Mr. Pineo resides 
at the old homestead on Main street, which the 
family have occupied since 1832. 

On June 30, 1876, Mr. Pineo married Annie T. 
Brown, daughter of Alexander and Sarah Brown, 
of Milltown. Mrs. Pineo died June 16, 1896, leav- 
ing two children: Louise A., and Stephen. 


MICAJAH HUDSON, one of the prominent 
citizens of Guilford, Maine, was born in Guil- 
ford, Piscataquis county, Maine, November 23, 
1854, the son of Henry and Emily Frances (Mar- 
tin) Hudson. Henry Hudson was born in 
Orange, New Hampshire, October 26, 1824, and 
died in Canaan, New Hampshire, June 24, 1877. 
He was admitted to the bar in Dover in June, 
1849, and was in active practice up to the time 
of his death. He married Emily Frances Mar- 
tin, who was born in Guilford, Maine, May 31, 
1831, and died March 11, tg11. Their children 
were: Henry Hudson, born in Guilford, March 
19, 1851; Micajah, of the present mention; and 
james, born in Guilford, Cctober 22, 1857. Emily 
Frances (Martin) Hudson was the daughter of 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


Addison and Lydia (Otis) Martin, their other 
daughter having been Martha A. Martin. Lydia ~ 
Otis was born in Leeds, Maine, October 24, 1799, — 
and was killed by lightning. Mr. Martin married 
a second time and of this marriage there were 
two children: Otis and Oscar E. The second 
wife of Addison Martin was Achsa Leadbetter, 
born in Montville, Maine, October 4, 1818. Ad-— 
dison Martin was a merchant and opened the 


and continued there in trade for thirty years. He 
served as trial justice for many years. He was 
a Methodist and a Republican. 

Micajah Hudson was educated in the town 
schools of Guilford, after which he attended the 
Coburn Classical Institute at Waterville, and 
also the Foxcroft Academy. For the ten years — 
between 1875 and 1885 he lived on a farm in the 
town of Abbot, and while living there was elected — 
the town treasurer in which office he served for 
a year, and also served in that of selectman for 
five years. In August, 1885, he moved back to © 
Guilford and went into the mercantile business, ~ 
and continued in that business for seventeen year. 
After disposing of his mercantile business he 
went into the pulp wood business and has been 
in that for sixteen years, and in this latter he 
still is active. For twenty-one years he has been © 
chairman of the Board of Selectmen of the town 
of Guilford, and was a member of the Governor's © 
Council during the years 1915 and 1916. { 

Mr. Hudson is a Democrat in his political 
views, but has never cared to hold office. He is 
also a member of the Masonic Order. He and 
his wife contribute to the support of the Meo ‘ 
odist Episcopal church of Guilford. f 

Mr. Hudson married, in Dexter, Maine, Jan-~ 
uary 22, 1876, Mabel N. Packard, who was born 
at Parkman; Maine, July 3, 1853. ))Sheuismeams 
daughter of Levi Allen and Deborah Rosanna 
(Harris) Packard, the former having been a 
farmer, and was for many years a selectman of 
his town. The daughter of Micajah and Mabel 
N. (Packard) Hudson is Lettie Emily, born in 
Abbot, April 14, 1877, and married Arthur Wil 
mer Drake, of Albion, Maine, November 22, 1904. 


WALTER SAWYER HOBBS—Several mem- 
bers of the Hobbs family came to Maine from 
Leominster, Massachusetts, and pioneers of the 
name have been identified with the settlement of 
several towns in different counties of the State. 
Walter S. Hobbs was a grandson of Eben Hobbs, 
and a son of Charles F. Hobbs, a native of Maine, — 
and his wife, Abbie (Sawyer) Hobbs, a native 


CHAS. F. HOBBS 


WALTER S. HOBBS 


of . ew Hampshire. Charles F. Hobbs was for 
years engaged in the furniture business in 
den, and died in New York City, February 9, 
He was a member of the Masonic order, 
publican in politics, and a member of the 
ngregational parish. Charles F. and Abbie 
yer) Hobbs were the parents of two sons: 
Valter S., of further mention; and George E., 
pth of whom are deceased. 

alter Sawyer Hobbs was born in Camden, 
Maine, February 26, 1861, died October 19, 1895. 
several years’ aitendance in the public 
pols of Camden, he was a student at Brim- 
i (Massachusetts) Academy, there finisihng 
his studies. He began business life in Boston 
; clerk in a retail shoe store, and later became 
= salesman fcr a wholesale boot and 
= house, remaining in Western territory four 
. He then settled on an Oregon ranch, his 
th having broken under the strain of busi- 
s He remained at the ranch three years, 
then returned to Camden, married, and with his 
bride again made his home at the Oregon ranch. 
M - and Mrs. Hobbs remained in Oregon until 
lune, 1895, then returned to Camden, where Mr. 
Hobbs died the following Otcober, not yet hav- 
: reached his thirty-fifth year. He was a man 
pf quiet, home loving iastes, well liked by all who 
mew him. Mr. Hobbs was a Republican in 
itics, but took no part in public life except to 
cise the rights of citizenship. He attended 
Episcopal church, but belonged to no or- 
ders nor clubs. 

/Mr. Hobbs married, September 5, 1803, in 
Camden, Maine, Georgie Haskell, who survives 
him, daughter of C. C. and Sarah (Burd) Haskell. 
C. Haskell, a shoemaker, born in New Glou- 
tester, Maine, was a veteran of the Civil War, 
erying in the Nineteenth Regiment, Maine Vol- 
Infantry. He died March 16, 1872. 
(Burd) Haskell was born in Camden, 
Maine, where she married and always lived. 


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THOMAS JAMES FROTHINGHAM—One of 
h representative business men of Portland, 
Saine, and a deservedly honored citizen thereof 
S Thomas James Frothingham, whose influence 
S felt by a large circle of friends and business 
tiates. He is not a native of the city, nor 
d of the State, although practically all the 
ociations of his life have been formed there 
was but five years of age when it first be- 
his home. He is a son of Thomas and 
e E. (Coster) Frothingham, old residents of 
Kklyn, New York, who later came to Pori- 


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land, Maine, where they made their home until 
the close of their lives. 

Born July 2, 1861, at Brooklyn, New York, 
Thomas James Frothingham accompanied his 
parents to Portland when they came there in 
1866, and it was in the latter city that his edu- 
cation was received. He attended the public 
schools of Portland, graduated from the Park 
Street Grammar School, and then for eighteen 
months studied in the Portland High School. 
His family was not in very good circumstances 
at the time, and young Mr. Frothingham was 
obliged to give up his studies at this point in 
order to support himself. He was then sixteen 
years of age and was able very quickly to gain 
a position as bill clerk for the firm of Little & 
Company, a concern engaged in the wholesale 
dry goods business. After six months in this 
employ, Mr. Frothingham secured a beiter posi- 
tion with the firm of A. and S. E. Spring, im- 
porters and exporters, with whom he remained 
for the next ten years. Here he was promoted 
rapidly to more responsible positions, but during 
the entire period kept his mind centered on his 
ambition to engage in an independent business. 
With this end in view, he laid by as much of his 
earnings as he could afford to do, and when about 
twenty-six years of age had the gratification of 
finding himself in a position te become independ- 
ent. Accordingly, he entered the laundry busi- 
ness, and is at the present time proprietor of 
the Globe Laundry of Portland, an enterprise 
which he has himseli built up and which is now 
doing a splendid business. Mr. Frothingham 
has not confined his activities, however, to his 
private business interest, but is a conspicuous 
figure in the fraternal and club life of Portland. 
He is particularly prominent in the Masonic or- 
der, having taken his thirty-second degree in 
Free Masonry, and is affiliated with Ancient 
Landmark Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepied 
Masons; Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; 
Portland Council, Royal and Select Masters; St. 
Albans Commandery, Knights Templar, and Kora 
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the 
Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the 
Portland Club and was for some time a member 
of its board of governors. In politics, Mr. 
Frothingham is a Republican and is a staunch up- 
holder of the principles and policies oi that 
party. He has no ambition for political prefer- 
ment, however, and has never held any public 
office. In his religious belief he is 2 Universal'st 
and attends the First Church of that denomina- 
tion in Portland. 


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On November 26, 1888, Mr. Frothingham was 
united in marriage with Angie Barstow Pennell, 
a native of Portland, and a daughter of Thomas 
and Lettice Orr (Williams) Pennell, residents of 
that place. To Mr. and Mrs. Frothingham ten 
children have been born, of whom seven are now 
living. 

In many ways Mr. Frothingham is typical of 
much that is best in America, of what we like 
to think of as “the American,” combining in his 
single person an extraordinary number of traits 
and qualities, a certain talent or, in the homely 
phrase, knack of adapting himself to all condi- 
tions, a versatility scarcely. to be found else- 
where in the world, the children of this land hav- 
ing been trained in this faculty by that most ex- 
acting of teachers, Necessity. To an unusual 
degree of business genius, he adds a very com- 
pelling personality, and a mind quick to take 
advantage of every opportunity as it arose—all 
of these, separately and in union, American char- 
acteristics. 


BENJAMIN WALKER—From what part of 
England the Walkers of New England came is 
not definitely known. The founder of the Frye- 
burg, Maine, branch was supposedly Captain 
Richard Walker, who was ensign of the military 
company at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1630. De- 
scendants settled in New Hampshire and Maine, 
one of these being Benjamin Walker, to whose 
memory this page in the history of his native 
State is dedicated. He was a son of Captain 
Joseph Walker, born in Fryeburg, Maine, about 
1770, and son of Joseph and Sarah Brown Walker. 
Captain Joseph Walker was long a merchant of 
Portland, Maine, owning a great deal of land on 
what was called in his honor, “Walker street.” 
‘He married, in Bridgton, Maine, Mary Foster, 
and their home in Portland was at the corner of 
Walker and Congress streets, and was rebuilt 
and enlarged by Captain Walker. He was a 
Democrat in politics, and a Universalist. He 
received his military title, “Captain,” from serv- 
ice in the State militia. 

Benjamin Walker, son of Captain Joseph and 
Mary (Foster) Walker, was born. in Denmark, 
Oxford county, Maine, forty miles northwest of 
Portland, March 25, 1798, died in Bridgton, Maine, 
September 26, 1869. In 1808 his parents moved 
to a farm at Westbrook, Cumberland county, 
Maine, five miles northwest of Portland, and 
there with his sons operated a farm. When 
Captain Walker moved into Portland, Benjamin 
did not accompany him, but remained at West- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


; 
brook on the farm which he purchased on Cobb’s 
lane. There he remained until he moved to. 
Bridgton, Cumberland county, Maine, in Febru-_ 
ary, 1827, and there engaged in lumbering, em-— 
ploying a large force of men in lumbering and — 
rafting logs, and in his saw mills. He became . 
a large owner of farm and timber lands, ranking ~ 


-as one of the leading, substantial men of his— 


section. 3 
A Democrat in politics, Mr. Walker in all things 
was public spirited and progressive, and took a 
deep interest in local and State affairs. He 
served Bridgton as councilman and as treasurer, 
and his legislative district as a member of the 
State Legislature. He was a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, an attend- 
ant and a generous supporter of the Congrega- 
tional church. His name stood high for up- 
rightness and honor in his community, and his 
charity and kindness of heart were proverbial. 
Like all really big men he was jovial and good 
natured, every man who knew him feeling that 
they were friends. He was one of the strong 
valuable men of his day, and although he passed 
from mortal view many years ago, his memory 
is warmly cherished by those who knew the true 
depths of his loyal nature. d 

Benjamin Walker married, November 1, 1821, 
at Portland, Maine, Sarah A. Cross, born in Port- 
land, March 25, 1797, died in Bridgton, Maine 
August 8, 1863, daughter of Ebenezer Cross, born 
in Newburyport, and his wife, Abigail Webb, bor 
in Westbrook, Maine. Mr. and Mrs. Walke 
were the parents of nine children, two of whom 
died in childhood. Two only of this family sur 
vive: Mrs. Lydia Adams, of Portland, Maine; 
and Caroline A. Walker, of Bridgton, Maine. H 


ALBERT SMITH PLUMMER, the well | 
known business man of Lewiston, Maine, comeay 
of an old New England family, which was 
founded in this country by one Francis Plum- 
mer, who came from England during the Co- 
lonial period and located in Massachusetts. For 
many generations the name has been associated 
with Maine, however, members of the family 
having been distinguished there in several dif- 
ferent departments of life. 

Mr. Plummer is a son of William Henry Plum- 
mer, who was born at Westbrook, Maine June 
13, 1812. Mr. Plummer, Sr., came as a young 
man to Portland and took a prominent part in 
the affairs of that city, serving at one time as 
assessor of Portland, and was active for many 
years in politics there. He also held the posi- 


CAPTAIN GEORGE CARD 


of deputy marshal under Neal Dow dur- 
: troublesome time of the rum riots. He 
Mrs. Mary Weymouth (Wilkinson) 
1, who was a native of Berwick, Maine, 
who died im Portland, November 8, 1892. 
ammer, Sr., died there May 12, 1890. To 


as follows: Lorenzo B., deceased; Mary 
deceased; Ellen H., who is now the widow 
e H. Chaplin, and makes her home in 


a further. 
Born August 8, 1847, at Portland, Maine, Al- 
ct Smith Plummer passed his childhood and 
youth there, making his native city his 
home until he had attained his majority. It 
was at Portland also that he was educated, at- 
ding for this purpose the local public schools, 
“all the early associations of his life were 
ed at that place At the age of twenty-one 
“ad the parental home and came to Lewiston, 
e he entered the employ of Bradford Conant 
: ‘Company, with which concerm he remained for 
@ period of twenty-three years. Mr. Plummer, 
mowever, also cherished the ambition to be en- 
z an independent business and according- 
ed a Jarge percentage of his earnings with 
end in view. Eventually, after twenty-three 
5 of service, he found himself im the position 
to engage im business om his owm account, and 
as realized his ambition and formed a partuer- 
> with a2 Mr. Roak, under the firm mame of 
& Plummer, and with this gentleman estab- 
f am undertaking establishment. Not long 
; however, Mr. Roak died and Mr. Plummer 
itimued the business im partnership with 
Jes E. Merrill, umder the firm name of 
Plummer & Merrill Im course of time Mr. 
= J. Doe and G. Ray Lewis were also taken 
i the firm and these two gentlemen, upon 
he occasion of Mr. Merrili’s death, some years 
C ds, purchased his imterest amd are now 
Plammier’s associates. The busimess is con- 
ed under the name of the Plummer & Mer- 
Company and has now, thanks to the busi- 
Sagacity and foresight of Mr. Plummer, 
mie the largest of its kind in Auburn Dur- 
the early part of his residence im Lewiston, 
Plummer was actively imterested im local 
ic affairs and for some time served as 2 mem- 
of the City Council here, but the demands of 
business have more recently forced him to de- 
lis entire attention thereto, and although 
fe still retains an equally keen interest im polit- 
cal issues generally, he has retired from ac- 


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tive participation. Mr. Plummer is not too busy 
to devote a considerable portion of his time to 
social and fraternal matters, and he is particu- 
larly prominent in the work of the Masonic or- 
der im Auburn. He has takem his thirty-second 
degree im this order, and is 2 member of all the - 
Masonic bodies in Lewiston, among which should 
be mentioned Rabboni Lodge, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons; King Hiram Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons; Dunlap Council, Royal and Select 
Masters; Lewiston Commandery, Kuights Tem- 
plar; Kora Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles 
of the Mystic Shrine, and Maine Comsistory, Sov- 
ereigm Primces of the Royal Secret. Mr. Plum- 
mer has always made his home in Lewiston, al- 
though his business establishment is im Auburn, 
and has come to be a very well known figure 
in the life of that community. In his religious 
belief he is a Universalist amd attends the church 
of that denomination in Lewiston. 

Albert Smith Plummer was united im marriage, 
September 16, 1872, with Helem Mariam Curtiss, 
a mative of Wellington, Maine, and a daughter 
of Benjamin F. and Susan (Buzzell) Curtiss. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Plummer one child has been born, 
Elizabeth Curtiss, October 27, 1889 She is now 
the wife of Karl R. Tomer, of Lewiston. 

Mr. Plummer has the reputation among his 
numerous associates of a mam who attemds most 
strictly to his busimess amd always fulfills his 
obligations. It could be said of him that he 
can always be foumd either im his office or at 
home, and this really expresses the truth of him 
very aptly, his imterests beimg centered chiefly 
about these two thimgs. Towards all he acts 
alike, is 2 mam of sterlimg character and genial 
disposition, possesses many devoted friends, and 
ihe mewer is happier tham whem by some simple 
act or word he cam bring happimess to those about 
him. He is ome who puts the ideal of Christian 
charity imto daily practice, and there are few men 
who are so greatly respected as Mr. Plummer im 
the community. 


CAPTAIN GEORGE CARD The fame oi 
Captaim George Card, master mariner, royal navy 
pilot of her Britammic Majesty Queen Victorim’s 
war ships, was more tham local, for he sailed 
many ships and lived im both Nova Scott and 
the United States, although, perhaps, he was best 
known im the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where, 
for many years, he piloted the war wessels of the 
British mavy im and out of that harbor. He was 
a Nova Scotmn by birth but his life imciluded an 
Americam residemce at Eastport, extendmg over 


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a period of several years. From boyhood he fol- 
lowed the sea, serving in every condition of 
shipboard life from cabin boy to quarter deck, 
and was a master of ships when a young man, 
and until his death, at the age of seventy-seven, 
was in active service. His career included both 
naval and merchant marine service, and after 
reaching the quarter deck he was constantly a 
master of ships, sailing all seas, except the years 
he was one of the Royal navy pilots at Halifax. 
Gruff, hale and hearty, he made friends every- 
where, performed every duty well, was a true 
and loving husband and father, and when the 
news went out that the veteran sea captain had 
given his last command and sailed away over 
uncharted seas, there was deep and genuine re- 
gret both felt and expressed by his many friends 
and acquaintances. He belonged to the day of 
the real mariner, for steam navigation was un- 
known until his life was well advanced and he 
had learned the true sailor’s trade. Having a 
warm heart he sympathized with everyone in 
distress, and on many occasions risked his own 
life to save others, chivalry at sea then not hav- 
ing felt the blighting influence of the Hun who 
slays not saves those in peril at sea. 

Captain George Card was born in Newport, 
Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1791, died in the city 
of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1867. He spent his 
youth at Newport, and there attended the schools, 
which at that early day were limited in their 
scope and advantages. He began at an early age 
to follow the sea, shipping as cabin boy and ris- 
ing within a few years through the mates’ berths 
to the command of a vessel. He sailed ships 
from the port of Halifax to all parts of the 
world, and no captain of the merchant marine 
better served his owners, his voyages being usual- 
ly made in the shortest possible time, while he 
combined with his skill and bravery as a navi- 
gating master, a keen business sense which was 
of great value to his owners, even when a super- 
cargo was carried. After becoming head of a 
family he moved to Campabello, New Bruns- 
wick, Canada, and from there continued his sea- 
faring life, later returning to Halifax, which was 
his home until moving to Eastport, Maine, these 
changes of residences caused by the changing 
of ship and his ship owners, he maintaining his 
family home at the home port from which he 
sailed. He sailed Eastport ships for several 
years, then again returned to Halifax. Soon 
after the return he was commissioned a royal 
pilot, and for twelve years his duty was the 
piloting of British war ships in and out of the 


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harbor of Halifax. He performed all the re- 
quired duties of a royal pilot with caution an 
good judgment, being rated high on the list of 
pilots, and until his last illness, in 1867, was 
regular in the performance of his duty. For at 
least sixty of his seventy-seven years he was z 
member of the Church of England, and was a 
nan highly respected by all who knew him. 

Captain Card married, in Newport, Nova Sco- 
tia, Mary Mosher, born in the year 1800, died in 
1884, daughter of Joseph Mosher, of an ancient 
Nova Scotian family. Captain and Mrs. Card 
were the parents of ten children: Priscilla, mar- 
ried Captain Stephen Ryerson; Edward, a sea 
captain of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; 
Elizabeth, died in infancy; George, who settled 
in the western part of the United States; James 
Hiram, died at sea; Rachel, married Samuel 
Rumery; Amy, married David Evans, of East- 
port, Maine; Margaret J., of Portland, Maine; 
Mary Delina, married D. H. Dennett; and Delia, 
of Portland, Maine. After the death of her hus- 
band, Mrs. Mary Mosher Card returned with her 


where she resided until her death in 1884, being 
tenderly cared for by her devoted daughters. 


husband and children. The Misses Margaret J. a1 
Delia Card are now residents of Portland, Mai 
and gave tender, loving care to their mother 
her many years of widowhood and old age, a 
are both women of culture and refinement, ant 
are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal — 
church. g 


ZEPHIRIN VINCENT, who without doubt is” 
one of the most influential citizens of Auburn, 
Maine, was born on March 11, 1877, in the small 
town of La Presentation, near the city of Mont- 
real, Canada, and came with his parents from 
that place to Salem, Maine, while still an infant 
in arms. It thus happens that his earliest as- 
sociations were with the United States, in which 
country his subsequent life has been passed, As 
a matter of fact, his parents were citizens of the 
United States, and their home had previously 
been this same town of Salem, their presence in 
Canada being explained by the fact that they 
had gone there for reasons of health. When 
he was seven years of age, his parents removed 
to Lewiston from Massachusetts, where they re- 
sided for some four years, during which time the 


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Jad began his education. Then they came to 
Auburn, where Mr. Vincent has resided ever 
since. 

Mr. Vincent attended the parochial school in 
‘connection with the Catholic church of Lewis- 
‘ton, but his entire schooling did not exceed more 
than five years, for at the age of twelve he aban- 
‘doned his studies and began to work for his 
father in the latter's soda water manufactory 
which he had established in Auburn. He con- 
tinued to work in this establishment for some 
‘ten years, and was then given a position on the 
Auburn police force, being appointed thereto by 
Mayor Wilson. He continued to serve in this 
‘capacity for four years, and in 1905 received the 
appointment as turnkey and jailer for Andros- 
coggin county. He continued to hold this posi- 
tion during 1905 and the three years following, 
but in 1908 resigned the post and bought out his 
father’s interest in the soda water manufactory. 
After this Mr. Vincent turned his attention to 
building a business that had already met with 
marked success, and established a wholesale con- 
-fectionery business, and from that time to the 
present it has prospered highly under his ca- 
pable management. In the year 1911 he erected 
the present handsome three-story building, meas- 
uring fifty by a hundred feet, and in 1913 put up 
a large addition to the same. His plant occu- 
pied the entire ground floor and is taxed to its 
capacity to turn out sufficient soda water to 
meet the demands of the trade. His market ex- 
tends over a radius of some fifty miles. The 
plant bottles Coca-Cola, Herbo, the Vinco brand 
of ginger ale, and other kinds of soft drinks. 
There is also a confectionery department in con- 
nection with the plant and several popular 
brands of confections are made there. 

Mr. Vincent was united in marriage, July 28, 
1896, with Alma Labonte, a native of Quebec, 
Canada, and a daughter of John B. and Maria 
(Couture) Labonte. To Mr. and Mrs. Vincent 
four children were born, as follows: Antoinette 
M., born June 13, 1897, and resides with her 
parents in Auburn; Dominick Z., born January 21, 
1898; Gertrude B., born March 17, 1900; Florence 
M., born June 21, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent 
and their family are members of the Roman 
Catholic church and attend St. Louis Church of 
that demonination. 

A word here is appropriate concerning Mr. 
Vincent’s father and the Vincent family in gen- 
| eral. The Vincents originally came from France 
_and located at Varennes, Canada, near the city 
of Montreal, where they resided for a number 


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of generations. Mr. Vincent’s father, Sabin Vin- 
cent, was born at St. Hyacinthe, Canada, August 
12, 1850, and was the first of the family to come 
to Maine. He now lives retired in the city of 
Auburn in this State. He married Victoria 
Boucher, also a native of St. Hyacinthe, where 
she was born January 19, 1851, and to them nine 
children have been born, of whom the first three 
died in infancy. The survivors are as follows: 
Anna, who lives unmarried in Auburn; Ovila; 
Zephirin, with whose career we are here espe- 
cially concerned; Arthur E.; Joseph N.; Emily, 
who is the widow of Fortunate Belleau. 

Energy, self-confidence and a, strict adher- 
ence to those principles of human conduct that 
play so vital a part in the moulding of society, 
are the traits which lay at the base of the char- 
acter of Zephirin Vincent, and were the cause 
of his business success, and the respect which 
he enjoys in the community. He is without 
doubt a model of citizenship. 


JOHN ELLIS YORK, third son of Advardis 
and Jane (Irving) York, was a native of Knox- 
ford, New Brunswick, and was born May 27, 1860. 
The name of the family is derived from the an- 
cient city of York, the capital of Yorkshire. The 
early inhabitants of New Gloucester, Massachu- 
setts, numbered several of the name, who were 
active in the making of the town. 

(1) Richard York was a native of England, and 
settled in Wakefield, New Brunswick. He mar- 
ried Susan Gallup. 

(11) Advardis York, son of Richard and Susan 
(Gallup) York, was born in Wakefield, in 1823. 
In 1869 he removed to Mars Hill, Aroostook 
county, and engaged in farming. He was a con- 
sistent member of the Free Baptist Church. He 
married Jane Irving, daughter of Robert Irving. 
The following children were born of this union: 
Richard, deceased; Robert Alonzo, deceased; 
John Ellis, Colman N., of Mars Hill; David, 
deceased; Alfred, deceased; Frank, deceased; Ne- 
hemiah, deceased; Edwin W., Washington, Ad- 
vardis, Winlock, Washington, and Maggie, now 
Mrs. D. D. Banks, of Mars Hill. 

(III) John Ellis York was educated in the 
common schools of New Brunswick and Mars 
Hill, to which his father came to live when the 
lad was only nine years old. Until he was 
twenty years old he remained on his father’s farm 
and then went into the general merchandising 
business. He conducted a large farm and dealt 
in potatoes, starch and hay, having been a large 
buyer, shipper and grower of potatoes. He dealt 


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extensively in lumber, having owned and operated 
a saw mill in Mars Hill. He was one of the 
substantial men of Aroostook, was very active 
in helping to build up the town in which he lived, 
being closely connected with all town affairs; 
was one of the directors of the Mars Hill Trust 
Company, and a strong supporter of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal church. He was a member of 
Aroostook Lodge, No. 179, Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons, of Blaine, and Houlton Lodge, 
No. 835, Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks, and of Kora Temple of Lewiston. 

Mr. York married (first) Lizzie Banks, daugh- 
ter of T. H. Banks. Children: Pearl I., Ella S., 
Thomas R., and Frank A. Mrs. York died in 
1904. On May 9g, 1908, Mr. York married (sec- 
ond) Clementine C. Johnston, second daughter 
of Alonzo C. and Philena Flannery Johnston, of 
Fort Fairfield. Mr. York died May 16, 1918. 

KING FOY GRAHAM-—-Scotland has never 
been one of the countries that has sent her chil- 
dren in great numbers to the ‘New World,” 
there to form an element in the great race that 
is even now forming here in America, the melt- 
ing-pot of the nations, although in the Colonial 
period of our history the proportion was larger 
than it has since been. Nevertheless we may 
boast of a fair strain of the Scotch blood in our 
veins, a fair number of its hardy sons in our 
midst, and feel sure that whatsoever its quantity, 
in quality it is one of the best elements in our 
body politic. 

David Graham, father of King F. Graham, 
was born in Scotland, near Perth, and while still 
a boy emigrated with his parents to Canada, 
where he resided for some time. He later came 
to Westbrook, Maine, and secured employment 
as a blacksmith with the S. D. Warren Company, 
where he remained until his death, which oc- 
curred in 1902. He was married to Rose L. 
Hadlock, whose birth occurred in Westbrook, 
Cumberland county, Maine, and she survived him 
six years, her death having occurred in 1908. 
Mr. and Mrs. David Graham were the parents of 
five children, as follows: James, who died in in- 
fancy; George C., a resident of Lynn, Massachu- 
setts, and in the employ of the General Electric 
Company there; King Foy, of whom further; 
James W., a resident of Westbrook, and who is 
the general manager of the Portland Water Distil- 
lery; and Annie J., who resides with her brother, 
King Foy. 

King Foy Graham was born at Westbrook, 
Maine, October 20, 1868. He received the pre- 


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liminary portion of his education in the public 


schools of his native region, and at the age of — 


nineteen began to learn the mason’s trade. He 
continued in this occupation for some time and — 
later engaged in business on his own account. 
In this he proved very successful and has been 


doing business as a mason contractor for the past — 


twenty years. At the present time Mr. Graham’s 
business is conducted at No. 43 Haskel street 
and his home is also located in this same build- 
ing. Mr. Graham is very prominent in the po- 
litical and social activities of the community. He 
is affiliated with the Republican party. In the 
fall of 1913 he was appointed by Governor 
Haynes to fill the unexpired term of office caused 
by the death of Sheriff Everett G. Scully, term 
ending January I, IQI5. 
in 1916, his term beginning in January, 1917. He 
is an ardent Prohibitionist and supports that 
cause in every possible manner. He is identi- 
fied with the Independent Order of Odd Fel-— 
lows, with which association he has been con- 
nected for some time. In his religious belief 
Mr. Graham is a Congregationalist, attending the © 
church of that denomination in Westbrook. He 


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of out-door sports generally. Mr. 
life is an active one. 
getic man of affairs, whose united labors have 
built up the industrial development of New Eng- 

land. In him also is this type characteristic of 
New England, the energy and industry based 

upon a foundation of moral strength which ren- 

ders it doubly effective with the power which 
forebearance always gives. His honor and in- 

tegrity are unimpeachable, his sense of justice 

sure and his charity and tolerance broad and far- 

reaching. His successes are made permanent, 

founded as they are on the confidence of his as- 

sociates, and he has built up for himself an en- 

viable reputation among all classes of men. Mr. 

Graham is a perfect model for the younger gen- 

eration to follow. 


SYLVANUS BOURNE, deceased, of Portland, 
Maine, was a man well and favorably known in 
many different connections in the community 
where he made his home. He was prominently 
associated with many of the aspects of the com- 
munity’s life, and in each and all of them estab- 
lished for himself a reputation for integrity and 
probity not surpassed by any of his fellow cit- 


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gens. His death, which occurred at his home 
in this city, August 29, 1917, was felt as a per- 
loss to a great number of friends and asso- 
es, and the whole community realized that a 
en of the highest type, a faithful friend and 
virtuous man had been called from their midst. 
Mr. Bourne came of a good old Maine family 
which had been identified with the “Pine Tree 
State” for a number of generations, his father, 
jor M. B. Bourne, having been a native here. 
Phe elder Mr. Bourne was born at Harrison, 
Maine, and there his childhood was spent. Asa 
coung man he came to Portland, and here en- 
ged in business as a roofing contractor, and 
from the outset met with considerable success. 
He was employed by the city government to do 
of the public work of that nature, and 
many of the finest buildings in the city were 
roofed by him. When his son, Sylvanus, had 
srown to manhood, he took him into partner- 
Ship with him, and this association continued 
until the death of the elder man, which occurred 
at the early age of sixty-seven years. His great 
uccess in his business, and his activity in con- 
nection with the afiairs of Portland, made him 
an influential figure here, and he was considered 
one of the substantial business men of this place. 
Major Bourne married Dorcas Rounds, of Buck- 
field, Maine, who survived him and lived to the 
advanced age of eighty-two years and six 
months. She and her husband were faithful 
members of the Baptist church. 
Born September 24, 1847, at Portland, Maine, 
Sylvanus Bourne, son of Major M. B. and Dorcas 
(Rounds) Bourne, has made this city his home 
ever Since. He secured his education at the local 
public schools and attended the Portland High 
School to complete his studies. He then en- 
tered his father’s establishment, where he learned 
the trade of slater and became very proficient at 
He showed himself to be possessed of a 
juick and alert mind and easily gained a good 
fasp of business methods, so that it was only 
ortly after his beginning work for his father 
that the latter admitted him to partnership and 
he firm became M. B. Bourne & Son. After the 
death of the elder Mr. Bourne, Sylvanus Bourne, 
no had in the meantime been assuming a greater 
greater proportion of the management of 
irs, continued it, with the highest kind of suc- 
It was not long before the great busi- 
S talent possessed by Mr. Bourne began to 
e itself known in the further development of 
already large business, which he extended 
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and accepting contracts for work outside the 
original territory of operations. Indeed, Mr. 
Bourne became one of the foremost men in the 
State of Maine in this line, and the work that 
he did, and the materials that he used in every 
job, whether small or large, were of the very best 
type, so he gained for himself that most valuable 
of all assets to the man of business, tne reputa- 
tion of filling all one’s obligations, and af liv- 
ing up to the spirit as well as to the letter of 
one’s contracts. 

Besides his large business activities, Mr- 
Bourne was a participant in the public affairs of 
Portland, and was a figure of prominence in local 
Republican party organization. He was a 
staunch supporter of the principles and policies 
for which the party stands, and was its candidate 
for public office on several different occasions, 
as well as being a prominent member of the Re- 
publican Club. Mr. Bourne was elected to the 
Portland City Council and served on that body 
with a zeal and disinterestedness that might well 
serve as a model to the average city government. 
Like his father, Mr. Bourne was a Baptist in 
belief and attended the church of that denomina- 
tion in Portland, and was active in the work of 
the congregation. He was a prominent Mason, 
having taken his thirty-second degree in the Ma- 
sonic order, being a life member of Ancient 
Landmark Lodge, No. 17, Ancient Free and Ac- 
cepted Masons; Mount Nemon Chapter, Royal 
Arch Masons; Portland Council, No. 4, Royal and 
Select Masters; Portland Commandery, Knights 
Templar; Aleppo Temple, Ancient Arabic Or- 
der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of Boston; and 
Maine Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal 
Secret. He was a member of the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows. He was also a member 
of the Portland Club, and a conspicuous figure 
in the social and club life of the city. 

Sylvanus Bourne was united in marriage, No- 
vember 26, 1868, with Georgiana Stilson, a daugh- 
ter of Ira and Mary (Hay) Stilson, old and highly 
respected residents of Portland. Mrs. Bourne 
survives her husband, and still conducts the great 
business left by him, in conjunction with her 
son-in-law, Charles E. B. King. She is promi- 
nent in social and church circles here, and is a 
member of the Baptist church. Mr. and Mrs. 
Bourne became the parents of two children, as 
follows: Ella A., who became the wife of 
Charles E. B. King, now the active head of the 
firm of M. B. Bourne & Son, to whom she has 
borne a son, who died in 1907, at the age of 
seven years; and Gertrude. 


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After the basic virtue of honesty, strong com- 
mon sense and a powerful will, the latter tem- 
pered by unusual tact and judgment, were the 
basis of Mr. Bourne’s character and, incidental- 
ly, of his marked success in life. Men felt in- 
stinctively that he was a strong man, a man 
upon whom they could lean in times of difficulty, 
and therefore, the more readily followed his lead 
in whatever they might be associated with him 
in. They felt also the charm of a warm heart 
and charitable nature, with the result that few 
men in the community could boast of so large 
a following of devoted personal friends, or exer- 
cise a greater influence in that most direct of 
ways, the effect of character upon character, of 
personality on personality, in the common rela- 
tions of daily life. Of most versatile talents and 
broad tastes, he was, nevertheless, able to con- 
centrate with the most complete single-minded- 
ness on whatever objective he set before him. 
Another virtue was his strong love of home, a 
domestic instinct that found its expression in his 
desire to spend his leisure time by his own 
hearthstone and amongst the members of his 
immediate family. A devoted and affectionate 
husband and father, Mr. Bourne’s conduct in 
these relations was not less exemplary than in 
his public and business life. 


ARTHUR LINWOOD THAYER, of Bangor, 
Maine, was born at Sheldonville, Massachusetts, 
December 6, 1875, the son of Frederick Alphonso 
and Mary (Wilder) Thayer. Until 1878 his 
father was a jeweler, but after that time he re- 
tired to a farm and engaged in agricultural pur- 
suits. He had held several town offices in 
Charleston, Maine, where he still resides (1918). 
During the Civil War he served as a private in 
the United States Signal Corps from May 12, 
1864, to December 9, 1865. 

Arthur L. Thayer was educated at the Higgins 
Classical Institute, Charleston, Maine, which he 
left in 1900, going from there to Harvard Uni- 
versity, from which he received his baccalaureate 
degree in 1904. Between 1904 and 1905, and be- 
tween 1908 and 1910, he worked as a special stu- 
dent at the Harvard Law School. He was al- 
ways deeply interested in work with young men, 
a field of activity for which he had early evinced 
a special talent, and during the years 1905-07 he 
filled the post of secretary of the Cornell Uni- 
versity Christian Association. The next year 
he served as the secretary of the Phillip Brooks 
House Association, at Harvard University. From 
July, 1910, to October, 1911, he was the athletic 


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director of the Guild Hall Association, of Mar- 
quette, Michigan. From August, 1917, he has 
been the. secretary-treasurer of the Penobscot 
National Farm Loan Association. In his polit- 
ical views Mr. Thayer is a Republican and a Pro- 
gressive, but he has never held political office. 
He enlisted January 13, 1916, in the Maine Na- 
tional Guard, as a member of the Bangor Machine ~ 
Gun Company, Second Maine Infantry, and was 
mustered into Federal service June 28, 1916, as 
a private and received honorable discharge from — 
the service August 25, 1916, with the rank of 
sergeant. October 9, 1917, he received the ap-— 
pointment as judge advocate of the Judge Advo- 
cate General’s Department of the Maine National , 
Guard, with the rank of major. 

Mr. Thayer is a member of Olive Branch 
Lodge, No. 124, Ancient Free and Accepted 
Masons, Charleston, Maine; of the Conduskeag 
Lodge, No. 53, of the Knights of Pythias, Ban- 
gor, Maine, and is a trustee. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Harvard Chapter of the Delta Upsilon 
fraternity, of the Harvard Chapter of the Acacia 
fraternity, and of the Reed Chapter of the Ph 
Delta Phi, Bangor, Maine. He belongs to the 
Bangor Masonic Club, and to the Hannibal Ham- 
lin Club. He is a member of the Unitars a 
church, of Bangor, Maine. 2 

He married, November 9, 1910, at Plymouth 
Pennsylvania, Maud Louise Kuschke, daughter 
of Christian B. and Margaret L. Kuschke. They 
have two pemnicu Arthur Linwood, Ve ben 


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ALPHEUS SHAW BEAN, who was a sub- 
stantial, successful business man of West Bethel, 
Maine, was a man of high character, just and 
upright in his business dealings, and well liked 
by all who knew him. He was a son of Daniel 
Freeman Bean, born in Bethel, Maine, a large 
stock dealer for many years. He married Polly 
P. White, born in Gilead, Maine. They were 
the parents of six children. q 

Alpheus Shaw Bean was born in Bethel, Maine, 
January 18, 1846, died September 20, 1899, at West 
Bethel, and was buried there. He was educated 
in public schools and at Gould’s Academy, 
Bethel, and began business life as a commis- 
sion merchant, dealing in farm products, poultry 
and eggs. He continued in that business for 
about six years, during which time he managed 
to save a thousand dollars before he reached the age 
of twenty-one, then going to California, where he 
remained for a short period. He continued very 


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successful in all his undertakings, and acquired 
large business interests and an extensive landed 
estate. He was a man of exceptional business 
ability, and his advice was sought on important 
matters, particularly where land values were in- 
volved. He was very fond of out-of-door life 
and loved the woods. He possessed a host of 
friends, and was the soul of hospitality, never 
happier than when entertaining his friends in 
his own home. He was very domestic in his 
tastes, and loved his home, there finding his 
greatest joy. He was a Republican in politics, 
and for twenty-five years was postmaster of West 
Bethel. He was a member of the Knights of 
Pythias, and an attendant of the Universalist 
church. 

Mr. Bean married, November 14, 1871, Lucinda 
Mason, born in Gilead, Maine, daughter of 
Moses and Martha (Walker) Mason, the Masons, 
like the Beans, tracing descent from English 
forebears. Moses Mason was born in Gilead, 
Maine, and there engaged in both farming and 
lumbering until his death in 1896. He held many 
town offices, and was a man of influence in his 
community. Martha Walker was born in Emden, 
They 
were the parents of seven children. 


JOHN YEATON SCRUTON — Lewiston, 
Maine, and that section of the “Pine Tree State” 
surrounding this progressive city, is noted for 
the numbers of her successful business men, and 
among these none is more prominent than John 
Yeaton Scruton. He is a son of Edwin F. 
Scruton, and a member of an old and distin- 
guished family. 

The first ancestor was Thomas Scruton, who 
sailed from Ireland to the United States at an 
early date, and on his arrival in this country came 
to New Hampshire. Some time later, however, 
the family removed to Maine, and it was in this 
State that the birth of Edwin F. Scruton, the 
father of the Mr. Scruton of this article, was born 
in 1859. Edwin F. Scruton was a native of 
Lewiston, Maine, and it was in this city that he 
resided during his entire life, and here that he 
Was engaged in a successful clothing business 
for a period of about thirty years. He took a 
prominent part in public affairs and at one time 
served as alderman and overseer of the poor. 
He was identified with the Republican party, and 
Was active in the political affairs of the region, 
Despite 
the fact that he adhered to the principles of this 
Party so ardently, he ended this association at 


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the time of the formation of the Progressive 
party, with which organization he became iden- 
tified and continued a supporter until his death, 
which occurred, October 19, 1913, at the age of 
fifty-four years. Edwin F. Scruton married 
Eldora M. Niles, who survives him and makes 
her home in Lewiston. Three children were 
born of this union, as follows: Sarah, who died 
when still a child; John Y.; and Arthur E., who 
married Theresa C. Costello, a native of Bidde- 
ford, Maine, and who is identified with his 
brother, John Y., in the printing business. 

John Yeaton Scruton was born at Lewiston, 
Maine, February 9, 1890. He attended the Lewis- 
ton public schools, and finally the High School 
of this city, from which he graduated in 1909, 
and then matriculated at Bates College, where he 
remained for two years. He spent a year in the 
engraving department of the Lewiston Journal, 
and at the end of this period engaged in business 
with his brother, Arthur E., the two men estab- 
lishing the business of Scruton Brothers, printers, 
in March, 1914. This place is located at No. 223 
Lisbon street, and was successful: from the out- 
set. The two young men now carry on a suc- 
cessful printing establishment, and cater to some 
of the best trade in the region. Their plant is 
equipped with the most modern machinery, and 
they have the reputation of doing only high class 
work at reasonable figures. Mr. Scruton is also 
affiliated with a number of other organizations, 
among which should be mentioned the First Na- 
tional Bank of Lewiston, of which he is a stock- 
holder, and of which his father, Edwin F. Scruton, 
was a director for many years during his life, 
and of which his grandfather, also a John Y. 
Scruton, was the president. Mr. Scruton is a 
member of the Masonic order, the Blue Lodge, 
and the Sons of Veterans. In his religious be- 
lief, he is identified with the Free Baptists, and 
attends the church of that denomination at 
Lewiston. E 


THOMAS CAMPBELL KENNEDY—The 
Kennedys of this branch are of Scotch ancestry, 
Samuel Kennedy coming from Ireland to 
Sheepscot, Maine, in 1731. He was the father 
of Robert Kennedy, born October 6, 1763, a 
farmer and a lumberman of New Castle, Maine, a 
deacon of the Congregational church, and a man 
of h'gh standing in his community. He married 
Sarah Campbell, of New Castle, Maine, and they 
were the parents of Thomas Campbell Kennedy, 
to whose memory this review is dedicated. 
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of those of his later life were spent in the con- 
tented retirement of his New England home. 
He was a man of great energy and force of 
character, devoted to his home and family and 
very friendly. 

Thomas Campbell Kennedy was born in New 
Castle, Maine, December 5, 1825, and died there, 
in 1909. He was educated in the district schools 
and completed his studies at Lincoln Academy, 
an institution in which he took a deep interest 
even to his latest days. He grew to youthful 
manhood at the home farm, continuing his 
father’s assistant until 1843, then at the age of 
eighteen started out to make his own way in 
the world. He was a strong, healthy young man, 
well posted in all that pertained to farm labor, 
consequently he was led to seek that form of 
earning a livelihood. He finally made his way 
to the State of Michigan, thence to Minnesota, 
finally to Iowa. In all of these States he farmed, 
bought and sold land, dealing quite heavily in 
real estate at times, and prospering abundantly. 
Finally, after many years in the West, he closed 
out his interests and returned to his old Maine 
home in New Castle, and there resided until his 
death. Mr. Kennedy was president of the New 
Castle Bank, a Republican in politics, and a 
member of the Congregational church. He was 
a keen, able, business man, relying strongly 
upon his own judgment, and in all his long busi- 
ness career never had a partner. He had no taste 
for public office, but was deeply interested in 
educational affairs, being particularly friendly to- 
ward Lincoln Academy, serving that institution 
as treasurer for many years, as he did the Con- 
gregational church. 

Mr. Kennedy married (first) December 25, 
1857, Mary Jane Woodbridge, who bore him two 
children, both of whom died in infancy. He 
married (second) January 10, 1870, Laura A. 
Weeks, daughter of Thaddeus and Esther (Hus- 
toro) Weeks, who were married in Damariscotta, 
Maine, but later moved to New Castle, Maine. 
Thaddeus Weeks, born in Jefferson, Maine, was 
engaged in the lumber business; was a bank 
cashier, State Senator, a Whig in politics, but 
later a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy were 
the parents of two daughters: Esther H., who, 
with her mother, is residing in New Castle; 
Laura W., married G. H. G. Wing, of Bar Har- 
bor, Maine, and they are the parents of a son, 
Reginald Kennedy Wing, an ensign in the United 
States navy. 


MERRITT AUGUSTUS KENNARD—A brave 
soldier of the Union and for nearly a quarter of 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


a century a police officer of the city of Portland, — 


Maine, Mr. Kennard, although incapacitated — 
from an active out-of-doors life, maintained his 
position to the last and as the driver of the police - 


patrol, was known in every quarter of his city. 


The accident which caused the amputation of a 
leg, occurred while on a shooting trip in the 
White Mountains, when a young boy. Thus 


handicapped, he entered upon the business of life, 


never faltering or complaining but, with a stout 
heart and true courage he shouldered his bur- 
dens, won his fight and with it gained the re- 
spect of every man with whom he came in con- 
tact. 


city of Portland, April 11, 1842, and died there 


May 17, 1915, son of Richard and Adaline (Jor-— 


dan) Kennard. Richard Kennard spent most of 
his life in Portland and is there buried in Ever- 
green Cemetery. His wife, Adaline Kennard, was 
born in South Paris, Maine, died in Portland, and 
was laid at rest by his side. They were the par- 
ents of four children: Frank S.,a Civil War veteran; 
Merrit A., of further mention; Eugene, resides in 
Portland. Merritt A. Kennard attended the public 
schools and began his active career as a driver in 
the employ of the Prince Express Co., continuing 
until the call of President Lincoln for men to put 
down armed rebellion, awakened his patriotic na- 
ture, and he offered his services as a volunteer. 
He enlisted in 1861 in Colonel Vaill’s regiment, 
served ninety days, the period for which the first 
troops were enlisted; he was honorably discharged 
and mustered out of the service. He then re- 


turned to Portland and resumed his old position g 


with the Prince Express Company. The follow- 
ing winter while hunting in the White Mountains, - 


he fell, causing his gun to go off and the shot 


entering his left leg, which later had to be ampu- 


tated. After recovering from the severe accident, 


a long time afterward, he accepted a position with 
the City Government as a member of the police 


force and driver of the patrol wagon, this posi- 


Merritt Augustus Kennard was born in the 


tion Mr. Kennard held for twenty-three years, — 


when he retired from the department but con- 
tinued to make Portland his home until death. 
His record was without blemish and he was 
highly commended for his services on several 
special occasions. Mr. Kennard was a member of 
Bosworth Post, Grand Army of the Republic, 
from its formation, was a Republican in politics, 
a man of quiet life and disposition, domestic in 
his tastes and devoted to his family. 

He married, June 5, 1862, Maria Royal, of Au- 
burn, Maine, daughter of George and Lucinda 
(Bennet) Royal. After a devoted married life of 


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fifty-three years, the association was broken, Mrs. 
Kennard still continuing her residence in Forest 
Avenue, Portland, while the husband rests in For- 
est City cemetery. She is a member of Bosworth 
Circle Woman’s State Relief Corps, and at- 
tends the Baptist church, and is a woman of ac- 
tive and useful life. Children: Charles A. Hig- 
gins, of Portland; Ella Imogene, residing with her 
mother; Georgia E., married Everett Wilson, of 
Portland. 


CHARLES ROBERT COOMBS, one of the 
most successful and prominent business men of 
Belfast, Maine, where he has been engaged in the 
undertaking business for a number of years, is a 
native of this place, his birth having occurred here 
March 20, 1862. Mr. Coombs comes of an old 
Maine family, and is the grandson of Robert 
Coombs, Jr., a native of Islesboro, Maine, where 
he was born January 25, 1799. Robert Coombs, 
Jr., was a sea captain, going to sea as a boy, but 
he later retired from that life and in 1830 removed 
to Belfast, where he purchased a farm and settled 
down for the remainder of his life. His death 
occurred July 9, 1862. He was married, on Christ- 
mas Day, 1823, to Jane Gilkey, also a native of 
Islesboro, where she was born April 9, 1807, and 
her death occurred at Belfast, August I, 1884. 
Captain Robert Coombs and his wife were the 
parents of fourteen children, among whom was 
Captain Robert Coombs, the father of the Mr. 
Coombs of this sketch. 

Captain Robert (3) Coombs was born at Isles- 
boro, July 3, 1828, and like his father went to 
sea at an early age. Indeed, he began when but 
nine years old as cook, and at the age of six- 
teen, held the position of master of the schooner 
Jane, of Belfast. He afterwards commanded a 
number of vessels, among which were the schoon- 
ers, Dime, Eri, the Royal Welcome, Tippecanoe, 
the Pensacola, the Fred Dyer, the Lydia Brooks; 
the brig, Russian; the barks, P. R. Haszeltine and 
Diana; and the ships, Live-Oak and Cora, the lat- 
ter being named for his daughter. During the 
Civil War, Captain Coombs sailed on the Diana, 
under the Hanoverian flag, from America to India, 
and to the United Kingdom; in 1865 he sold this 
vessel in Copenhagen. On the Cora he sailed 
around the world, most of his voyages being made 
in Pacific waters. For twenty years his ship was 
away from American waters, and the log book 
which he kept at that time recounts many thrill- 
ing adventures. Captain Coombs married, June 
II, 1850, Harriett E. Pendleton, of Belfast, a 


: daughter of Jared Pendleton of that place, where 


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her birth occurred April 13, 1831. Mrs. Coombs 
died June 7, 1894. She and her husband were the 
parents of four children, as follows: 1. Walter H., 
who is now in the antique furniture business at 
Belfast, where he married. 2. Charles Robert, 
of further mention. 3. Cora J., after whom the 
ship Cora was named, born September 18, 1852, 
and became the wife of Alexander Leith, a banker 
of Scottish birth, since deceased. Mr. Leith was 
engaged in banking transactions in Foo-Chow and 
Tien-Tsin, China, and Bombay and Calcutta, In- 
dia, for a number of years, and during the latter 
part of his life, lived retired in England. 4. A 
child who died in infancy. 

The first nine years of Charles Robert Coombs’ 
life were passed at his native place, and he there 
secured his education, attending the local public 
schools. During the years between the ages of 
nine and eleven, however, his father was at sea, 
and his mother took him to England, where he 
attended school in that country for a time. Upon 
returning to the United States, he once more 
studied at Belfast, and at the age of nineteen, en- 
tered the well known Bryant & Stratton’s Busi- 
ness College at Boston. In February, 1882, his 
father having purchased the furniture and under- 
taking business at Belfast, this the young man 
took entire charge of. After the death of his 
father, November 7, 1897, he closed out the furni- 
ture part of the business, and has since devoted 
his entire time to the undertaking business, which 
grew to great proportions and is practically the 
only large concern of its kind in this region, and 
in the thirty-six years he has furnished burials for 
almost five thousand people. 

In politics Mr. Coombs is a Republican, and 
while not taking any active part in politics, he has 
always taken an active part in the affairs of the 
city. For several years he was president of the 
Belfast Board of Trade, and always identified 
himself with any and all movements for the bet- 
terment and prosperity of his home city. Be- 
sides several minor positions, he has served as 
mayor of Belfast for one term and his administra- 
tion won the approval of both friend and foe, 
politically, on account of its disinterested charac- 
ter. Mr. Coombs is an expert taxidermist and for 
many years did a great deal of this work, al- 
though he has now given it up. He is a prominent 
figure in the social and fraternal life of Belfast, 
and is affiliated with a number of organizations 
here. He is particularly prominent in the Masonic 
order, and is a member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 
24, Free and Accepted Masons, of which he is 
past master; a member and past high priest of 


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Corinthian Chapter, No. 7, Royal Arch Masons; a 
member of King Solomons Council, No. 1, Royal 
and Select Masters; and Palestine Commandery, 
No. 14, Knights Templar, of which he is a past 
commander. He is also a charter member of Prim- 
rose Chapter, Eastern Star, of this place, a member 
of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent 
Order of Odd Fellows, and has held all the local 
chairs in the latter organization. In his religious 
belief Mr. Coombs is a Unitarian and attends the 
church of that denomination at Belfast. 

Charles Robert Coombs was united in marriage, 
September 3, 1902, at Belfast, with Helena C. Mat- 
thews, of that place. She was born in Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts, January 11, 1872, a daugh- 
ter of J. M. and Carrie M. (Couillard) Matthews, 
highly respected residents of Belfast, Maine. J. 
M. Matthews was born at Warren, Maine, and 
was a soldier in the Civil War. He was engaged 
in the printing business, but died at an early age. 
His wife was -a well known school teacher at 
Belfast, and followed that profession for many 
years, even after the death of her husband. Mr. 
and Mrs. Coombs have two children: Horace M., 
born August 20, 1910, and Alice, born January 6, 
1912. 


JAMES WILLIAM MURRAY, a public- 
spirited citizen, who identifies himself most 
_ closely with the life and affairs of Auburn, Maine, 
is a son of Dennis Murray, a native of County 
Cork, Ireland, where the elder man was born in 
the year 1827, and came to the United States with 
his parents when but seven years of age. The 
family settled in Portland, where the lad grew to 
manhood and in a course of time entered the em- 
ploy of the railroad. Here he was promoted to 
the position of foreman of a crew of men and 
continued to hold this position during the greater 
portion of his life. Dennis Murray married Mary 
Crooke, like himself a native of Ireland, born in 
Kilkenny, and came to the United States as a 
girl of nine years of age with her parents. They 
settled at Gotham, Maine, where she grew up to 
young womanhood and eventually met Mr. Mur- 
ray. They made Portland their home and there 
their deaths occurred in 1898 and 1914, respect- 
ively, Mr. Murray being seventy-two years of age 
and his wife seventy-seven at the time of their de- 
cease. They were the parents of seven children, 
of whom five are living at the present time (1917). 
Mr. Murray’s grandfather was Nial Murray, who 
lived and died at Cork, Ireland, where he was 
engaged in farming. 

Born August I, 1869, at Webster, Maine, James 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


William Murray, son of Dennis and Mary 
(Crooke) Murray, passed the first twenty years 
of his life in his native town. During that time he 
attended the public schools and as there were no 
high schools at that time in the town, took up 
special studies in which he proved himself to be a 
student of intelligence and aptness. Upon com- 
pleting his studies, the young man secured a posi- 
tion as paymaster in the woolen mill at Webster 
and continued in this employ until the year 191 
In that year he came to Auburn, and was ap- 
pointed by Governor Plaisted, of Maine, to fill the 
unexpired term as registrar of probate for An- 
droscoggin county. Mr. Murray has been ex- 
tremely active and energetic in the general affairs 
of Auburn and is a well known figure in the social 
life there. His hobby, if he can be said to ha e 
any, is the national game of baseball and he de- 
scribes himself as a “fan.” q 

For the amount of schooling that Mr. Murray 
has received, he is a man of remarkably broad 
education and the widest reading. A good gen- 
eral education is quite impossible to gain in our 
public schools, but Mr. Murray is a man of un- 


many branches of culture. 
is to be found in the fact that he is a nat 


everything with which they come in contact. I 
is this which can be said to have caused Mr. Mur- 


term is generally used, in the sense, that is, 
he made of himself everything that is possibl 
in every department of his character and career. 


JOHN FAIRFIELD WHITCOMB was the 


eighth child of Eleazer and Abigail Joy Whit- 


ces, and Caroline. He was born September I, — 
1838, at Ellsworth, Maine, and was educated 
the public schools of his native town. In ear 
life he followed the blacksmith’s trade. At the 
time of the Civil War he offered his services to” 
the government, receiving a commission as first 
lieutenant, afterwards acting as captain of his — 
company when the captain died. He was slight : 
wounded during his term of service. He served 
one term as postmaster of Ellsworth, and repre-_ 
sented his town in the Legislature in 1872-73. He 
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Mr. Whitcomb engaged in the lumber business, 
to which his life was mainly devoted, being asso- 
ciated with Charles H. Haynes and John O. Whit- 
mey, under the firm name of Whitcomb, Haynes 
& Company, having their established place of 
business at Ellsworth Falls, Maine. They manu- 
factured cooperage stock extensively, as well as 
the various forms of long and short lumber, and 
dealt largely in timber lands. For many years 
this reliable firm conducted an honorable and suc- 
cessful business, which still continues, the same 
having been incorporated since the death of Mr. 
Mr. Whitcomb 
was a Commandery Mason, and he and his family 
were attendants at the Congregational church. 

Mr. Whitcomb married, in 1860, in Ellsworth, 
Maine, Madilena G. Haynes, daughter of Charles 
and Louisa (Hammond )Haynes, and they have 


had the following children: Laura Maud, deceased; 


and Benjamin Bradford, a graduate of Bowdoin 
College, and for eighteen years deputy collector 
of customs at the port of Ellsworth, and he be- 
came one of the directors in the lumber business 


_ above referred to, on its incorporation as Whit- 
comb, Haynes & Whitney. 


GRANVILLE CHAPMAN HORR, for many 
years a well known citizen of Portland, Maine, 
and who served as a soldier in the Union Army 
during the Civil War, was a native of this city, 
and a son of Calvin and Harriett (Payne) Horr. 
Mr. and Mrs. Horr, Sr., resided for some time at 
Westbrook, Maine, but were identified with Port- 
land during the major part of their lives. Their 
son, Granville Chapman Horr, was born here, May 
24, 1843, and afterwards, while still a small 
child, removed with his parents to Westbrook. 
It was here that he first attended school, and he 
was still a scholar, in his teens, when the Civil 
War broke out. The youth at once enlisted 


in Company E, Twenty-fifth Regiment, Maine 


Volunteer Infantry, and was shortly afterwards 
promoted to the rank of corporal. He served 
for a period of nine months, seeing considerable 
active service, and then, upon receiving his hon- 
orable discharge, located at his home town of 
Westbrook, where he secured a position as clerk 
fn a local store. Shortly after, he came to Port- 
land, where he secured a similar position in the 
Store of George Warren, and remained in that 
employ for upwards of quarter of a century. 
From the time of his coming to this city he had 


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made it his permanent residence, up to the time 
of his death, which occurred at his home, August 
7, 1894. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery. Mr. 
Horr was prominent in the fraternal and social 
circles of the city, and was a member of Sac- 
coppa Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 
In politics he was a Republican, and in religion 
a Congregationalist, attending the Second Church 
of that denomination in Portland. 

Granville Chapman Horr was twice married, his 
first wife being Mary Libby. There was one child 
born of this union, Walter F. Horr, who resides 
at the present time in Portland, and married Ma- 
tilda Davidson, by whom he has had nine children: 
George, Philip, May, Florence, Alice, Louise, 
James, Emily and William. After the death of 
his first wife, which occurred in January, 1891, 
Mr. Horr married Jennie L. (Wylie) Whitehouse, 
of Poriland, Maine, a daughter of Captain Par- 
ker and Elizabeth (Clark) Wylie, and widow of 
George C. Whitehouse. Mrs. Horr survives her 
husband, and at present resides on Spring street, 
Portland. She is a very prominent woman in the 
community, especially in church circles, and is a 
member of the Williston Congregational Church. 
She is devoted to her home. 


CARL BORDEN FLYNN, son of James A. 
and Annie M. (Foster) Flynn, was born March 
23, 1880, at Machiasport, Maine, his father hav- 
ing been a master mariner sailing from that port 
for many years. 

Mr. Flynn went through the public schools and 
finished the course at the Machias Port High 
School, after which he went into navigation and 
has been a master mariner for eighteen years. 
Captain Flynn took command of a vessel-at the 
age of nineteen; at one time he was the young- 
est master on the coast. He sailed vessels out 
of New Haven, Connecticut, for fifteen years. 
After following the sea for eighteen years he 
went into the shipbuilding business, remaining in 
that for two years. Mr. Flynn has held the of- 
fice of first assessor of taxes and second select- 
man of the town of Harrington. He is a mem- 
ber of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
tracing his descent to Samuel Marston who served 
in the Continental Army from New Hampshire 
during the Revolutionary War. He holds mem- 
bership in the Masonic order, being a member 
of lodge, chapter and commandery of Machias. He 
is also a member of the Red Men, the Grange, the 
Neptune Association of New York, and the New 
York Marine Society. He is a member of the 
Methodist church. 


310 HISTORY 

He married at New Haven, Connecticut, May 
13, 1903, Carrie Wood Munroe, daughter of D. 
Thorpe and Emma L. Munroe. Their children 
are: Evelyn L., born July 1, 1904; Munroe C., born 
February 26, 1907; Horace F., born October 9, 
1g11; and Carrie L., born July 22, 1914. 


LOUIS ANDREW PETERSON—Among the 
many nationalities which pour their thousands of 
emigrants yearly upon the shores of the United 
States, Denmark is to be numbered, although 
those who reach us from its freedom-loving 
shores are not so many as we could wish. For 
there is less reason for the Danes to stray abroad 
from their native land than for the people of 
other places, which, though less rugged in their 
natural aspects, are not so favored with that 
spirit of liberty which, of all things, men hold 
dearest. Such of them as do find their way hither, 
however, are the more welcome, since we know 
them for what they are, possessed of the simple 
and fundamental virtues; honor, courage, indus- 
try, which above all others are important and to 
the advantage of a community in the persons of 
its members. Such a man, for instance, as Louis 
Andrew Peterson, who thought not himself a na- 
tive of Denmark is of Danish parentage, his 
father, John Christian Peterson, having been born 
in that country in the year 1836. The elder Mr. 
Peterson came to the United States at the age 
of twenty years and first made his home in the 
city of Chicago, where he remained five years, 
engaged in his trade as a carpenter. He was in 
that city at the time of the great fire. From Chi- 
cago he came to Portland, Maine, where he re- 
sided for two years, and then went to Scarboro, 
where he has made his home ever since. Mr. 
Peterson is now living retired on a competence. 
He married at Clinton, lowa, Elena Lawson, and 
they were the parents of five children, as follows: 
Jennie Christina, who died at the age of twenty- 
six years; Meta Maria, who is a professional 
nurse and makes her home with her parents at 
Scarboro; Helena Georgiana, now the wife of 
Charles Walker, of Scarboro; Louis Andrew, of 
whom further; Elliott Scott, of Portland, where 
he is at present working in the employ of his 
brother, Louis Andrew Peterson. 

Louis Andrew Peterson was born April 13, 1877, 
at Scarboro, Maine, and there spent the early 
years of his childhood and youth, attending the 
local public schools for his education and fin- 
ally graduating from the Scarboro High School 
in 1895 after preparing himself for college. He 
then entered Gray’s Business College, where he 


OF MAINE 


took a commercial course, and after completing 
his studies there learned the trade of carpenter, 
which his father had followed for so many years, 
and began work in his native town. He also did 
work at Cape Elizabeth and later at Portland, 
where for eleven years he followed his trade. In 
the year 1910, Mr. Peterson’s attention was for- 
cibly directed to the great opportunities existing 
in the automobile business, then enjoying a per- 
iod of very rapid development. Accordingly he 
purchased a one-half interest in the Spear Auto- 
mobile Company and three years later became the 
sole owner of that prosperous concern, the name 
of which was changed to that of the Peterson 
Motor Company, which it has borne since 
1913 to the present time. In the year 1914 Mr. 
Peterson erected the present handsome building 
which is now the quarters of the concern, at 
Nos. 327 and 329 Forest avenue, Portland. This 
building, which measures forty-two by eighty- 
five feet and is two stories in height, was 
added to in 1917 by the erection of another 
building adjacent, measuring fifty by eighty, re 
sulting in a plant as completely equipped with all 
modern devices as any in the State. Mr. Peter- 


known in social and club circles there. He is a 
member of the Woodfords Club and has made 
himself a leader in many important movements 


Will Baptist church in Portland. 

Louis Andrew Peterson was married, January 
28, 1903, at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to Annie Lou- — 
ise Murray, a native of that place, born March 


residents there, who are now deceased. To Mr. 
and Mrs. Peterson three children have been born, — 
as follows: Roland Elliott, December 7, 1905; — 
Murray Gignoux, November 23, 1909; and Roger — 
Curtis, October 6, 1913. - 

The career of Mr. Peterson has displayed tal- 
ents and abilities as varied as the directions in 
which they are expended, but most especially does” 
it show those first and cardinal virtues of courage, 
honesty and charity without which no normal 
lasting achievement may be wrought. He has 
been engaged during his life in many occupations 
among many different people and classes of peo- 
ple, but he always has proven himself in every 
sense a man among men and was instinctively ac- 
corded a high place in their regard, and this is 


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the place which he now still holds. His family 
life is not less worthy than those other relations 
of business and the business world in general 
in which he has distinguished himself, and he 
shows himself the most devoted of husbands and 
fathers. 


RAYMOND ALBERT, the well known and ef- 
ficient town clerk of Madawaska, Maine, where he 
is engaged in business as a general merchant and 
in the handling of produce from the local farms, 
is a native of Madawaska, Maine, where his birth 
occurred September 12, 1876, and a son of Eloi 
and Delina (Dufour) Albert, old and highly 
respected residents of this place, where the for- 
mer has been engaged in farming operations for 
many years. Raymond Albert enjoyed the ad- 
vantages of an excellent education as a lad, and 
attended the Madawaska Training School at Fort 
Kent, from which institution he graduated with 
the class of 1896. After completing his studies at 
this institution Mr. Albert, himself, engaged in 
the profession of teaching for a number of years, 
but in the year 1900 opened his present general 
store at Madawaska and has been actively en- 
gaged in its operation ever since. He has met 
with a high degree of success in this enterprise, 
and is justly regarded as one of the most suc- 
cessful and active business men of the region. 
He does a large trade in handling the produce 
of the local farms here, selling again to the vari- 
ous markets in and about Madawaska. In addi- 
tion to his private business Mr. Albert has inter- 
ested himself in the general financial and mer- 
cantile development of the community, and at 
the present time is connected in an official capac- 
ity with the Van Buren Trust Company, o: Van 
Buren. In politics Mr. Albert is a Republican, 
and has been very much of a leader of his party 
in this section. In 1897 he was elected to the of- 
fice of town clerk and has held that responsible 
post for twenty consecutive years, attending to 
its complicated and responsible duties in the most 
highly efficient manner so as to give satisfaction 
to the whole community, both political friends 
and foes. In his religious belief, Raymond Albert 
is a Roman Catholic and attends St. David’s 
Church of this denomination at Madawaska. He 
is very active in the work of the parish, and is also 
a prominent member of the local council of 
the Knights of Columbus. 

Raymond Albert was united in marriage, Octo- 
ber 26, 1907, at Madawaska, Maine, with Marie 
Cyr, daughter of Jacques and Justine (Albert) 
Cyr, old and highly respected residents of that 


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place. To Mr. and Mrs. Albert the following chil- 
dren have been born: Aline, born October 21, 
1908; Romeo, born October 23, 1911; Leonide, 
born August 28, 1914; and Rene, born September 
30, 1916. 


RICHARD ROBERT SCHONLAND — The 
annals of the American business world are 
crowded with the records of men of German birth 
or parentage who have wrought high places for 
themselves in the New World and gained the 
good will and respect of their chosen fellow citi- 
zens. By this means they have done the country 
an invaluable service and have given it a full 
equivalent in labor for all the wealth they have 
been so successful in drawing to themselves, for 
the work of our citizens of German extraction 
kas almost been universally of a productive type. 
But their service has not been wholly a material 
one and no less worthy of note has been the 
mental and moral effect of having presented be- 
fore our eyes concrete examples of great achieve- 
ment from small beginnings. An excellent ex- 
ample of the foregoing is Richard Robert Schon- 
land, himself a native of Manchester, New Hamp- 
shire, but a son of Charles Henry Schonland, a 
native of the Kingdom of Saxony, Germany, and 
of Julia (Hoppe) Schonland, also a native of 
that region. Mr. Schonland, Sr., came to the 
United States from his native land while still a 
youth, and lived in this country for sixty years, 
until his death which occurred in Lawrence, Mas- 
sachusetts, at the age of seventy-seven. He was 
a sausage manufacturer by trade and engaged in 
that business in Lawrence, Massachusetts, for a 
number of years. He married Julia Hoppe in this 
country, and her death occurred in Lawrence at 
the age of seventy-five. They were the parents of 
nine children, as follows: William F., Henry C., 
Richard R., Louise, Charles, who is engaged in 
business with his brother, Richard R.; Minnie, 
Fred, Theodore, deceased, and Robert. 

Born March 18, 1861, at Manchester, New 
Hampshire, Richard Robert Schonland, son of 
Charles Henry and Julia (Hoppe) Schonland, re- 
moved while still an infant with his parents to the 
city of Boston. Here his earliest childish asso- 
ciations were formed, but he was still only five 
years of age when his parents once more removed, 
this time going to Lawrence, Massachusetts, and 
it was in this place that his childhood and youth 
were passed. It was at Lawrence that he re- 
ceived his education, attending for this purpose 
the local public schools, and it was at Lawrence 
that he learned the trade of sausage making in 


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his father’s establishment. Mr. Schonland has 
never engaged in any other line than this, and at 
the age of thirty-one, after a long apprenticeship 
in his father’s establishment, came to Portland, 
Maine, and there established his present large 
business. In this enterprise he was associated 
with his brother, Charles Schonland, and the two 
young men, with characteristic energy and in- 
dustry, set to work to build up a business which 
should set a standard in the excellence of its 
product and the efficiency of its management. In 
this ambition they were highly successful and 
the firm of Schonland Brothers, with offices at 
Nos. 8 and 10 Union street, Portland, is now 
the leading concern of its kind in Maine. Every 
kind of sausage is manufactured at their plant, 
but they make a specialty of frankfurters, and 
supply an enormous amount throughout the East. 

Richard R. Schonland has made himself a con- 
spicuous figure in the general life of Portland. 
He is a Democrat in politics, has taken a leading 
part in the local organization of his party, and 
has been elected a number of times alderman 
from the Sixth Ward on its ticket. He served 
on the Board of Aldermen in the years 1912, 
1913 and 1914, and gave evidence of his disinter- 
estedness and public spirit in all his official con- 
duct. Mr. Schonland is also very prominent 
in fraternal circles, especially so in connection 
with the Masonic order, where he has taken his 
thirty-second degree. He is a member of Atlan- 
tic Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Greenleaf 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Portland Council, 
Royal and Select Masters; Portland Commandery, 
Knights Templar; and Kora Temple, Ancient 
Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He 
is also affiliated with the local lodge of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a life 
member and past exalted ruler of the Portland 
Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. 
Besides numerous other fraternal organizations, 
Mr. Schonland is a member of Portland Yacht 
Club, and the Portland Power Boat Club. He 
attends the Congress Square church. 

Mr. Schonland was united in marriage, De- 
cember 14, 1884, at Lawrence, Massachusetts, with 
Helene L. Geisler, a native of Germany, a daugh- 
ter of Henry and Wilhelmina (Eichler) Geisler, 
of that country. Mrs. Schonland’s mother is de- 
ceased, but her father lives in retirement at Law- 
rence. Mr. and Mrs. Schonland have had six chil- 
dren born to them, of whom two are deceased. 
The four that are living are as follows: Helene, 
now the wife of Alton W. Mabry, of Watertown, 
Massachusetts, where he is engaged in the busi- 


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ness of manufacturing pianos; Mildred L., who 
became the wife of J. Henry Keefe, an officer 
in the United States Navy, having been graduated 
from Annapolis with the class of 1917; Richard — 
Palmer, a student in the Maine State University, 
class of 1917; and Herbert E., a student in the 
Portland High School, class of 1918. The two 
children that are deceased are Carl F., who died — 
at the age of twenty-five, and Edwin, who died in 
infancy. 

Measured as a man, Mr. Schonland occupies a 
position in the community allotted to few to hold. 
The worth of his citizenship is recognized by all 
and the offices, political and otherwise, that he 
has been chosen to fill have been administered — 
with the same high efficiency that marks the 
administration of his own large and important 
private concerns. A man of strict integrity and 
lofty purpose, he counts his friends among the 
high and the lowly, and his friendship is always to 
be depended upon. He is most kindly of heart, 
very approachable, genial in disposition, and holds — 
sacred the rights of others. 


JOHN B. FARRELL, who held a position of 
respect and esteem in his community, and served 
it loyally and faithfully in more than one office, 
was born in Van Buren, Maine, January 9, 1832, 
and died June 25, 1881. He was a son of Michael 
and Julia (DuBay) Farrell, his father having been 
a farmer and carpenter, and also the proprietor 
of a hotel. 

John B. Farrell attended the common schools, 
and worked on a farm for a time. He also be- — 
came interested in the hardware business, and 
while yet a young man was in the employ of the © 
Government as a mail carrier. He always tooka ~ 
keen interest in political matters, his sympathies 
being with the Democratic party. He held sev- 
eral town offices, among them being that of — 
sheriff, and he was sent to the State Legislature 
by his district, and served his constituency well 
and faithfully. He was a member of the Roman 
Catholic church. 

Mr. Farrell married, at Van Buren, January 9, 
1854, Emily Michaud, daughter of Fabien Mich- 
aud, and their children were: Julia, Leonard, Al- 
fred, Edmund, Jane, Ellen, Elizabeth, Emmeline, 
Emily, Melvina and Euphemia. 


FRANCOIS X. MARCOTTE has for long oc- 
cupied a prominent position in the life of Lewis- 
ton, Maine, having been identified with its gen- 
eral business and industrial development, and is 
of French-Canadian parentage, his father, Hubert 


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Marcotte, having been born at Deschambault, 
Canada, where he carried on the occupation of 
farming, near Wotten. It was at Wotten that the 
elder man died, in the year 1867. Mr. Marcotte, 
Sr., married Leocadie Touyin, and she died when 
her son Francois X. was but nine days old. 

Born February 7, 1859, at Wotten, Canada, 
Francois X. Marcotte spent the early years of his 
life at his native town. It was here also that he 
attended the schools for the preliminary portion 
of his education, and at the age of nineteen en- 
_ tered a private night school at Lewiston, Maine, 
where he had subsequently removed. His first 
position in Lewiston was as a weaver in the 
mill there, where he remained for a period of 
six years. He then returned to Windsor, Canada, 
and here opened a general store, which he con- 
ducted for about four years. At the end of this 
period, however, he sold this place and again re- 
turned to Lewiston, where he obtained a position 
as a clerk in a furniture store at No. 132 Lincoln 
street. The young man was, however, anxious 
to own a place of his own, and at the expiration 
of four months was able to gratify his ambition 
when he was offered the establishment where he 
was then employed. This place he purchased and 
still owns. In addition to the furniture business, 
he added an undertaking ‘business, and has re- 
cently opened a music store close by, at No. 136 
Lincoln street, which is entirely up-to-date, and a 
model of its kind-in the neighborhood, as well 
as his grocery store at No. 196 Lincoln street, 
which he has conducted for eight years. Mr. 
Marcotte, however, does not confine his attention 
entirely to business, but takes an active part in 
the life of the community generally. For six 
years he served on the Board of Water Commis- 
Sioners and has held other similar offices of like 
importance. He is a director and stockholder in 
the Manufacturers National Bank at Lewiston, 
and is also a member of several societies. In his 
religious belief Mr. Marcotte is a Catholic and 
attends St. Peter’s Catholic Church at Lewiston. 
He is deeply interested in church affairs and takes 
an active part in support of same, giving a great 
deal of his time, attention and money to its phil- 
anthropic undertakings. 

Francois X. Marcotte was united in marriage, 
February 15, 1881, at St. Sophio, Halifax, with 
Marie S. Gosselin, a daughter of Pierre and Mar- 
garet (Roy) Gosselin, who were prominent and 
highly respected members of this place, both now 

deceased. Mr. Marcotte is an enthusiast of mu- 
Sic and is a considerable critic. He is especially 
fond of French music, and whenever the oppor- 


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tunity presents itself he attends the musicales, 
which he considers his greatest pleasure outside 
of his home. 


GEORGE EDGAR ALLEN—A native son of 
Knox, Mr. Allen has spent his life within the 
limits of that county, and is now residing in the 
city of Camden, a beautiful Penobscot Bay re- 
sort in the eastern part of the county. He is 
a son of Joshua and Sophronia (Grinnell) Allen, 
of ancient New England family. Joshua Allen 
was a resident of South Hope, Knox county, 
Maine, but during the Civil War he was employed 
in the United States armory at Springfield, Mas- 
sachusetts. 

George Edgar Allen was born at South Hope, 
Maine, January 21, 1864, and there the first seven 
years of his life were passed. In 1871 his parents 
moved to Camden, Maine, where he attended 
public school for three years. The family then 
moved to St. George, Knox county, Maine, and 
there resided until 1903. At St. George, George 
E. Allen attended public and private school, and 
by self-study and reading added so abundantly 
to his school advantages that he was able to pass 
the required teacher’s examinations, and for eight 
years was engaged in teaching. He then entered 
mercantile life, opening a clothing store in St. 
George, continuing in business very successfully 
for thirteen years. He then became interested 
in the development of the Eastern Telephone 
Company, sold out the business in St. George, and 
moved to Camden, where he has ever since been 
engaged in the real estate and insurance business. 
Mr. Allen is a Republican in politics, and in St. 
George was for many years selectman and town 
treasurer. In 1914 he was a candidate for the 
Maine Legislature. He is a member of the Cam- 
den Business Men’s Association; the Masonic 
Club; and Camden Board of Trade, its present 
secretary and a former president, and also belongs 
to all the Masonic bodies, Odd Fellows, and 
Knights of Pythias. In religious faith he is a 
Baptist. Mr. Allen is a man of good business 
ability, genial and kindly in manner, and highly 
esteemed in his community. 

Mr. Allen married, at St. George, November 
22, 1886, Mary E. Googins, daughter of Dr. George 
and Mary S. (McClure) Googins. Mr. and Mrs 
Allen were the parents of two sons: Harvey C.,, 
born August 27, 1889; Harold P., born Decem- 
ber 1, 1891, died September Io, 1892. 


ARTHUR EUGENE BUCKNAM—tThere are 
a number of families in this country descended 


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from early Colonial immigrants. Two brothers 
came from Suffolk, England in 1623, who bore the 
name of Buckingham, from which have been de- 
rived the names Buckman and Bucknam. 

The particular branch of the family with which 
we are concerned settled very early at Duxbury, 
Massachusetts. At the time of settlement the 
name of the family was still Buckingham, but 
after several generations we find record of one 
Nathan Bucknam, who belongs, to that line, 
living in Falmouth, Maine, during the early part 
of the nineteenth century. He was a grandson of 
Nathaniel Bucknam, a lieutenant in the Continen- 
tal Army during the Revolutionary War. It was 
in Falmouth, Maine, in the year 1843, that Wood- 
bury Robert Bucknam, father of Arthur E. Buck- 
nam, of this sketch, was born. The occupation 
of his entire life was that of a steamboat engi- 
neer, in which capacity he served the United 
States Government during the Civil War. He is 
now retired from active work and lives in Port- 
land, Maine. Woodbury Robert Bucknam mar- 
ried Ellen Maria Capen, of Portland, where she 
still lives. Their children were: Edward Wood- 
bury, an engineer and electrician of Portland; 
Alice, who died when three years oid; Nathan 
Clifford, born February, 1877, who is employed as 
receiving teller in the Portland National Bank; 
and Arthur Eugene, of whom further. 

Arthur Eugene Bucknam was born December 
24, 1880, at Deering Center, Cumberland county, 
Maine, which is now a part of Portland. He 
received his early education in the public schools 
of his native town, and was graduated from the 
Deering High School in 1899. He then became 
employed as a clerk with M. Steinert & Sons 
Company, with whom he remained for four years. 
The next five years were spent in Boston in a 
similar occupation with C. W. Homeyer & Com- 
pany. At the end of that time he returned to 
Portiand where he was re-employed by the M. 
Steinert & Sons Company, as salesman in the 
piano department, continuing until August, 1916, 
when he became manager oi the Portland store, 
which position he still holds (1917). Giving his 
whole time and attention to the duties of his 
business, Mr. Bucknam is one of the most valued 
members on the staff of the large concern with 
which he is connected. 

On September 1, 1903, Mr. Bucknam was mar- 
ried at Trinity church, Woodfords, to Jennie 
May Woodford, of Portland. Mrs. Bucknam was 
born there, the daughter of Edward G. and Lu- 
cinda (Johnson) Woodford. The family has for 
many generations lived in that part of the coun- 


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try and its name has been given to various land- — 
marks in Portland, which is still their home. Mr. 
Woodford is treasurer of the Portland Rubber — 
Company. Mr. and Mrs. Bucknam are the par- f 
ents of three children: Doris Aldrich, born June- 
2, 1904; Muriel Nathalie, born February 12, 1907; 
and Eleanor Ruth, born May 17, 1908. 


WILLIAM LANCEY PUSHOR, one of thes 
most active figures in the business life of Pitts- 
field, Maine, where he has been associated with 
a number of important institutions for a long 
period, is a member of an old family of French 
and Irish extraction, a son of Dr. Harris Pushor 
and a grandson of Timothy Pushor, of this place. 
His father was born at Pittsfield, Maine, and was 
an active and sucessful physician and surgeon in 
this region for many years. He was a graduate 
of the New York Medical School, and took a 
post-graduate course at Johns Hopkins Univer- 
sity, Baltimore. He married Mary Packard Has- 
kell, a native of Palmyra, Maine. Her death oc- 
curred in 1913. Dr. Pushor died in 1895, after a 
long and useful life. He was a staunch Democrat 
in politics, but was quite indifferent to political 
preferment and never sought office. ’ 

William Lancey Pushor was born November Ii, © 
1866, at Hartland, Maine, where his father was — 
practising at that time, and as a lad attended the 
public schools of Hartland and Hartland Acad- 
emy. He later was a student at the Maine Central _ 
Institute of Pittsfield, where he was prepared for 
college, and graduated with the class of 1884. 
Still later Mr. Pushor took a course at Gray’s | 
Business College, at Portland, thus preparing - 
himself for his subsequent career. After com- 
pleting his studies at the last named institu-— 
tion, Mr. Pushor secured a position under H. F. 
Libby in the post office and drug store of Pitts-— 
field. In the year 1891 he was appointed a deputy 
sheriff of Pittsfield, Maine, and served in that 
capacity in that and the following year. In 1892 
he was offered the position of cashier with the 
Pittsfield National Bank and remained with that 
concern for eleven years. He then became as- 
sociated with the Pittsfield Trust Company and 
was prominent in the affairs of that institution 
until 1913, when he was appointed receiver when 
that institution failed. Mr. Pushor is the owner 
of a tract of valuable farm lands in this region, 
and is known as one of the most successful busi- 
ness men of the region. Mr. Pushor has been a 
prominent member of the Democratic party since 
early youth and, although quite unambitious for 
public office, served as selectman of Pittsfield for 


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one year. He is a member of Meridian Lodge, 
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Ira Berry 
Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, which chapter he 
served for many years as treasurer, and St. Imer 
Commandery, Knights Templar. He is also a 
member of the local lodge of the Knights of 
Pythias. In his religious belief Mr. Pushor is a 
Universalist and attends the church of that de- 
nomination at Pittsfield. 

William Lancey Pushor was united in marriage, 
November 11, 1895, at Pittsfield, Maine, with 
Blanche Louise Connor, a native of Pittsfield 
and a daughter of James F. and Josephine M. 
(Wells) Connor. Her father, a son of Hiram B. 
Connor, was born at Pittsfield, Maine, and was 
engaged here in business as a cattle broker and 
real estate agent. Mrs. Connor was a native of 
Clinton, Maine, and a daughter of Gideon Wells. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Pushor one daughter has been 
born, Rita Mildred. Mrs. Pushor is a member of 
the Daughters of the American Revolution, and 
is very active in the social life of this city. 


GEORGE LEONIDE CLOUTIER—Among 
the successful of the younger business men of 
Lewiston, Maine, is George Leonide Cloutier, 
manager of the well known lumber establishment 
of W. E. Cloutier & Company with offices lo- 
cated at No. 77 Cedar street, Lewiston. Mr. Clou- 
tier is a son of Wolfred Edward Cloutier, whose 
death occurred March 13, 1910. He was the son 
of Joseph E. Cloutier, who came to Maine about 
1872 and settled at Lewiston. He followed the 
occupation of farming and was also a carpenter. 
He worked on the early building of the 
Grand Trunk Railroad. Wolfred E. Clou- 
tier established the lumber business about the 
year 1895, but was previously engaged in the gro- 
cery business, in which line he had been engaged 
for a great many years, and in fact for the major 
portion of his life. He was united in marriage 
with Anna Sedulie Bernard, a native of St. 
Thomas, Montmagny, Province of Quebec, and 
who survives her husband, at present making her 
home with her son, George Leonide Cloutier, at 
Lewiston. She is in her sixty-second year. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Cloutier, Sr., four children were 
born, three of whom survive, as follows: 1. 
Anna. 2. Blanche, who became the wife of Dr. 
A. N. Senesac, who practices his profession at 
New Bedford, where he is well known and takes 
a prominent part in the affairs of that Massachu- 
setts town. Dr. and Mrs. Senesac are the par- 
ents of three daughters, Muriel Blanche, aged 
nine years; Alice Emma, eight, and Corinne Gab- 
riel, six. 3. George Leonide. 


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George Leonide Cloutier was born August 27, 
1881, at Lewiston, Maine, and it was with this 
city that he has since been identified both in the 
civil and business circles and in the upbuilding 
of the community. He attended the local schools, 
from which he graduated, and then entered the 
high school there and received his diploma from 
this institution in 1899, having in the meantime 
established a record for scholarship and probity. 
He then matriculated at the St. Louis Institute 
at Montreal, Canada, and after graduating he 
entered the business of his father, which at that 
time was still in its infancy, although firmly es- 
tablished. He greatly assisted his father in the 
business and at the time of his death became 
the owner of the establishment. The business 
consists chiefly of lumber selling to the retail and 
wholesale trades, but in addition to this the com- 
pany does an extensive trucking business, selling 
stone, crushed stone, stone dust, and for this line 
of their business the company has purchased two 
quarries, and is one of the leading concerns of 
this kind in Lewiston. 

George Leonide Cloutier was united in marriage 
in June, 1904, to Adele Madeau, a native of Au- 
burn, Maine. Of this union one daughter was 
born, Georgette Adele, June 28, 1906. Mrs. Clou- 
tier died May 31, 1908. 


EVERETT IRVING WHITE—After engaging 
in lumbering and _ shipbuilding extensively for 
many years, Mr. White retired to the quiet of ag- 
ricultural life, and on his farm at Machias, Wash- 
ington county, Maine, is spending the evening of 
an active, well spent life. His home for many 
years was at Columbia, eighteen miles west of 
Machias, that town also his birthplace. Seventy- 
six years have now passed over his head, years 
full of effort and recompence, and he can review 
his life with that satisfaction which every man 
feels who has met his responsibilities fairly, 
dodged no duty, and kept faith with his fellow- 
men. He is-a son of Israel Woodbury and Judith 
Ann (Nash) White, his father a ship carpenter, 
lumberman and farmer. 

Everett Irving White was born in Columbia, 
Maine, March 19, 1843. There he grew to man- 
hood, obtaining a good education in the public 
schools and Washington Academy. After com- 
pleting his own education he taught school for a 
few years, then began his business career. He 
became engaged in lumbering, and as the years 
advanced his dealings became very extensive. 
To that staple Maine industry he added another, 
for which the State was and is equally famous, 
shipbuilding. These two long allied Maine in- 


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dustries were Mr. White’s principal activities for 
many years, but finally he retired to his farm at 
Machias, his present home. He was. very suc- 
cessful in all his business undertakings, and in a 
fair, honorable way won his way to a compe- 
tence. In his political faith Mr. White has long 
been a Prohibitionist, and in Columbia held sev- 
eral town offices. He is a firm believer in the 
Constitutional prohibition of the liquor traffic, 
and has done his full share in bringing about the 
National sentiment which has crystalized into law. 
He is a member of Machias Valley Grange, 
Patrons of Husbandry, and is an attendant of the 
Congregational church. 

Mr. White married, in Harrington, Maine, Oc- 
tober 8, 1867, Emily I. Nash, daughter of Alvin 
Bridgham and Harriett Hodgdon (Cole) Nash. 
Mr. and Mrs. White are the parents of two 
sons: Clifford Irving, born April 22, 1870; and 
Bertram Nash, born October 17, 1879, both of 
whom are now living and engaged in business. 


CYRUS M. CASWELL, for many years promi- 
nently associated with railroading in Maine, and 
whose death at his home in Portland, on October 
17, 1913, was felt as a loss, not only by the en- 
tire community, but in railroad circles generally, 
and the Boston & Maine Railroad in particular, 
with which for so many years he had been con- 
nected, was a member of an old and distin- 
guished New England family, of French Hugue- 
not descent. 

The Caswells were founded as a family in this 
country by one Job Caswell, who came from 
Switzerland to New England and settled in the 
district of Maine, prior to the Revolution. He 
was a great lover of freedom and took an en- 
thusiastic part in the great struggle for independ- 
ence. After the completion of hostilities, when 
independence had been won, he located at Han- 
over, Massachusetts, and there became a land- 
owner and farmer, remaining thus occupied until 
the close of his life. He married Mercy Perry, 
and they were the parents of a number of chil- 
dren of whom Levi Caswell, mentioned below, 
was one. 

Levi Caswell, son of Job and Mercy (Perry) 
Caswell, was born at Hanover, Maine, and there 
grew to manhood. He later moved to Andros- 
coggin county, Maine, and settled at Leeds, 
where he purchased a farm and made his home 
there until his death, April 10, 1809. 

Job Caswell, son of Levi Caswell, was born at 
Leeds, Maine. He was reared amid rural sur- 
roundings and, upon reaching manhood, followed 


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in his father’s and grandfather’s steps and be- 4 
came a farmer. He did not remain at Leeds, — 
however, but removed to the town of Greene, in 
the same county, where he added the occupation 
of blacksmith to that of farmer, following both 
during the remainder of his active life. He 
finally retired from business, however, and came 
to Portland, where he resided until his death. 
During his declining years he made his home 
with his son, Cyrus M. Caswell, who cared for 
him, and in whose house he died. He married — 
Elvira Sprague, a member of an old and well 
known New England family, and a daughter of © 
Moses and Augusta (Benson) Sprague. 

Cyrus M. Caswell, son of Job and Elvira 
(Sprague) Caswell, was born September 14, 1840, — 
at Greene, Androscoggin county, Maine. He at- 
tended, as a lad, the local public schools, and 
spent his childhood upon his father’s farm. Dur-— 
ing the intervals in his schooling he was trained 
in the work of the farm, and a little later also 
learned the blacksmith’s trade, working in his 
father’s shop. He continued in this trade until 
1868, when he left the parental home and came ~ 
to Portland, believing that a wider future awaited — 
him in the city. He sought and found employ- _ 
ment as a machinist in the locomotive shop of 4 
the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railroad Com- — 
pany. Mr. Caswell was still working for that — 
company when it was absorbed by the Boston & 
Maine system, and thereafter continued to work — 
for the new concern in the same*capacity. nee 
was an expert machinist, and soon rose in rank ~ 
until he was given the post of general foreman ~ 
of the locomotive shops and the locomotive de- — 
partment of the road. He continued to hold this — 
responsible office until his retirement in 1910, at 
which time he had been connected with the rail- 
road machine shops for a period of forty-two 
years. During that entire time he made his 
home in Portland, and continued to reside there 
until his death, which occurred October 17, 1913. 
A brother of Cyrus M. Caswell, Augustus Ben- 
son Caswell, was also a. mechanic, and worked 
for the Portland & Auburn Railroad in differ- 
ent parts of the State. Mr. Caswell was promi- 
nent in fraternal circles in this city, and was a 
charter member of the Veterans Railroad Asso- 
ciation. He was also affiliated with the Atlantic 
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; 
Greenleaf Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and St. 
Albans Commandery, Knights Templar; and the 
local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. 

The character of Mr. Caswell was a noteworthy 
one, based as it was on the most fundamental 


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_yirtues. A modest and retiring man, he was, 
“nevertheless, a very forceful personality, and 
possessed of strong convictions, which he al- 
ways forcefully defended. He was exceedingly 
domestic in his tastes, and devoted to his home 
and family. He was always a friend to those 
who needed and sought his aid, and his life 
was a shining example of essential honesty and 
of Christian virtue and charity. Broad minded 
and tolerant in his views upon men, he never 
turned a fellowman away without personally in- 
quiring as to his needs. In politics he was a 
Democrat, but was entirely without ambition for 
himself, and was contented to do his part as 
a private citizen. 

Cyrus M. Caswell was united in marriage, at 
Auburn, Maine, October 8, 1870, with Margaret 
Dearman, of Eastport, Maine, a daughter of 
‘Peleg and Jean (McBurney) Dearman, and a 
‘member of one of the old families of that region. 
Mrs. Caswell was a lady of beautiful Christian 
character and a devoted wife and mother. She 
died January 12, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Caswell 
were the parents of one child, a daughter, Elvira 
J., born at Portland, where she received the ele- 
mentary portion of her education. She graduated 
from the Portland High School, and then studied 
music at the New England Conservatory of 
Music at Boston. She is now a teacher of music 
and the piano, and is well known for her success 
in this field throughout the State. Miss Caswell 
‘is a woman of unusual culture and artistic talent. 


WILLIAM KENNEDY SANDERSON, gen- 
eral freight agent of the Maine Central Railroad, 
was born May 3, 1863, from good old Maine stock. 
Mr. Sanderson’s grandfather, Beriah Sanderson, a 
descendant of Edward Sanderson, of Colonial 
English stock, was born in Mercer, Maine, and 
lived there as a farmer during his entire life. The 
grandfather, Beriah Sanderson, followed the oc- 
cupation of farming during his entire life in Mer- 
cer county (now Franklin county), and there his 
death occurred February 3, 1867. He was one of 
those who first took the stand for the abolishment 
of the liquor traffic in this State. In those early 
days there was a keen community spirit and 
neighbors for miles distant would respond to a 
call for assistance. Whenever there was a large 
building constructed, for instance, there would be 
a “raising,” i. e., erecting the frame. These oc- 
Casions were great sport and it had become the 
custom to furnish and use liquor freely. When 
Beriah Sanderson erected one of the largest barns 
in that county the “raising” was participated in 


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by people coming from long distances, but true 
to his prohibition principles he permitted no 
liquor drinking on this occasion, being the first 


‘to take such a stand in that county. His example 


and firm stand on this question did much to fur- 
ther the cause. He was also a strong abolishion- 
ist, believing in the freedom of the colored race. 
In this county there live a colored famity named 
Fay, or Foye. They were a family above re- 
proach and enjoyed the highest respect of their 
white neighbors. One member of the family was 
a very intelligent and attractive daughter. She 
was forcibly seized by a band of ruffians who 
started toward New Hampshire where she could 
be held in slavery. Beriah Sanderson gathered a 
following that pursued the abductors and res- 
cued Miss Foye. The treatment of the guilty par- 
ties, when overtaken by the rescuers, is said to 
have been such as to protect all colored people of 
that region against further danger of that kind. 

His son, Benjamin Sanderson, the father of the 
present William K. Sanderson, was born August 
10, 1829, at Mercer, but in his early manhood 
moved to Vienna, Maine, where he acquired a 
large and prosperous farm. He married Mary 
Elizabeth Little, of Vienna, to whom two children 
were born, Benjamin, Jr., who died in infancy, and 
the present William K. Sanderson. 

William K. Sanderson received his early school- 
ing at Hallowell where he attended the Hallowell 
Classical Academy. At the age of eighteen years 
he entered the employ of the Maine Central Rail- 
road as telegraph operator. Later he joined the 
forces of the Eastern Railroad and after its ab- 
sorption by the Boston & Maine Railroad con- 
tinued in the service of the latter road for many 
years as local agent at various points. In 1892 
he was placed in charge of the freight terminal 
of the Southern division at Boston, Massachusetts, 
where he inaugurated the practice for the first 
time of making a storage charge upon freight not 
promptly removed by the owner. This practice 
later became universal throughout the country. 
His exceptional abilities in traffic matters were 
recognized and in 1898 he again returned to the 
Maine Central as assistant general freight agent 
and the following year was promoted to the posi- 
tion of general freight agent of the Maine Cen- 
tral Railroad. Under his management the freight 
department of this road soon became one of the 
most efficiently organized and managed roads of 
any in this section of the country. The policy of 
readjusting rates to meet the constantly increas- 
ing costs of operation, and a simplified method of 
publishing rates are some of the reforms he es- 


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tablished. Upon taking over the railroads by 
the Federal Government and the consequent di- 
rection of all traffic matters from Washington, 
Mr. Sanderson became special representative of 
the railroad, handling any matters of special im- 
portance. He is a director of the New England 
Traffic Association and of the American Associa- 
tion of Freight Traffic Officers. 

Aside from the railroad business to which he 
has devoted his life, Mr. Sanderson is active in 
many branches of civic work, particularly in the 
work of the Young Men’s Christian Association. 
He is a member of the executive committee of the 
State Young Men’s Christian Association, being 
chairman of the Boys’ Work Committee, also a 
member of the board of directors of the Maine 
Central, Boston & Maine Railroad Association at 
Portland, and was for many years a director of 
the Portland City Association. He is also a mem- 
ber of the Portland Country Club, member of 
Society of Colonial Wars, and president of the 
Maine Society of the Sons of the American Revo- 
lution. Mr. Sanderson is a member of the State 
Street Congregational Church of Portland. 

In 1884 Mr. Sanderson married Ella Louise 
Blethem, of Auburn, Maine, the daughter of 
Zebulon Blake and Sarah J. (Chick) Blethem, 
the latter of fame on account of his activities as 
captain in the First Maine Cavalry in the Civil 
War. Mrs. Sanderson died November 15, I91I. 
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Sander- 
son, Benjamin B., an attorney of Portland, Maine, 
and Helen Louise. 


RUFUS ALBERT FAIRFIELD, the able and 
efficient cotton inspector of the great Pepperell 
Cotton Mills at Saco, Maine, a position that he 
has held for nearly four decades, a _ public- 
spirited citizen and a well known athlete, is a 
member of a very distinguished family in Maine, 
his paternal grandfather having been Governor 
John Fairfield of this State. He is a son of George 
Albert and Harriet (Nichols) Fairfield, and on his 


mother’s side also a descendant from fine old, 


Maine stock. His maternal grandfather was 
Rufus Nichols, for many years agent of the Saco 
Water Power Company, a prominent Free Mason 
and one of the men who aided in the building of 
the Pepperell Mills. George Albert Fairfield, 
father of the present Mr. Fairfield, was born 
at Saco in 1829, where he passed his life, and 
was assistant United States coast surveyor for 
a long period. He married Harriet Nichols, and 
they were the parents of the following children: 
Rufus Albert, with whom we are especially con- 


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cerned; Walter B., Frank H., Florence N., and _ 
Phillip. The elder Mr. Fairfield’s death occurred 
July 17, 1903, and that of his wife, February 2, 
1915. 

Born August 2, 1851, at Saco, Maine, Rufus Al- — 
bert Fairfield was educated at Waltham, Massa- 
chusetts. After completing his studies he re-— 
turned to Saco, and in 1870 accepted the position 
of machinist in the Pepperell Mills, which his 
grandfather had helped to build. From that posi- 
tion he was promoted to that of cotton inspector, 
and has held the latter post for the past thirty- 
seven years. Mr. Fairfield has always been fond 
of athletics and as a young man became a great 
bicyclist, a form of sport in which he became very 
expert. He is the oldest member of the League 
of American Wheelmen, his name being No. I on 
the list of the organization’s members. It was Mr. 
Fairfield that organized the York County Wheel- 
men, a club of those devoted to the gentle sport, 
and he was also president of the Saco Snowshoe 
Club. 4 

Rufus Albert Fairfield was united in marriage, 
December 20, 1876, at Saco, with Frances M. Pat- 
ten, a daughter of Charles S. and Ellen (Brown) © 
Patten, old and highly respected residents of 
Saco. Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield are the parents of 
the following children: 1. Arthur P., born October 
29, 1877; received his preliminary education at the 
local common schools; afterwards attended Bow- 
doin College, and from there went to the Naval 
Academy at Annapolis, from which he graduated 
with the class of 1901; he is at the present time 
a commander in the United States Navy; mar- 
ried Nancy D. Deval, of Annapolis, Maryland. 2. 
George Albert, born June 18, 1879; a graduate 
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at 
Boston, and now follows the profession of civil 
engineering; he married Augusta Horsefield, of - 
Hempstead, Long Island. 3. Lawrence P., born 
May 18, 1883, died July, 1906. q 


CORYDON POWERS, son of Orson and Sally 
(Hibberd) Powers, was born in Hanover, Maine, 
August 31, 1840. He was raised on a farm and 
educated at the public schools and Gould’s Acad- 
emy, Bethel Hill. He enlisted in the Civil War in 
1861, served three years, then re-enlisted, and was — 
discharged at the close of the war. During this a 
time he was promoted from private to commis- 
sary sergeant and served through the war without 
injury, in Steven’s Fifth Maine Battery, taking 
part in many of the important engagemerts of 
that tremendous struggle. 

In July, 1861, he, in company with Edwin 


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) Caribou, Maine, in a single rig. He located on 
farm on the Woodland road, now known as the 
harles Doe farm. He afterwards sold his in- 
rest in this farm, and on his marriage went to 
ye with his wife’s parents, who lost their only 
son in the war. From that time he took charge 
f their interests, finally coming into possession 
a large farm consisting of 440 acres, in what 
as then called Forestville Plantation. He car- 
sd on the farm with good success and soon be- 
me one of the foremost citizens of the town, 
hich afterwards was united with the town of 
yndon and the name changed to Caribou. In 
304 Mr. Powers sold his farm to his two sons, 
nd devoted his time to the general agency of 
the Hoover potato digger, which at that time was 
becoming extensively used by the farmers of 
Aroostook county. By hard work and honest 
dealings, he built up a large and profitable busi- 
ess. In 1907 he also sold this business to his 
yo sons and retired to private life. He took a 
reat interest in the welfare of his home town, 
sing a member of the Masonic lodge, Royal 
rch Chapter, second master of Garibou Grange, 
ember of the school board, and for many years 
one of its selectmen. He served as representative 
for Caribou in the Seventy-fifth Maine Legisla- 
ture. In political belief he was a Republican, 
and was a regular attendant of the Methodist 
church. There is a large, beautiful window dedi- 
cated to his memory in the new Methodist church 
t Caribou. 


Beorydon Powers was anited in marriage, De- 


cember 14, 1865, at Forestville Plantation, to Abi- 
gail Keech, a daughter of Hazen and Abigail 
(Swan) Keech. Mr. and Mrs. Powers were the 
rents of the following children: 1. Leila May, 
born October 30, 1866, who married George W. 
Washburn, and died July 30, 1896. 2. Cora Adel- 
aide, born March 28, 1868, died. July 3, 1876. 3. 
Mary Etta, born November io, 1869, died July 29, 
1893. 4. Elmer Ellsworth, born September 22, 
1871, married Harriet Colburn, 
worth, born September 22, 1871, married Ella J. 


ae 1g 1882, iarried Olof T. Pierson, 8. 
er ha Leola, born May 29, 1885, married Atwood 


DANA CARROLL DOUGLASS — A well 
trained, efficient, railroad man is a valuable asset 
at any time, but particularly so when it became 


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necessary for the Federal Government to take 
over the control of the railroads throughout the 
country, as it did during the World War. Dana 
Carroll Douglass, the Federal Manager of the 
Maine Central Railroad, is a man well versed in 
railroad service. 

Mr. Douglass was born in Leeds, Maine, Feb- 
ruary 2, 1877, so is still comparatively a young 
man, being in his early forties, with a fine future 
opening out before him. He has received the 
benefit of a good, common school education. He 
is a member of the Portland Country Club. 

On October 16, 1900, Dana Carroll Douglass 
married Martha E. Brackett at Portland, Maine. 
They have one child, Dana Carroll Douglass, Jr., 
born in Portland, August 21, 1914. 


OLCOTT BROWN POOR—In Andover, Ox- 
ford county, forty-five miles northwest of Lewis- 
ton, Olcott Brown Poor was born, and there on 
the paternal farm spent his youth and early man- 
hood. He developed the strong body and clean 
mind of the right living country boy,.and was 
taught that love of country which is always a 
part of the ‘education of the American farmer 
boy. Thus, when President Lincoln called for 
men to defend the flag, he was one of Maine’s 
noble sons to respond, as did two of his brothers. 
This was his preparation for. business life, and 


. during the years that followed he was connected 


with different activities; but was principally en- 
gaged in farming. He passed to his reward at the 
age of sixty-eight, honored and respected by all 
who knew him. This branch of the Poors came 
from Andover, Massachusetts, Olcott Brown Poor 
being a grandson of Dr. Silvanus Poor, born there 
and later moving to Andover, Maine, where he 
practised medicine very successfully for many 
years. He married Mary Merrill, born in Pelham, 
New Hampshire, January 3, 1781., 

Silvanus (2) Poor, son of Dr. Silvanus (1) and 
Mary (Merrill) Poor, was born in Andover, 
Maine, February 23, 1805, and there always lived, 
a substantial farmer and public spirited citizen. 
He was a Republican after the formation of that 
party, held many town offices, and represented 
Andover in the Maine Legislature. He was a 
member of the Congregational church, and of that 
once strong order, the Sons of Temperance. He 
married Eliza Fox Brown, born in New Hamp- 
shire, sister of the famed John B. Brown, busi- 
ness man and financier, of Portland, Maine. Mrs. 
Eliza Fox (Brown) Poor was a daughter of Titus 
Olcott and Susannah (Bundy) Brown, of Lan- 
caster, New Hampshire; granddaughter of Elias 


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and Abigail (Olcott) Brown, of Connecticut and 
New Hampshire; great-granddaughter of Ichabod 
and Sarah (Chapman) Brown, of Stonington, 
Connecticut; great-great-granddaughter of John 
and Elizabeth (Miner) Brown, of Stonington, 
Connecticut; and great-great-great-granddaughter 
of Thomas and Mary (Newhall) Brown. Thomas 
Brown was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1628, 
his wife, Mary Newhall, born in 1637. Three of 
their sons, John, Thomas and Eleazer, settled in 
Stonington, Connecticut. Silvanus and Eliza Fox 


(Brown) Poor were the parents of ten children: 


1. John Alfred, mortally wounded in the fighting 
before Petersburg, died June 19, 1864, during the 
Civil War, in which he enlisted at its beginning, 
in Virginia. 2. Walter Stone, a graduate of Bow- 
doin College, class of 1860, now deceased. He en- 
listed in Duryea’s Zouaves, in New York City, 
and served during the entire war, becoming colo- 
nel of a colored regiment. He was later mayor 
of Newbern, North Carolina. He married (first) 
Ellen G. Hedge, daughter of a minister of Brook- 
line, Massachusetts, and professor in Harvard 
University. He married (second) Ella Waller, 
of New York City. 3. Henry Watson, deceased. 
4. Olcott Brown, of further mention. 5. Mary 
Susannah, married George W. Fox, whom she 
survives. George W. Fox, son of Thomas B. 
Fox, of Boston, was secretary of the Unitarian 
Association for sixty-one years. When fifty years’ 
service had been completed, his brethren recog- 
nized his great service with a beautiful testimonial 
of their appreciation. He died February 12, 1917. 
6. George Arthur, deecased. 7. Edwin Silvanus, 
deceased. 8. William, now residing in Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania. 9. Sarah Elizabeth, deceased. 
10. Addie Frances, of Seattle, Washington. 
Olcott Brown Poor, fourth son of Silvanus and 
Eliza Fox (Brown) Poor, was born in Andover, 
Maine, August 23, 1838, and died in Portland, 
Maine, May 18 ,1906. He was educated in the dis- 
trict schools and remained at the home farm until 
war between the states called out the manhood of 
the nation. He enlisted in the Twenty- third Regi- 
ment, Maine Volunteer Infantry, served until the 
close of the war, then was honorably discharged 
and mustered out. After returning from the army, 
Mr. Poor was for some time engaged in the work 
of sinking the caissons for the laying of bed-rock 
foundations for the great piers of the first New 
York-Brooklyn Bridge. He had charge of sixty 
men connected with an important part of the 
great work, and for fifteen years he remained in 
New York, engaged in that and similar undertak- 
ings. He then returned to Andover, Maine, and 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


until his death engaged in farming at the old 
home. Mr. Poor was a Republican in politics, 
and held many local offices in addition to sitting 
in the Maine Legislature as Senator. While em- 
ployed in New York he joined the Masonic order 
and after returning to Andover, became a Knights 
of Pythias. He was an attendant at the services 
of the Congregational church, and a willing sup- 
porter of all good causes. 

Mr. Poor married, December 7, 1882, Abbie Gor- 
ham Barker, born in Saccarappa, Maine, daughter 
of Jeremiah and Sarah Emery (Merrill) Barker 
Jeremiah Barker was born in Sedgwick, Maine 
Sarah Emery (Merrill) Barker was born in An 
dover, and there was married. She was a grand- 
child of Ezekiel Merrill, first settler of Andover 
Mrs. Olcott Brown Poor survives her husband 
and resides in Andover, Maine. She has no chil 
dren. 


GEORGE KENDELL GIBBS, the efficien| 
and popular superintendent of the great Pepperel 
Mills at Biddeford, Maine, is a member of a goo 
old New England family, which came from Mas 
sachusetts to this State about three generation 
ago. His grandfather, Theodore Gibbs, was bor 
at Worcester, Massachusetts, but came to Main 
in his early youth and made his home at Bridg- 
ton. His son, Kendell Gibbs, the father of Georg 
Kendell Gibbs, was born at that town in the yea 
1812, and became very prominent in that regior 
For many years he was a successful cotton manu- 
facturer, but towards the close of his life gave u 
that occupation and took up farming, in whic 
occupation he continued until the time of his 
death. He was a leading figure in local polities 
and served during a long period as selectman 
and for some years was a member of the State 
Legislature. He was a member of the Ancient 
Free and Accepted Masons. _He married Dorcas 


F. The death of Kendell Gibbs occurred 
1878. 
Born at Somerworth, New Hampshire, where 
his parents were residing for a time, George Ken- 
dell Gibbs spent much of his boyhood at South 
Berwick, Maine. He gained his education at 
local district school and the South Berwick Acad- 
emy and, upon completing his studies at these i 
stitutions, went to work for his father in his cot- 
ton mills, the Great Falls Manufacturing Com- 
pany. He afterwards worked at several different 
establishments of the same kind, and, in 1853, 
came to Biddeford, Maine, and here found em- 


become an expert in the art of cotton manufacture 
and this experience was added to, though in quite 
another field by three years work with the Saco 
Water Power Company, at Saco, Maine, where he 
learned all about water power problems and in 
this way still further increased his fitness for the 
responsible position that he now holds. After 
his intermission, he returned to the Pepperell 
_ Mills and resumed his work in the weaving room, 
continuing there until he was offered the position 
of manager of a mill at Springvale. He filled the 
latter place about seven years, and then, in 1881, 
returned to Biddeford to take the office of super- 
intendent of the Pepperell Mills, a post that he 
q still holds (1918). He has proved a most efficient 
and capable superintendent and the work and pro- 
duction of the establishment has developed 
iy greatly under his capable direction. Mr. Gibbs 
bt has been a member of the lodge in the Inde- 
- pendent Order of Odd Fellows for many years. 
George Kendell Gibbs was united in marriage 
with Sarah A. Small, daughter of Daniel Small. 
Mrs. Gibbs died in the year 1910. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Gibbs five children were born, as follows: 
Fred; Anna and Alice (twins); Howard K., born 
July 3, 1870, who now makes his home at Delta, 
Colorado; and Edward Pason, born November 22, 
1874, and now assistant superintendent of the Pep- 
perell Mills under his father. He married Clara 
A. Morse, daughter of Robert A. Morse and Annie 
(Stuart) Morse. He holds membership in Pilgrim 
Commandery, at Lowell, Massachusetts, and in 
Boston Consistory, thirty-second degree; and in 
the Shrine at Lewiston. He is director of Web- 
| ber Hospital Association and director of Pepper- 
| ell Trust Company. 


LUTHER KING CARY—Held highly in the 
esteem of his fellow-townsmen of Fort Fairfield, 
Luther King Cary had in the course of a long 
| life seen many changes come to the section in 
which he was born. .He was born at Turner, 
Maine, May 3, 1838, and his education was that of 
the district schools of that time and region. He 
later had a general store and did some farming at 
| the same time. Mr. Cary started in the hardware 
‘business in 1871, in which he was very success 
| ful. After his death the L. K. Cary Company was 
| founded, Edward K. Cary as president, and William 
| §. Davidson as treasurer, which still continues. In 
| politics Luther K. Cary always held with the Re- 
| publican party. When a young man he heard the 


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321 


call for men to defend the Union and enlisted, 
serving through one enlistment and re-enlisting 
and rising to the rank of sergeant. He was a 
member of the Masonic order and of the Congre- 
gational church. 

Mr. Cary married, at Turner, Maine, November 
17, 1859, Ellen M. Bradford, daughter of Jesse B. 
Bradford, and their children are: Susie W., born 
August 10, 1862; Jesse B., born October 22, 1868; 
Edward K., born May 18, 1872; and Leila A., born 
November 6, 1873. 


HORACE HAMBLEN TOWLE—The name 
Towle, which is that borne by the family of which 
Horace Hamblen Towle, of Portland, Maine, is a 
member, while it has not been associated with the 
“Pine Tree State” for any great length of time, is 
most intimately associated with the neighboring 
State of New Hampshire, where its members 
have resided continually from the earliest Co- 
lonial period. The founder of this family in 
America was one Philip Towle, who is supposed 
to have come from the northern part of Eng- 
land, and to have been of Scotch-Irish descent. 
We have a record of April 15, 16604, of his hav- 
ing bought a dwelling and property amounting 
to seven and a half acres as well as about seventy 
acres of outlying land, and some shares of the 
common land in Hampton. A portion of this 
property still remains in the hands of his de- 
scendants. He married, November 19, 1657, at 
the age of forty-one years, Isabella Ausfin, of 
Colchester, England, and Hampton, New Hamp- 
shire, and a granddaughter of John and Joanna 
Bland, of Edgarton, England. It brings the 
perils of that time nearer home to recall the fact 
that she was at one time the victim of the per- 
secution of witchcraft. Both she and a friend 
were at first accused and the friend, evidently 
hoping to gain immunity, confessed and put the 
blame on Isabella Towle. They were both ar- 
rested and placed in prison, remaining there from 
the summer till the seventh of September, when 
Hampton Court heard their case and released 
them on bail of one hundred pounds each, and 
finally, in the following year, discharged the case. 
Philip Towle and his wife Isabella were the par- 
ents of eight children, and the line runs from 
them through Sergeant Joseph, John (2), and 
Levi Gordon Towle to Timothy Towle, the 
father of the Horace Hamblen Towle of this 
sketch. Levi Gordon Towle, the grandfather, 
came from Hampton, New Hampshire, where the 
family had resided for a number of generations, 
to Epping, a town in the same State, and it was 


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here that his son Timothy Towle was born. Here 
also the latter died in the year 1886. 

Born February 7, 1852, at Epping, New Hamp- 
shire, Horace Hamblen Towle received his edu- 
cation at the public schools of his native place, 
which he attended until he had reached the age 
of seventeen. He continued, however, to reside 
under the parental roof until twenty years of age, 
when he came to the city of Portland, Maine, 
where he believed that greater opportunities 
awaited him. Here he worked for about twelve 
months for the Portland Street Railroad, and 
was there rapidly advanced until he had reached 
an excellent position, and then on the first of 
September, 1873, when he severed his associa- 
tion and went to work for the Maine Central 
Railroad. He thus began a connection which has 
continued to the present day. He was at first 
employed merely in general work about the sta- 
tion, and here on February 11, 1881, he was 
placed in charge of the baggage department, 
where he has remained ever since. His work is 
carried on in a most efficient manner and he has 
- made through his talent for organization, a model 
department of the one in which he is in charge, 
and is now one of the most valuable members 
of the staff of the railroad. 

Mr. Towle does not, however, confine his ac- 
tivities to the tasks connected with his business 
life, but is a well known figure in the general life 
of the community. Mr. Towle is particularly 
prominent in Masonic circles and has taken his 
thirty-second degree in Free Masonry. He is a 
member of all the Masonic bodies in the neigh- 
borhood, including lodge, chapter, council, com- 
mandery, temple and consistory. In his relig- 
ious belief, Mr. Towle is a Methodist and at- 
tends the church of that denomination in Port- 
land, where he has been active in promoting its 
cause in the community. Mr. Towle is extreme- 
ly fond of fishing, in which delightful sport he 
finds his chief.recreation and spends the major 
portion of his vacations in this way. 

Horace Hamblen Towle was united in marriage 
on October 21, 1886, at Portland, Maine, with 
Amelia Hamstead, a native of Skowhegan, Maine, 
and a daughter of and Roxana (Adams) 
Hamstead. Mr. Hamstead is deceased, but Mrs. 
Hamstead survives him and now resides with 
Mr. Towle, at the advanced age of ninety years. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Towle two children have been 
born, as follows: Gerald Hamstead, January 4, 
1889, who is now a conductor employed by the 
Maine Central Railroad; Horace Hamblen, Jr., 
born November 20, 1892, graduated from the law 


’ as Keyes Square. 


d HISTORY OF MAINE 


department of the University of Maine, in June, 
1916, admitted to the bar of Cumberland county, 
February 6, 1917, and recently opened an office 
at Westbrook, Maine, where he is practicing his 
profession. 

Mr. Towle has brought to the shaping of his 
career a very happy and unusual combination of 
characteristics, which has won for him his suc- 
cess as a business man and his still greater suc- 
cess as a man. Underlying the rest of his per- 
sonality and serving as the surest and most im- 
perishable foundation for it, is that strong, prac- 
tical morality that so distinguishes the hardy race 
of which he is a member. His philanthropy is 
great and springs from the sincere kindness of 
his heart, which embraces all men in its regard, 
and from the culture and enlightenment of his 
mind which gives intelligence and definite direc- 
tion to his natural altruism. Closely correlated 
with this is his sturdy democracy of outlook, a 
democracy with a healthy pride in a long line of 
worthy forebears. In spite of his strong social 
instincts, he is a man of intense domestic feel- 
ing, who takes his greatest pleasure in the inti- 
mate relations of the home and family and makes 
himself beloved by those who are thus closely 
associated with him. He has many friends and 
among them, as in the community-at-large, he 
exerts a powerful influence which is always 
wielded on the side of right and justice. 


ASHER DAVIS HORN, late of Farmington, 
Maine, where his death occurred November 25, 
1914, and where for many years he had been en- 
gaged in a number of important activities, was a 
native of Athens, Somerset county, in this State, 
where his birth occurred August 20, 1849. He 
was a son of David and Martha (Dow) Horn, 
and was one of’a family of five sons, of whom 
he was the last survivor. Mr. Horn was one o! 
those characters who absorb knowledge readily 
from any environment in which he may be placed, 
and he was an earnest student in the hard schoo 
of experience, where he gained that knowledg 
of his fellowmen, whichis the most valuable that 
one can possess. After completing his studies” 
in the local schools, Mr. Horn went to the tow 
of Skowhegan, where he engaged in the livery 
business in a small way. He was, however, ex- 
ceedingly successful in his enterprise, and after 
a few years came to Farmington, where he 
opened a large livery stable in what is now known 
Not long afterwards he re- 
moved to the building on Main street, which oc- 
cupied what is now the site of the Motor Mart 


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was one of the buildings destroyed by the fire, 


_ a wide reputation for impartiality. 


Garage, and here he first gained the wide repu- 
tation and patronage which was for so many 
years accorded him. Here, also, he laid the 
foundation of the business career which con- 
tinued for nearly forty years. The great fire of 


3886 resulted in the destruction of his stables, but 


Mr. Horn was not a man to be easily discour- 
aged and, after locating temporarily in the stable 
connected with the Blue Mountain House, which 
is now known as the Exchange Hotel, set to 
work to find an appropriate place to establish 
The old Lake House, which 


had occupied a site which appealed to Mr. Horn, 
and this he purchased from J. W. Smith, in De- 
cember, 1886. He at once began the erection of 
his new stable, which measured thirty-five by 
one hundred and forty-four feet, and which was 
completed in the spring of the following year, 
being among the earliest of the new buildings 
erected after the fire. A few years later he built 
nearby a very handsome house, one of the no- 
ticeable places of the village, and that has been 
his home for the past fifteen or twenty years. 
After reéestablishing himself in business, Mr. 


' Horn also turned his attention to agriculture, and 


bought a large tract of land from Andrew J. 
Wheeler, which he began to develop into a highly 
successful farm. He later purchased the old 
Hovey place, which he added to his former prop- 
erty, and in course of time abandoned the livery 
business and devoted his entire time and atten- 
tion to farming. He was highly successful in 
this enterprise. Some years before the close of 
his life, Mr. Horn once more became interested 
in the stable business, and continued to engage 
in it in connection with his farming, up to the 
time of his death. Mr. Horn never lost his keen 
interest and fondness for horses, and always 
maintained a reputation for having the best of 


- stock. He was exceedingly interested in horse- 


racing, and was a zealous votary oi the track. 
During his time he entered many fine horses in 
the events of that region, and frequently served 
as starter or judge, in which capacity he gained 
For ten years 
before his death he was starter at the Franklin 
County Fair. He was a man of strong domestic 


_ instincts and always found his chief happiness 
in his home. 
_ gree, Mr. Horn did much for the general welfare 


Public spirited in the highest de- 


of the community, and at the time of his death 


~ could look back over a long period of growth and 
_ development in Farmington, in which he had been 


one of the chief figures. He loved the town of 


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323 


his adoption and had watched its growth with 
great satisfaction. He recognized the value of 
a liberal education, and was one of the most ac- 
tive in securing the best possible advantages for 
the youth of Farmington in this important con- 
nection. He was naturally a hard worker, and 
it was said by the physician that attended him 
in his last illness, that he had, to a great de- 
gree, used up his strength in this manner, and 
that he might have greatly prolonged his life 
had he been content to take things more easily. 
It would have been characteristic of Mr. Horn, 
could he have replied to this, to remark that, 
“life is made up of incidents and deeds well 
done, rather than years, and that he had lived 
the longest who has accomplished most.” 

Asher D. Horn was united in marriage, Jan- 
uary I, 1888, with Cora Dain, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. Andrew J. Dain, of Livermore Falls. 
Mrs. Horn died August 17, 1902, and on March 
23, 1905, Mr. Horn was united in marriage with 
Lillian M. Scribner, a daughter of Daniel and 
Clara (Handly) Scribner, of Farmington. One 
son was born of this union, Asher Davis Horn, 
Jr., who, with his mother, survives Mr. Horn, 


JOHN B. SMITH, one of the representative 
business men of Lewiston, Maine, is a son of 
Andrew Smith, a native of Ireland, who came to 
America as a young man and located at Lowell, 
Massachusetts, and of Catherine (Boyle) Smith, 
his wife. Andrew and Catherine (Boyle) Smith 
made their home at Lowell and there eventually 
died. They were the parents of cight children, 
three of whom are now living, one of these be- 
ing John B. Smith ,the gentleman with whose 
career we are especially concerned. 

Born at Lowell, May 28, 1851, John B.: Smith 
received the elementary portion of his education 
at his birthplace, where he attended the public 
schools. He remained in this city until he was 
twenty-two years of age, and then came to Lewis- 
ton, Maine, where he followed the trade of 
plumber. It had been the young man’s ambition, 
however, to enter upon a career of his own, and 
he was able to realize this ambition in the year 
1876, when he went into business under the firm 
name of Smith & Smith. The establishment con- 
tinued under this name until 1890, when John B. 
Smith formed a concern under the style of John 
B. Smith & Company, under which name the firm 
still continues in business. From the outset the 
business has been successful, and today finds Mr. 
Smith at the head of one of the most up-to-date 
plumbing establishments in that part of the 


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State. Mr. Smith, however, does not confine 
his activities to his business interests only, but 
takes a leading part in the affairs of Lewiston, 
and was a member of the School Board for 
eighteen years. He was at one time president 
of the Board of Aldermen, and he is at present 
a member of the Water Board. In 1907 he was 
candidate for mayor on the Republican ticket. 
Mr. Smith is also actively identified with the 
fraternal and club life of the region, and is a 
member of the Benevolent and Protective Order 


of Elks. In his religious belief he is a Catholic 
and attends St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in 
Lewiston. 


In 1875, John B. Smith was united in marriage 
with Emma Boland. Mr. Smith is a very well 
read man, and is exceedingly fond of reading, 
and is quite a lecturer on current events. The 
period comprised in this part of the twentieth 
century is extraordinarily prolific in men of 
marked business talents. The State of Maine, in 
proportion to its population, has not been be- 
hind its fellows in this contribution, and the 
names of its able and successful men are numer- 
ous indeed. It is of the career of one such man 
that the foregoing sketch has been most briefly 
written, John B. Smith. 


JOHN W. ERSKINE—Among the progressive 
and successful farmers of Easton, Maine, is 
John W. Erskine, a member of an old and highly 
respected Maine family, and a son of Rodger A. 
and Almira A. (Williams) Erskine, the former 
for many years a farmer in the region of Brad- 
ford, Maine. The elder Mr. Erskine was a sol- 
dier in the Eleventh Regiment, Maine Volunteer 
Infantry, enlisting in Company K, of that regi- 
ment, in November, 1861. He was honorably 
discharged from the army, November 11, 1864, 
after having seen much active service and being 
wounded in the engagement at Fair Oaks. Huis 
death occurred January 7, 1900. He married the 
widow of his brother, John Erskine, who was 
killed May 10, 1864, in the battle of Spottsylvania. 
John Erskine served in Company B, First Regi- 
ment, of Maine Heavy Artillery. 

John W. Erskine was born April 18, 1871, at 
Bradford, Maine, and attended the local public 
schools of that town for a number of years. He 
then, following in the footsteps of his father, en- 
gaged in farming operations at Easton, in which 
he has been eminently successful ever since. At 
the present time he is the owner of about one 
hundred and eighty acres of valuable farm land 
here, where he carries on general farming opera- 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


tions and which he keeps in the highest state of — 


cultivation. He is also interested in a number 


of business institutions hereabouts, and is asso- — 


ciated in the management of the Presque Isle 
National Bank. In politics he is a Republican, 
and although active in local affairs has avoided 
all public office and political preferment. Mr. 
Erskine is a member of Ridgeley Lodge, Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows; Olive Branch 
Encampment, Canton Wabasso, and has been 


through the chairs in each; Trinity Lodge, An- 4 


cient Free and Accepted Masons; Garfield Chap- 


ter, Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member 
of the Grange, and takes a keen interest in the 
improvement of general agricultural conditions 
in this region. In his religious belief, Mr. Ers- 


kine is a Methodist, and attends the Methodist — 


Episcopal church at Easton. 


John W. Erskine married (first) April 2, 1902, — 


Hattie L. White, a daughter of Charles V. and 
May (White) White. Two children were born 
of this union: 
A., in 1905. 

May 6, 1907. 


Mrs. Erskine died in Presque Isle, 
Mr. Erskine married (second) 


Elizabeth May Coffey, daughter of James and ~ 
Of this union one — 
child was born: Roger James, born April 17, 1915. — 


Elizabeth H. (Pass) Coffey. 


GEORGE ANDREW MURPHY, one of the 


most conspicuous figures in the public life of 
Lewiston, Maine, is a native of this city and has — 
been identified with its affairs ever since he was 
While himself — 


of an age to take part in them. 


Dorothea A., April 9, 1904; Mary _ 


a native of this region, however, Mr. Murphy is ~ 


of Irish parentage and is the son of Timothy 
Joseph Murphy, a native of Limerick, Ireland, 
who came to this country when he was but four 
years of age. After a short stay at Rockland, 
Maine, the family moved to Boston, where Mr. 
Murphy, Sr., remained until 1873, when he came 
to Lewiston, Maine, and here opened his present 
hat store, having been engaged in this business 
for more than forty years. He deals exclusively 
in hats, furs and raw skins, and his establish- 
ment is one of the largest in the State. 
store is situated at No. 135 Lisbon street and is 
one of the best known concerns of its kind in 
‘he city. Mr. Murphy, Sr., married Margaret A. 
O’Donnell, a native of Lewiston, and they have 
been the parents of nine children, six of whom 
are living. Their children are as follows: Tim- 
othy Joseph, Jr., who resides in Lewiston, and 
is engaged in business with his father; William 
P., who also resides in Lewiston, where he is 
engaged in business as a salesman; George An- 


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cerned; James, deceased, who practiced law in 


New York City; Ca therine, who became the wife 
of Dr. Joseph W. Shay, of Boston; Elizabeth, 
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Born January 21, 1879, at Lewiston, Maine, 


George Andrew Murphy received the elementary 
‘portion of his education at the local public 


~ schools. 


He then attended the Lewiston Busi- 
ness College, where he took a mercantile course 
and fitted himself for active business life. Im- 
mediately after completing his education at this 


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| ly up to the present time. 


ton Bleachery & Dye Works, where he worked 
in a clerical capacity for some fourteen years. In 
the meantime, however, he served for four years 
as city auditor of Lewiston, and in 1910 was 
elected tax collector of the city. He served in 
this capacity until the end of 1913, and was then 
elected to the office of register of deeds, which 
he holds at the present time. Mr. Murphy is 
exceedingly fond of out-door sports and pastimes 
and is especially interested in horses. THe is 
also a conspicuous figure in the social and club 
life of the community, and is a member of the 
local lodges of the Knights of Columbus, the 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, also 
the Calumet Club, where he is very popular 
among a large circle of associates. In his re- 
ligious belief, as in the case with his family for 
many generations, Mr. Murphy is a Roman Cath- 
olic and attends St. Joseph’s Church at Lewiston. 
Mr. Murphy is unmarried. 


FRED F. SPEAR—Among the conspicuous 
figures in the business life of Limestone, Maine, 
is Fred F. Spear, president of the Limestone 
Trust Company, and one of the largest and most 
sucessful farmers of this region. Mr. Spear is 
a son of Joseph E. and Mary B. (Ward) Spear, 
the former engaged in the occupation of farming 
for many years in this section of the State, and 
a member of an old and distinguished Maine 
family, which was founded in this country in 
early Colonial times. 

The birth of Fred F. Spear occurred at his 
father’s home at Limestone, Maine, May 13, 1867, 
and he has made this place his home consistent- 
As a lad he attended 
the local public schools and was graduated from 


BIOGRAPHICAL 


325 


the Limestone High School, showing himself, 
even as a lad, possessed of the ambition and 
alert mind which have since then marked him. 
Upon completing his studies at the high school 
Mr. Spear, following in his father’s footsteps, en- 
gaged in farming as a pursuit, and is now the 
owner of a handsome farm in this region of the 
country where he carries on general agricul- 
tural operations. But Mr. Spear was of an un- 
usually enterprising disposition and his attentions 
were directed towards other interests in addi- 
tion to that of farming. He became associated 
with the Limestone Trust Comany, an associa- 
tion which has continued uninterruptedly ever 
since, and at one time he occupied the office 
of president of that institution. Mr. Spear has 
also interested himself in public affairs in this 
part of the country, and he is regarded as one 
of the leaders in the Republican party hereabouts, 
He has held a number of offices of trust and re- 
sponsibility, served on the school board for five 
years, and was selectman of this township for 
eleven years. He is also a prominent figure 
in the social and fraternal life of the community; 
is a member of the local Grange, Knights 
of Pythias, and Limestone Lodge, Ancient Free 
and Accepted Masons, having filled all the chairs 
of his Masonic lodge and the Grange. In his 
religious belief Mr. Spear is a Baptist and at- 
tends the church of that denomination at Lime- 
stone. 

Fred F. Spear was united in marriage in Feb- 
ruary, 1888, at Fort Fairfield, Maine, with Helen 
F. Noyes, a daughter of Josiah M. and Sibal 


Noyes. Mrs. Spear died in May, 1914. They 
were the parents of the following children: 
Forest, born April 12, 1890, married a Miss 


Lundy; Helen May. 


OTTO EDWARD HUTT —If one was called 
upon to select a career that might serve as a 
model for the youth of an age in which the ideals 
of our forefathers have suffered something of a 
decline, he could not do better than take that of 
Otto Edward Hitt, whose entire career, present- 
ing as it does characteristics of a more idealistic 
and gracious time now alas passing, might well 
serve to leaven the somewhat thoughtless and 
careless customs of our own. He is a son of 
Carl Otto Htitt, who was born in Wittenburg, 
Germany, and whose death occurred in his 
adopted country at the age of sixty-two years and 
eight months, in the month of May, 1909, at the 
town of Malden, Massachusetts. Upon reaching 
this country, Carl O. Hitt engaged in the sheet 


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metal business and worked for a considerable 
time at Boston. He married Lena Fogel, also 
a native of Wittenburg, and she now survives 
him, making her home at Medford, Massachu- 
setts. She is seventy-two years of age and still 
quite active. Mr. and Mrs. Hitt were married 
in Wittenburg and were the parents of seven 
children, of whom three are now living as fol- 
lows: Otto Edward, Ernest Henry, who lives 
in Portland, and is a cornice worker; and Anna, 
now the widow of Chester Lawrence, and makes 
her home at Medford, Massachusetts. 

Otto Edward Htitt was born in Wittenburg, 
Germany, May 20, 1882, but came with his par- 
ents to America at the age of five years and lo- 
cated with them in New York City. He lived 
in the metropolis until he was twelve years of 
age, and then moved to Boston with his par- 
ents, at which latter place he was educated and 
lived until he was eighteen years old, in the 
meantime learning to become a sheet metal 
worker. He then came to Auburn and later to 
Lewiston, and took charge of the business of F. 
Korneffel & Son, also a sheet metal concern, 
where he remained in charge for a period of about 
thirteen years. In 1914, however, he returned to 
Auburn, where he started his present business 
and is now located at No. tor Main street. Mr. 
Hiitt’s entire time and attention is given to the 
business enterprise which he has so ably built 
up and to his family, where he finds his chief 
recreation and greatest happiness. He is a mem- 
ber of the Episcopal church, which his family 
also attend. 

On January 1, 1905, at Lewiston, Maine, Otto 
Edward Hiitt was united in marriage with Annie 
Augusta Kronamann, a native of this city, born 
March 1, 1880, a daughter of Philipp Kronamann, 
now a retired miller of Lewiston, and of Sophie 
(Olfene) Kronamann, his wife. Mr. and Mrs. 
Hitt are the parents of three children, all of 
whom are now living, as follows: Philip Carl, 
born February 7, 1908; Otto Edward, Jr., born 
June 10, 1912, and Ralph Richard, born Septem- 
ber 17, 1916. 


JAMES BENNETT BLANCHARD, a farmer 
and lumberman of Presque Isle, was born at 
Charlotte, Washington county, Maine, October 
7, 1851, son of David and Mary L. (Babcock) 
Blanchard, the former also a lumberman and 
farmer, and a brickmaker. Mr. Blanchard was 
educated at the common schools, and then en- 
tered the same calling that his father had fol- 
lowed all his life. He has been for twenty-five 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


years a brickmaker, and has been very success- 
ful in his business. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican. He is a member of the Blue Lodge, Free 
and Accepted Masons, of Presque Isle; of the 
chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Caribou; of the 
council, Royal and Select Masters, at Presque 
Isle, and of the temple, Ancient Arabic Order 
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. 

Mr. Blanchard married, at Easton, Maine, Jan 
uary 18, 1879, Mary O. Barker, daughter of Sam- 
uel and Martha (Merrill) Barker. They are the 
parents of the following children: William H., 
Frank E., Sidney D., Bessie M., and Charles G, 
who enlisted in the United States army in the 
World War and was stationed at Camp Devens. 


GEN. SAMUEL DEAN LEAVITT—A native 
son of Maine, eminent in his profession and in 
business, a citizen loved and trusted by his con- 
stituency, Gen. Leavitt served well his day and 
generation, and in his native Eastport his mem- 
ory is kept green. a 

Jonathan Leavitt born at Hampton Falls, New 
Hampshire, moved to Eastport, Maine, where he 
was moderator of the first town meeting held 
there, May 21, 1798. He held the rank of cap- 
tain in the revolutionary army, his commission 
in quaint form issued by authority of the peo- 
ple of New Hampshire and signed by M. Weare, 
president of council, July 30, 1779. He died at 
Eastport, Maine, January 25, 1810. Captain 
Leavitt married Mary Perkins, and they were | 
the parents of Benjamin B. Leavitt, father of 
Gen. Samuel D. Leavitt, to whose memory this 
review is dedicated. Be: 

Benjamin B. Leavitt was born in Eastport, 
Maine, November 6, 1798, and there died July — 
25, 1881, one of Eastport’s foremost citizens. He 
was a leading merchant of the village, and ac- 
cumulated a large estate which in his later years” 
claimed his entire time and attention. He was 
one of the leading Democrats of the eastern 
Washington district, and in 1841 he was elected 
to represent that district in the State Senate. 
He was appointed by President Polk, surveyor 
for the port of Eastport, and held the rank of 
colonel in the Third Regiment, Maine Militia. 
He was highly regarded in his community as a 
business man and citizen, and was sincerely 
mourned when at the age of eighty-three he 
passed away. He married Hannah Lamprey, 
and among their children was a son, Samuel D. 

Samuel Dean Leavitt was born in Eastport, 
Washington county, Maine, August 12, 1838. He 
was educated in the public schools of Eastport 


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fat Hampton, Franklin and Drummer acad- 
ss, At the age of twenty-one in 1859, he 
fan the study of law and in October 1861, he 
admitted to the Washington county bar. 
ediately thereafter he enlisted in the Union 
ly, taising a company which became a part 
e Fifteenth Regiment, Maine Infantry, re- 
ving a first lieutenant’s commission in Decem- 
1861. His regiment served in the Depart- 
of the Gulf under Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, 
"in 1812 Lieut. Leavitt tendered his resigna- 
p, being then at New Orleans, where he had 
mm serving as a commissary of subsistence. 

er resigning from the army, Lieut. Leavitt 
urned to Maine and began the practice of 
7 at Eastport, and for many years continued 
uuccessful business, having in addition a well 
ablished insurance agency. He was a director 
f the Frontier National Bank of Eastport, and 
eld other responsible positions in the com- 
nity, his business ability being well recog- 
ized and appreciated. His law practice was 
ge in Eastport, but he retained his interest 
1 the insurance business for many years, finally 
isposing of it. He was a Democrat in politics; 
1 1873 was elected a member of the State Legis- 
ture, and in 1874 was reélected. His election 
nd rélection were tributes of the high regard in 
hich he was held by the voters of his district, 
jt Eastport voters, normally Republican, stood 
y their neighbor, appreciating his learning and 
bility, his attitude in connection with the rail- 
gads winning him many friends. In 1879 he 
as elected Adjutant General of the State, and 
1 1886 was appointed Collector of Customs for 
ie Passamaquoddy district by President Cleve- 
ind. He held that office until 1890, and in that 
ear was the candidate of his party for Congress 
rom the Fourth Congressional District. In 
893 he was appointed a member of a commis- 
ion to revise the military laws of Maine, and the 
ame year was elected mayor of Eastport. 

Gen. Leavitt was most cordial and quiet in 
lanner, and he won the friendship of 
rough his charming personality and his sterling 
ightness of character. He died deeply 
nourned, leaving a widow who yet survives him. 


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WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD—For almost 
century the name of Clifford has been a con- 
picuous one in the legal profession in Maine 
nd in the public service of that State, from the 
eginning of the legal activity of Chief Justice 
athan Clifford, of the United States Supreme 
ourt, to the present professional connections 
f his grandson, Nathan Clifford, ex-Mayor of 


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327 


Portiand, member of the law firm of Clifford, 
Verrill & Clifford. The intermediate period was 
occupied by the practice and service of William 
Henry Clifford, son of the Chief Justice and 
father of Nathan Clifford, who for almost forty 
years conducted an extensive practice in all the 
State and Federal courts of his district. William 
Henry Clifford was a descendant in the eighth 
generation of George Clifford, who came from 
his English home in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, 
in 1644, founding his family in New England, 
residing first in Boston, where he was a mem- 
ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- 
pany, then moving to Hampton, New Hamp- 
shire. For seven generations New Hampshire 
remained the family home, Judge Clifford in 
1827, establishing in professional practice in York 
county, Maine, soon after his admission to the 
bar. Thus it was that Maine afforded him the 
field and opportunity for the great legal, legis- 
lative, and judicial service that forms a splendid 
part of her history. While a justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States he was the 
author of a vast number of important and far- 
reaching opinions, but to no judicial action of 
his did such intensely spirited interest attach as 
to his presidency of the Electoral Commission 
in the famous Hayes-Tilden election controversy. 
He was one of the greatest legal lights of his 
day and generation; indeed, his equal has ap- 
peared but rarely in the American annals of his 
profession. 

His son, William Henry Clifford, was born in 
Newfield, Maine, August 11, 1838, died Septem- 
ber 18, 19@a. After attendance at the public 
schools he prepared for college at the Portland 
Academy and at Professor Woods’ school at 
Yarmouth, then graduating from Dartmouth 
College in the class of 1858. Beginning the 
study of law in the offices of Shepley & Dane, 
of Portland, he completed his work in the office 
of Benjamin R. Curtis of Boston, and in 1863 
was admitted to practice in the courts of Massa- 
chusetts, in 1864 to the Maine and United States 
circuit courts, and in 1867 to the United States 
Supreme Court. His professional offices were 
in Portland from his establishment in practice 
until his death. For about ten years he was a 
commissioner of the United States Court for 
the District of Maine, and afterward acquired 
an extensive practice in the Federal courts, plead- 
ing many cases before the Supreme Court at 
Washington. He compiled “Clifford’s Reports,” 
a work in four volumes of his fathers’ decisions 
on the New England circuit. 

He early took an active part in Maine poli- 


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tics, always as a Democratic supporter. He was 
a member of the Democratic National Com- 
mittee, presided over a number of State party 
conventions, and was the candidate of his party 
for Congress in the First Congressional District 
on two occasions, and in 1896 the candidate of 
the Gold Democrats for the governorship. Mr. 
Clifford was a man of pronounced and cultivated 
literary tastes, and the author of several pamph- 
lets on literary, political, and other subjects. He 
was honored by the degree of Master of Arts 
from the Bishops College, Lenoxville, Province 
of Quebec. He was a member of the Protestant 
Episcopal church, serving as vestryman of St. 
Luke’s Cathedral, and he belonged to lodge, 
chapter, and commandery in the Masonic order, 
affiliated as well with the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias; his 
clubs, the Cumberland of Portland, and the 
Union of Boston. “He was a man of scholarly 
tastes and broad culture; always a student, his 
reading was both extensive and exhaustive. He 
was an authority on many literary and historical 
subjects, and the addresses which he delivered 
from time to time on such subjects bore evi- 
dence of his natural ability and wide learning.” 

Mr. Clifford married, August 8, 1866, Ellen 
Greeley Brown, born in Portland, May 30, 1841, 
died there May 9, 1904, daughter of John B. and 
Ann M. (Greeley) Brown of Portland. Children: 
Nathan (q. v.); Matilda Greeley; William Henry; 
and Philip Greeley; also John B., and Ellen Ayer, 
who died young. 


NATHAN CLIFFORD, son of William H. 
and Elien G. (Brown) Clifford, was born in 
Portland, June 17, 1867. After preparatory study 
in the public schools of Portland, he attended 
Phillips Academy at Andover, and the Portland 
High Schools, from which last he was graduated 
in 1886. Matriculating at Harvard University 
in the fall of this year, he was graduated with 
high honors in the class of 1890. He at once 
began the study of law in his father’s Portland 
office, gaining admission to the bar in May, 1893, 
and becoming a member of the firm, Clifford, 
Verrill & Clifford, the present firm. His pro- 
fessional activity has been on a plane and of an 
order worthily succeeding his noted predecessors 
and his professional standing is of the highest. 

Like his honored father and grandfather, he 
is a staunch Democrat, and his career also paral- 
lels theirs in his early participation and leader- 
ship in public affairs. He became chairman of 
the Portland Democratic City Committee in 1895, 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


and in 1905, he was elected mayor of 
He was reélected at the following polls, 
instance in the history of the city 
Democrat was his ‘own immediate s 
His double term of office was marked 
passage of much substantial legislation 
progressive efficient administration of th 
business that won him wide favor among 
classes in Portland. Upon his candidacy 
third term, the Republican organization 
back into power Adam F. Leighton, the suc 
ful candidate. OM 
Mr. Clifford ‘occupies a position high i 
councils of his party, whose interests | 
labored diligently to advance. His citiz 
based on no mere party lines; however, 
ices are yielded in every cause of civic 
and betterment. He is prominent in mi 
cles of Portland and Maine, belonging 
Maine Historical Society, the Maine G 
Society, the Cumberland Club, and n 
other organizations of local interest. — 
University has constantly filled a large 
his heart and he has devoted himself u 
to her interests as a director of the H 
Alumni Association, vice-president of t 
vard Club in Maine, and vice-president 
New England Federation of Harvard Clu 
Mr. Clifford married, in Boston, May 
Caroline L. Devens, born in Charleste 
chusetts, April 6, 1872, daughter of Capt. 
Fesser and Abbie Maria (Fairbanks) — 
her father an officer in the United States 
Children: Katherine Louisa, born 1898; 
Jr., 1900; and William Henry, 1904. 


B. N. MORRIS—As head of the Morris | 
Company, builders of Canoes at Veazie, WV 
and dealers in fittings, paddles, and sail 
rowing outfits for such craft, Mr. Mo 
ducts a prosperous business which in 
times employs from forty to fifty men in 
nishing that now indispensable part of | 
mer outing on river or lake. Mr. Morr 
thorough master of canoe construction, ant 
made his name a familiar one among 
He is one of the leading men of his co: 
and well known in, Bangor, his residence. 
is highly esteemed, both as business man 
citizen. . 


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DR. T. H. POMROY-—-At his beautiful fa 
and summer home at Pembroke, Maine, 
Pomroy spends his summer and autumn mor 
the old home holding a secure place in 


B. N. MORRIS 


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BIOGRAPHICAL 


fections. He has long practiced his profession 
in New York City, his offices at the Arlington 
Hotel, West Twenty-fifth street, but whenever 
possible he seeks the quiet of his Maine home. 


JOHN ROLLINS HIGGINS—A native son 
of Maine, and from youth engaged in lumbering 
as cruiser, contractor, manager and manufac- 
turer, John R. Higgins was one of the strong, 
capable men of the lumber industry, and until 
his death, at the age of sixty-two years, was active 
in business,, being then president and manager 
of the Dennysville Lumber Company. He was 
a descendant of Timothy Higgins, who in 1799 
was living in Bowdoin, Maine, having a family 
of seven sons and two daughters, according to 
the Federal census taken in that year for the 
first time. The vital records of Bowdoin were 
burned in the early eighteen-seventies, all records 
of him or his family thus being destroyed. His 
grandson, Nathaniel S. Higgins, affirmed that 
Timothy Higgins came from Cape Cod, Massa- 
chusetts, but no record has been found that sub- 
stantiates that statement, yet it cannot be re- 
jected as unreasonable, since the records of sev- 
eral of the Eastham (Massachusetts) Higgins 
family are either very imperfect or totally lack- 
ing. Timothy Higgins, of Bowdoin, and wife 
Mehitabel, were the parents of nine children: 
William, Timothy, Simeon, Joseph, Dyer, Moses, 
Elijah, Abigail, Deborah. Descent to John R. 
Higgins is through Dyer Higgins, fifth son of 
Timothy and Mehitabel Higgins. 

Dyer Higgins was born May 25, 1778, at Bow- 
doin, and resided at Lisbon, Maine. He served 
in the War of 1812, and died in 1853.. He mar- 
ried Susanna Smith and they were the parents 
of nine children, all born in Lisbon, Maine, save 
William, the youngest: Zacheus Beal, born 
March 10, 1802, married Mary Linscott Totman; 
Noah Jordan, born March 14, 1803; Mary, born 
April 23, 1805, died December 3, 1805; Nathaniel 
Smith, of further mention; Lucinda, born January 
29, 1809; Charles Smith, born February 4, 1812, mar- 
ried Ruth Davis; Mary Smith, born September 2, 
1814; Rebekah Smith, born October 5, 1817, 
married Orrin Jackson; William. 

Nathaniel Smith Higgins, third son and fourth 
child of Dyer and Susanna (Smith) Higgins, was 
born in Lisbon, Maine, October 25, 1806, died at 
Calais, Maine, April 26, 1889. He resided at 
Wesley and Lewiston, Maine. He married, at 
Wesley, December 17, 1832, Mrs. Margaret (Col- 
lins) Higgins, and they were the parents oi six 
children, all born at Wesley, Maine: William 


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Dyer, born November 25, 1833, married Laura H. 
Stuart; Suel, born December 27, 1835, died at 
Wesley, October 7, 1838; Tryphena Thomson, 
born February 15, 1838; Susannah, born March 
20, 1840, died September 5; 1870; John Rollins, 
of further mention; Willis Foster, born Novem- 
ber 13, 1844, married Mary Elizabeth Estes. 

John Rollins ‘Higgins was born at Wesley, 
Maine, September 25, 1842, died at Salt Lake 
City, Utah, May 31, 1904. He grew to manhood 
in Wesley, a town devoted to the lumber indus- 
try and there attended the district school. He 
began working in the lumber woods soon after 
coming of age, and all his life long was con- 
nected with the lumber industry. Through ex- 
perience and knowledge gained in the woods, he 
was advanced to lumber cruiser, and in his 
thirties became a lumber contractor in his own 
name. In 1878 he was engaged as manager by 
lumber interests operating in Nova Scotia, to 
go there, establish mills and look after their 
business. On his return to Maine he was se- 
cured as manager by Gates & Wentworth, who 
were extensive timber owners and lumber manu- 
facturers on the St. Croix river, and located in 
Calais, Maine. He remained as manager with 
Gates & Wentworth until 1890, when that firm 
was bought by H. F. Eaton & Sons of Calais, 
also large lumber manufacturers and timberland 
owners. Mr. Higgins continued with H. S. 
Eaton & Sons as general superintendent of their 
combined plants until 1894, when he resigned to 
engage in business for himself. In the spring 
of 1894, Mr. Higgins with three associates pur- 
chased a saw-mill and a tract of timber land in 
Dennysville from the Lincoln estate, and incor- 
porated the Dennysville Lumber Company, of 
which he was elected president and manager, a 
position he filled until his death, in 1904. 

Mr. Higgins was a. member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and. interested himself in 
church and benevolent affairs of all kinds, doing 
a great deal for the cause of temperance and pro- 
hibition. In the spring of 1904 he was elected 
a delegate to the General Conference of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, held at Los An- 
geles, California, and after the adjournment made 
a travel tour for pleasure up the Pacific Coast, 
thence taking train for home via Salt Lake City. 
On his arrival at Salt Lake City he was removed 
from the train suffering from pneumonia, and 
taken to a hospital, where he died a few days 
later. 

Mr. Higgins married (first) at Wesley, in 1863, 
Amelia Elsmore, who died January 12, 1874, 


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aged twenty-six years four months, daughter of 
John Elsmore, a farmer of Wesley, Maine... He 
married (second) at Calais, Maine, September 19, 
1874, Olive Barnard, born in Carroll, Maine, 
March 16, 1854, who yet survives him, daughter 
of Josiah and Lucretia Barnard, her father a 
farmer of Carroll and Baileyville, Maine. Chil- 
dren of John R. and Amelia (Elsmore) Higgins 
were three, all born in Calais, Maine: 1. Try- 
phena Humphrey, born in May, 1864, died Sep- 
tember 17, 1890. he was a graduate of Calais 
Grammar School, later becoming a teacher in the 
public schools. She married at Lewiston, Ed- 
ward Burnham. No children. 2. George Wash- 
ington, born January 23, 1866; now a minister 
of the Gospel, residing in Lewiston, Maine. He 
married (first) Mattie Rodgers, of Carmel, Maine, 
who died in Calais. He married (second) Abbie 
Reynolds. Children: Mary N., born at Carmel, 
Maine, September 25, 1895, died at Durham, 
Maine, July 12, 1914; Caleb, born November 30, 
1904, at Durham, Maine; Austin P., born Febru- 
ary 6, 1908, at Durham, Maine; Miriam R., born 
January 5, 1910, at Durham Maine; George R., 
born September 6; 1911, at Durham, Maine. 3. 
Ella, born in 1868, died at Calais, Maine, May 15, 


1891. She married at Lewiston, Peter Gifford. 
Chidlren: George W. Gifford, born 1889, at Lew- 
iston; married 1916, Allie Purster, of Atlanta, 


Georgia; Irvine L. Gifford, born May 10, 1891; 
married Edna Strout, May 22, 1911. Children: 
Edna Ella Gifford, born December 31, 1912; 
Wilbur Leslie Gifford, born October Io, 1913. 
The children of John R. and Olive (Barnard) 
Higgins, are four, all born at Calais, Maine. 1. 
Melvin D., born November 2, 1875; was educated 
in Calais Grammar School and Bucksport Busi- 
ness School. Upon the death of his father in 
1904, he became manager of the Dennysville 
Lumber Company at Dennysville, Maine, a posi- 
tion he filled until 1915, when the Higgins in- 
terests in that company were sold. Melvin D. 


HISTORY OF MAINE 


and his brothers Earl R. and John R. Higgins 
then organized the firm Higgins Brothers, oper- 
ating in pulp wood, pine logs, ship knees, tele- 
phone poles, cedar ties, piling and cordwood. 
They are also agents for the Reo and Chevrolet 
automobiles. Mr. Higgins married May 1, 1895, 
Nellie Milligan. Children: Phena Vera, born 
October 23, 1896, died April 19, 1897; Raymond 
Dyer, born May 16, 1898; married Lillian Scott 
of Perry, June 25, 1918; their child, Raymond Dyer, 
was born January 9, 1919; Olive Edna, born No- 
vember 22, 1899; Eva Mary, born November 11, 
1901; infant, born April 22, 1914. 2. Minnie, 
born November 26, 1878, died at Calais, july 25, 
1880. 3. Earl R, born January 9, 1882, a grad- 
uate of Dennysville High School, who until 1915, 
was a woods foreman with the Dennysville Lum- 
ber Company, now a partner in Higgins Brothers. 
He married (first) at Calais, March 11, 1905, Alice 
Lincoln, who died May 16, 1906. He married 
(second) Ethel Johnson of Milltown, Maine. 
Children: Barbara Higgins, born October 25, 
1908, at Houlton, Maine; Mae, born January 8, 
1gio, at Dennysville; Leah, born December 31, 
1910, at Dennysville; John Frederick, born Sep- 
tember 28, 1912, at Edmunds; Florence, born Jan- 
uary 16, 1914, at Dennysville; Olive, born Sep- 
tember 17, 1916, at Dennysville; Earl Rollins, 
born March 18, I919. 4. John R., born July io, 
1885, a graduate of Dennysville High School and 
of a school at Kents Hill, Maine. He was as- 
sociated with the Dennysville Lumber Company, 
as yard foreman until 1915, then became a part- 
ner in Higgins Brothers. He married (first) at 
Dennysville, Maine, March, 1906, Grace Allan, 
born in Dennysville, May 1, 1886, died January 
19, I915. He married (second) September 4, 
1916, Estella Adams. Children: G. Eleanor, born 
June 7, 1907; Mina A., born April 27, 1909; R. 
Forrest, born June 24, 1911; S. Madelyn, born 
December 21, 1912; infant, born January 12, 1915. 


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Adams, Asa M., 52 
Aurilla E., 218 
Charles F., 115 
Charles H., 116 
Chester N., 52 
Clarence L., 116 
Frances H., 116 
George M., 217 
Glenn D., 116 
Granville A., 116 
Harold L., 52 
laghyle., TIO 
Lorin G., 116 
Mary, 52 
Norris E., 52 
Robert, 217 
Silas B., 216, 217 
Silas M., 217 

Albert, Eloi, 311 
Marie, 311 
Raymond, 311 

Allen, George E., 313 
Joshua, 313 
Mary E., 313 

Ames (Eames), Alfred, 99 
Alfred K., 98, 99 
Anthony, 99 
Carrie L., 29 
Isaac, 99 
Jedediah, 99 
John K., 98, 90 
Jonathan, 99 
Mark, 99 
Nellie E., 99 
Solon S., 29 
Stephen E., 29 

Appleton, Henry A., 80, 81 
John, 80 
Jonathan, 80 
Maria S., 81 


Bailey, Charles A., 207 
Leila M., 208 
Taber D., 207 
Baker, Arthur E., 85 
Clarence A., Dr., 61, 62 
‘Edna, 85 
John P., 61 
Mary A., 62 
Snow, 61 
Banks, Cyrus K., 19 7 
Eugenie M., 1908 
Hartley C., 197 
Barrows, Charles D., 285 
Charles D., Jr., 285 
Bass, George H., 221, 222 
John R., 222 
Mary E., 222 
Mary L., 222 
Samuel, 222 . 
Seth, 222 


INDEX 


Willard S., 222 
Baxter, Clinton L., 106 
Cora P., 106 
Ethel, 106 
James P., 106 
Bean, Alpheus S., 304 
Daniel F., 304 
Lucinda, 305 
Belcher, Clifford, 15, 16 
Edward, 15 
Ella O., 18 
Gregory, I5 
Josiah, 15 
Samuel, 16 
Samuel C., 15, 17 
Supply, 15 
Benoit, Arthur H., 241 
Arthur H., Jr., 242 
Charles, 241 
Eugene R., 242 
Olive R. E., 242 
Philamene A., 242 
Roberti 52 
Toussaint, 241 
Berman, Bella, 61 
Benjamin L., 60, 61 
Herman I., 60 
Berry, Augustus N., 208 
Edgar M., 209 
Florence I., 209 
Lora J., 209 
Blair, Cornelia S., 254 
Lyman, 253 
Blanchard, Charles G., 326 
David, 326 
James B., 326 
Mary O., 326 
Bourne, Georgiana, 303 
M. B., 303 
Sylvanus, 302, 303 
Brackett, Anthony, 96, 97 
Elizabeth A., 98 
George A., 08 
Tosiah, 96 
Seth H., 96, 97 
Thoma,s 96-97 
Bradbury, Dora A., 120 
Lester F., 119 
Samuel, It9 
Bradford, Alfred, 232 
Edwin L., 231, 232 
Mary F., 232 
William, 231 


Bragdon, Charles J., Rev., 245, 


246 
Edward P. M., 246 
Levi, 246 
Maud H., 246 
Samuel, Jr., 246 
Breneman, Edward, 162 


Helen R., 162 

William P., 162 
Bridgham, Edward W., 220 

George, 220 

Henry, 220 

Isabelle J., 220 

John, 220 

Thomas, 220 

William C., 220 
Bucknam, Arthur E., 313, 314 

Jennie M., 314 

Nathaniel, 314 

Woodbury R., 314 
Bunker, Gertrude, 79 

Josiah B., 79 

William G., 78, 79 
Burns, Cora M., 38 

Frank W., 38 

William B., 38 
Burpee, George E. R., 74 

Isaac, 75 

Louise G., 75 
Butler, Benjamin, 164, 165 

Frank H., 154 

Myrtell L., 165 

Patrick, 247 

Ralph, 164 

Thomas, 154 

Thomas F., Rt. Rev., 246, 247 

Velma F., 155 

Whiting L., 164, 165 
Buyson, Elmer G., 70 

Exie, 71 

James F., 70 


Campbell, Angus O., 84 
Angus W., 84 
Bertha A., 84 
Betsey S., 84 
David O., 84 
David R., 83 
Eleanor (Ellen), 84 
Genevieve, 85 
Virginia M., 85 
Willie A., 84 

Card, Delia, 300 
George, 299 
Margaret J., 300 
Mary, 300 


Carn Rranks S025 


Teel Wales wa, Was 
Harold M., 125 
Moses, 124 
Omar F., 126 
Susie M., 125 


Carter, Charles A., 167 


Frances A., 167 
Hannah E., 167 
Josiah H., 167 


Cary, Ellen M., 321 


Luther K., 321 


334 


Caswell, Cyrus M., 316 
Elvira J., 317 
Job, 316 
Levi, 316 
Margaret, 317 
Chapman, Edward, 204 
Harry A., 205 
Horace C., 204, 205 
Lydia A., 205 
Milton C., 205 
Nathaniel, 204 
William, 204 
Chase, Abba H., 59 
Bertha J., 262 
Caroline, 262 
Cyrus, 58 
Daniel, 261 
Edward, 262 
Granville, 261 
John, 261 
Jonathan, 58 
Clapp, Abiel, 126 
Asa, 126 
Asa W. H., 127 
Julia M., 128 
Mary J. E., 128 
Samuel, 126 
Thomas, 126 
Clay, Hanson S., 223 
Julia A., 223 
Parker, 223 
Clement, Amos, 267 
James, 267 
James D., 267 
John, 267 
Mary R., 267 
Clergue, Frances, 159 
Francis H., 159 
Joseph H., 159 
Clifford, Caroline L., 328 
Ellen G., 328 
George, 327 
Nathan, 327, 328 
William H., 327 
Cloudman, Andrew C., 263 
Annie E., 263 
Francis A., 262 
Paul L., 263 
Cloutier, Adele, 315 
George L., 315 
Wolfred E., 315 
Cobb, Amy C., 189 
Franklin 'O., 189 
Marion, 216 
Orlando G., 189 
Stephen, 216 
William O., Dr., 216 
Coburn, Cynthia, 231 
Edward, 231 
James E., 231 
Cochrane, Chauncey, 228 
Ida M., 228 
James, 228 
Jasper D., Dr., 227, 228 
Cole, Mary E., 284 
Richard, 283, 284 
Warren W., 283, 284 
Conley, Daniel, 271 


INDEX 


Daniel J., 271, 272 
Connellan, Ella, 29 
James, 28 
John W., Dr., 28 
Patrick B., 29 
Cook, Alfred P., 51 
Charles, 50, 51 
Charles B., 51 
George H., 50 
Hanson, 151 
Harriett P., 52 
Margaret A., 151 
Martha P., 51 
Silas W., 151 
Coolidge, Albion, 195 
Franklin W., 195 
Harry R., 194, 195 
John, 194 
Thomas, 194, 195 
Coombs, Charles R., 307 
George M., 208 
Harry S., 208 
Helena C., 308 
Jane B., 208 
John, 208 
Robert, 307 
Cornish, Colby C., 28 
Fannie W., 28 
Leslie C., 28 
Cowan, Agnes M., 66 
Emma M., 66 
George A., 66 
George S., 66 
Ora L., 60 
Cunningham, Francis, 280 
Francis W., 281 
John J., 280, 281 
Kathryne F., 281 
Curran, John J., 73 
Margaret A., 73 
Robert J., 73 
Currier, Alexander, 32 
Ailgerm Vien e243) 
Cyr, Alexis, 63 
Laura A., 63 
Louis A., 63 
Pauline, 181 
Solomon, 181 
Vetal, 181 


Darling, David H., 264 
Henry, 264 
Laura D., 265 

Davidson, Anna L., 285 
Isaac, 284 
Jessie B., 285 
William S., 284 

Davis, Etta L., 193 
Frank C., 193 
Freeman G., 192, 193 
George W., 192 
Jesse, 5 
Jonathan, Dr., 5 
Mary A., 6, 103 

de Gogorza, Emilio, 27 
Emma, 24 

Dennis, David, 294 
Harriet S., 205 


John, 294 
Julia S., 295 
Derry, Adolphus, 238 
Edith M., 238 
Louis, 238 
Louis A., Dr., 238 
Dingley, Fuller, 22, 23 
Jacob, 22 
James B., 23 
Mary J., 23 
Dolliver, Caroline C., 255 
Louis L., Dr., 255 
Pillsbury C., 255 
Donovan, Jennie H., 182 
Jeremiah, 182 
John A., Dr., 181 
John B., Dr., 182 
Kate A., 182 
William H., Dr., 182 
Dorr, George B., 221 
Douglass, Dana C., 319 
Martha E., 319 
Drake, Eleanor J., 129 
James B., 128 
James E., 128 
Draper, Edward B., 227 
Thomas B., 227 
Dresser, Clarence W., 259 
Delma E., 259 
Ira sey 
Josiah C., 87 
Leon M., 87 
Nettie A., 259 
Perley €:, 87 
Richard, 87 
Sara, 87 
Walter H., 258 
Wentworth, 87 
Wilbur F., 86, 87 
William H., 258 
William W., 87 
Drew, Araminta B., 21 
Franklin M., 19, 20 
Jesse, 3, 20 
Jesse AA 
John, 20 
Louise S., 4 
Morrill N., 3 
Nicholas, 20 
Stephen, 20 
Dudley, Frank H., 268 
Mabel, 269 
Oliver P., 268 
Dunn, Alice I., 188 
Charles, 150 
Charles, Jr., 150 
Charles J., 188 
Esther C., 151 
Grace E., 151 
Jonah, 150 


Eames, Emma, 24 
Ithamar B., 24 

Eaton, Annette H., 31 
John, 30 ; 
Marion D., 31 
Stephen W., 30 
Tristan, 30 


William C., 29, 31 
Woodman S., 30 
Eddy, George W., 239 
Harry B., 239, 240 

Lillian, 240 
Thomas B., 239 
William, Rev., 239 
Emery, George A., 22 
Moses, 22 
Erskine, Elizabeth M., 324 
Hattie L., 324 
John W., 324 
Rodger A., 324 


Fairfield, Arthur P., 318 
Frances M., 318 
George A., 318 
John, 318 
Rufus A., 318 

Farnham, Horace F., 173, 174 
Joseph, 173 
Kate W., 175 

Farnsworth, James R., 275 
Lucy C., 274 
William, 274 
William A., 275 

Farrell, Emily, 312 
John B., 312 
Michael, 312 

Faunce, Asa, 129 
Mary E., 130 
Sarah A., 130 
William A., 130 

Felt, Albert J., 220, 221 
Jesse, 220 
Sophia, 221 

Flynn, Carl B., 309 
Carrie W., 310 
James A., 309 

Fogg, Blanche S., 46 
Daniel, 207 
Fannie, 207 
George C., 206, 207 
George E., 45 
George W., 45 
James H., 207 
Samuel, 206 

Foss, Arthur P., 242 
Charles, 242 
Ella M., 60 
Horatio G., 59, 60 
Jeremiah, 59 

Freeman, Ada, 230 
Albert, 229 
Ezra, 229 
Ezra A., Dr., 229, 230 

Frost, Anna, 171 
Idella F., 171 

_ Jacob L., 171 
Orlando E., 171 

Frothingham, Angie B., 208 
Thomas, 297 
Thomas J., 2097 

Fulton, Aaron J., Dr., 232, 233 
Ellwyn M., 233 
Emma, 233 
James, 232 
Robert, 232 


INDEX 


Samuel, 233 
William, 233 


Gage, Addie M., 65 
Hanno W., 65 
Garcelon, Arthur A., 153, 154 
Asa, 153 
Donald D. F., 153, 154 
Gardner, Adelaide, 197 
Halbert P., 196, 197 
Ira B., 196 
Getchell, Carl F., 123 
Lillian, 124 
Mark, 124 
Mark L., 123 
Gibbs, George K., 320 
Kendell, 320 
Sarah A., 321 
Theodore, 320 
Gilchrist, Alden, 47 
NWS Sy 7) 
Annie L., 47 
George A., 47 
Samuel, 47 
Gilman, Bertha, 67 
Charles B., 67 
Daniel W., 67 
Goodspeed, Ernest L. R., 23 
Le Roy W., 23 
Olive, 23 
Gordon, Daniel, 247 
Eldora, 248 
Fred D., 247 
Gove, Annie M., 114 
Jacob F., 114 
Justin E., 114 
Graham, David, 302 
Edward M., 162 
James, 161 
John R., 160, 161 
King F., 302 
Mary E., 162 
Matthew, 161 
Rose L., 302 
Graves, Frederick P., Dr., 183 
Josephine, 184 
Moses, 183 
Stockbridge, Dr., 183 
Greene, George E., 211 
Roger A., 211 
Gregory, Charles M., 254 
James C., Rev., 254 
Lephe M., 254 
Sarah L., 254 


Hall, Anna H., 49 
Joseph B., 47, 48 
Willis B., 47, 49 

Hamilton, Ambrose, 89 
Benjamin, 90 
Evelyn F., 90 
Fred G., 89, 90 
Henry O., 90 
James, 90 

Harmon, Alice D., 89 
Charles C., 88 
Isabella T., 89 
Zebulon K., 88 


Harper, Estelle, 44 
John, 43, 44 
William, 43 

Harris, Jessie V., 280 
Mortimer L., 288 
Stephen F., 288 

Hastings, Amos, 273 
David R., 273 
Ella J., 274 
Florence 'O., 274 
Gideon, 273 
Josephine, 274 
Marshall R., 274 

Hatch, Louis C., 168 
Silas C., 168 

Hayden, Frank A., Dr., 257, 258 
John J., 257 
Phillis, 258 

Haytord, Albert, 279 
Columbus, 278, 279 
Daniel, 278 
John, 278 
Lavina P., 279 
Melville B., 280 
William, 279 
Zebedee, 279 

Hayward, Frances A., 167 
George, 167 
George B., 166 

Heard, Carlos, 85 
Carlos C., 86 
Harriet A., 86 
Isabella F., 86 
James, 85 

Herrick, Alice H., 171 
Benjamin, 170 
Eugene I., 169, 170 
John F., 170 
Joseph, 170 

Hersey, Annie, 226 
Daniel, 225 
Elias, 66 
Elijah, 225 
Elizabeth, 67 
Tra G., 225, 226 
John, 225 
Jonathan, 225 
Richard W., 66, 67 
Samuel B., 226 
William, 225 

Hicks, Alfred T., 249 
Christina M., 249 
Edwin, 249 

Higgins, Amelia, 329 
Andrew J., 123 
Dyer, 329 
Earl R., 330 
Forrest, 18 
Hattie O., 123 
John R., 329 
John R., Jr., 330 
Josephine H., 18 
Leon F., 18 
Melvin D., 330 
Nathaniel S., 320 
Olive, 330 
Percy E., 123 

Hill, Catherine W., 70 


336 


Jonathan, 69 
Joseph, 69 
Lydia E., 70 
Nathaniel, 69 
Peter, 68 
Roger, 68 
Tristram, 69 
Winfield S., Dr., 68, 70 
Hinckley, Barnabas, 190 
Daniel B., 190 
Frank, I90 
Mary A., 190 
Hobbs, Charles F., 296 
Cyrus H., 185 
Eben, 296 
George S., 185 
Georgie, 297 
Janet, 186 
Joseph, 185 
Mary P., 186 
Walter S., 206, 207 
Holmes, Calista A., 257 
Elbert B., 257 
Gardner De Rey., 256 
Levi, 256 
Loring E., 49, 50 
Mary L., 50 
Thomas L., 49 
Holt, Abel, 131 
Adelaide F., 146 
Benjamin B. D., 140 
Clarence B., 140 
Erastus, 131 
Erastus E., Dr., 130, 131 
Erastus E., Jr., Dr., 144, 145 
Mary B., 1390 
Roscoe T., 140 
Hone, Robert E., 179 
Sarah L., 179 
Thomas, 179 
Hopkinson, Earl D., 169 
Ermintine, 169 
Granville M., 169 
William F., 169 
Horn, Asher D., 322 
Cora, 323 
David, 322 
Lillian M., 323 
Horr, Calvin, 309 
Granville C., 309 
Jennie L., 309 
Mary, 309 


Houlihan, John W., Rev., 265, 266 


Patrick, 266 
Howe, Amelia, 58 
Artemus W., 58 
Benjamin, 57 
David R., 58 
iran S77 
Luella D., 58 
Nathaniel C., 58 
Sophia S., 58 
Hudson, Ada M., 231 
Henry, 230, 206 
Henry, Jr., 230, 231 
James H., 231 
Leslie E., 231 
Mabel N., 206 


INDEX 


Micajah, 296 
Hunnewell, Benjamin, 116 

George R., 116 

George W., 116 
Hussey, Harrison O., 130 

Lucy W., 130 

Stephen, 130 

Sylvanus H., 130 
Hutt, Annie A., 326 

Carl O., 325 

Otto E., 325, 326 


Ingraham, Darius H., 118 
Edward, 118 
Jessamine P., 119 
Joseph H., 118 
Samuel P., 118 
William M., 118, 119 


Jones, Benjamin W., 236 
Charles E., 117 
Charles E., Jr., 118 
Edward C., 235, 236 
Ethel M., 237 
George M., 118 


John J., 117 
Lilla S., 236 
Mary, 118 


Robert H., 118 
Timothy, 236 
Jordan, Eliza A., 201 
Frank N., 200 
John W., 200 


Keegan, George J., 201, 202 
James, 201, 243 
John J., 186 
Margaret J., 186 
Mary, 244 
Peter Cy 242, 243 
Thomas, 186, 201 
Kelley, Annie, 76 
Charles S., 77 
Robert R., 76 
Rogers P., 76, 77 
Kennard, Maria, 306 
Merritt A , 306 
Richard, 306 
Kennedy, Laura A., 306 
Mary J., 306 
Robert, 305 
Samuel, 305 
Thomas C., 305, 306 
Ketchum, Amber E., 234 
James, 234 
John F., 234 
Joseph, 234 
Keyes, Charles’ W., 184 
Harriet E., 185 
Isaacher, 184 
Juliette C., 185 
Sampson, 184 
Kilborn, Eben S., 112 
Enos W., 112 
Joan, 113 
Kimball, Harriet, 254 
James F., 254 
John S., 254 


Samuel S., 254 
Kincaid, Caroline, 158 

John E., 158 ; 
King, Alfred, Dr., 176, 177 

Benjamin, 176 

George, 176 

John, 176 

Marquis F., 177 

Nellie G., 179 

Philip, 176 

Samuel, 176 

Samuel H., 176 
Knowlen, Annie L., 165 

John, 165 

Roswell T., 165 


Lappin, Frances M., 292 
Hugh, 292 
Thomas J., 292 
Larrabee, Benjamin, 163 
Jordan L., 163 
Lulu B., 164 
Seth L., 163 
Stephen, 163 
Thomas, 163 
Leavitt, Benjamin B., 326 
Jonathan, 326 
Samuel D., 326 
Le Grow, Ephraim, 52 
Lucinda E., 53 
Orin R., 52 
Libby, Ara B., Dr., 240 
Lucy H., 241 
Nathaniel, 240 
Livingston, Farrand, 166 
Isaac, 165 
Margaret V., 166 
William F., Rev., 165, 166 
William W., Rev., 166 
Lovejoy, Fred E., 53. 
Trene G., 54 
Rupert S., Dr., 53, 54 


MacNichol, Archibald, 113 
Delia H., 113 
Frederick P., 113, 114 
George P., 113 
John, 113 
Margaret, 114 
McCurdy, Elizabeth S., 120 
James J., 120 
John, 120 
McDonald, Edward R., 194 
Esther, 104 


Morris, 92 
Morris, Jr., 92 
Thomas, 194 


Thomas E., 104 
McFaul, Blanche, 173 

James, 173 

John C., 173 
McGilvery, Mary, 269 

William, 269 

William’ R., 269 
McIntosh, Bernice E., 251 

George C., 

George EL os 

Hattie M., 251 


John, 250 
McLellan, Alexander, 151 
Charles H., 151, 152 
James H., 151 
Maria L., 152 
Marcotte, Francois X., 312, 313 
Hubert, 312 
Marie S., 313 
Marr, Dennis J., 219 
Foxwell C., 218 
Isabelle F., 218, 219 
Josiah L., 218 
Martin, Ezekiel, 286 
George P., 286, 287 
Mary A., 287 
Robert, 286 
Mason, Leslie L., 79, 80 
Lucia, 80 
Maude E., 80 
Oliver H., 79 
Meehan, Dennis J., 155 
James J., 155 
John, 155 
Merrill, Adelaide I., 229 
Charles B., 35 
Edwin G., 228 
Elizabeth P., 36 
Isaac H., 228 
John, Dr., 35 
John F. A., 35, 36 
Michaud, Nellie, 268 
Romaine, 267 
Thomas, 267, 268 
Thomas T., 267, 268 
Milliken, H. Jennie, 117 
Melville P., 117 
Peletiah, 117 
Sarah K., 117 
Minot, George E., 121 
john G.,/ 121 
Marion, 121 
Sophia A., 121 
Moore, Julia S., 64 
Louis J., 63 
Walter B., 63 
Morison, Elford H., 274 
Florence A., 274 
Hollis H., 274 
Morrill, Calista, 68 
Charles, 68 
Charles S., 67, 68 
George B., 68 
Morris, B. N., 328 
Morse, Anna E. J., 1090 
Anthony, 107 
Benjamin W., 108, I10 
Charles W., 109 
-Daniel, 107 
Eliza A., 108 
Elva M., 111 
Erwin A., III 
Matty E., tit, 112 
Hattie B., 110 
Jonathan, 107 
Joseph, 107 
Marion W., 112 
Wyman, 107 
Moulton, Charles E., 277 
Elfrida M., 278 


INDEX 


John, 277 
Seth A., 276, 277 
Thomas, 276 
William, 277 
Mower, Albion P., 287 
Archie D., 287 
Augustus A., 287 
Estella M., 287 
Murchie, Andrew, 212 
Cora As 213 
George A., 212, 213 
Harold H., 213 
James, 212 
John G., 212 
William A., 212 
Murphy, George A., 324, 325 
Margaret A., 324 
Timothy J., 324 
Murray, Dennis, 308 
James W., 308 
Mary, 308 


Nadeau, Alice E., 121 
Arthur J., 57 
Flavie, 121 
Henry W., 121 
John A., 57 
Joseph, 120 
Sarah, 57 
Zeline, 121 

Niles, Elwyn M., 35 
Martha N., 35 
Nelson G., 35 

Nowland, Helen A., 181 
James, 181 
Mary P., 181 

Noyes, Alfred L., 74 
Ethel M., 74 
Josiah M., 74 


Oakes, Cora E., 278 
Jerry F., 278 
Walter F., 278 

Ohler, Della M., 245 
William H., 244 

Oliver, Arthur G., 42 
Eleanor, 43 
Esther, 42 
John, 41 
Wilbur C., 41 


Page, Helen, 227 
Nelson L., 226 
Nelson L. B., 227 

Parker, Chase, 82 
Elizabeth T., 82 
James W., 81, 82 
John, 82 
Nathaniel, 82 
Walter B., 82 

Parkhurst, Daniel V., 148 
Elisha, 147, 148 
Elisha E., 147 
Sarah C., 148 

Parmalee, George H., 46 
Josephine E., 47 
Walter W., Dr., 46 

Pelletier, Beloni, 209 


John B., 209 
Rose M., 210 


Pennell, Annie E., 88 
Edgar L., Dr., 88 
Gladys M., 88 
Jeremiah, 8&8 
May B., 88 
Walter J., 88 

Peters, Adah B., 260 
John A., 129 
Mary F., 129 
William B., 129, 259 
William C., Dr., 259 

Peterson, Annie L., 310 
John C., 310 
John H., to9 
Louis A., 310 
Mary D., 200 
William 'O., 199 

Phair, Andrew, 65 
Anna, 65 
George A., 65 
Minnie M., 65 

Philbrook, Annie E., 45 
David F., 45 
Edward E., 45 

Phillips, Alvin, 239 
Georgia C., 239 
Georgia P., 230 
Herbert O., 239 
Ivory, 239 

Pineo, Annie T., 206 
David, 295 
Jonathan, 295 
Stephen S., 205, 296 

Pinkham, Herbert N., 108 
Nathaniel, 108 
Sarah E., 108 

Pitcher, Fisher A., 282 
Maria, 282 
Thomas W., 282 

Plummer, Albert S., 298, 299 
Augusta, 55 
Charles A., 92, 95 
Charles M., 93 
Edward, 54, 55 
Francis, 92 
Harry E., 55 
Helen M., 209 
Henry, 54 
Hiram T., 94 
Mary R., 95 
Moses, 93 
Robert, 54 
Samuel, 092, 03 
Sara A., 55 
Sylvanus, 93 
Walter, 55 
William, 93 
William H., 208 

Pomroy, T. H., Dr., 328 

Poor, Abbie G., 320 
Constance E., 181 
Daniel, 179 
Henry V., 1790 
Henry W., 179, 180 
Olcott B., 310, 320 
Silvanus, 319 
Sylvanus, Dr., 179 

Porter, Albert O., 90 
Amorette L., 91 
Edwin A., Dr., 90 


337 


aral 


338 


Josiah, 91 
Joshua, 91 
Powers, Abigail, 319 
Clarence A., 288 
Corydon, 318 
Delmar D., 319 
Elmer E., 319 
Etta P., 235 
Hannibal H., 235 
Herbert T., 235 
Ida F., 288 
Orson, 318 
Roderick, 288 
Una L., 235 
Provost, Adrien P., 290 
Eusebe, 289 
Hermine, 280 
Louis, 289 
Lucia, 291 
Marie J., 289 
Pierre E., 291 
Regis, 289, 290 
Romeo R., 290 
Virginia M., 292 
Zoraide, 290 
Pulsifer, Julia M., 253 
Moses G., 253 
William E., 253 
Pushor, Blanche L., 315 
Harris, Drign4! 
Timothy, 314 
William L., 314 


Quimby, Allen, 75 
Joseph H., 75 
Millie L., 75 


Randall, Alice L., 256 
Clifford S., 123 
Della J., 283 
Edna M., 123 
Ernest A., 121, 123 
Henry H., 255 
Isaac, 122 
John F., 122 
John H., 123 
Robert E., 282 
Rufus S., 282 
William D., 255 

Redlon, Franklin R., 175 
Jennie E., 175 
Lena F., 176 
Nathan, 175 
Nathan E., 175 

Reed, Myra L., 172 
Philo H., 172 
Webster, 172 

Rich, Andrew J., 280 
Elva L., 280 
Herbert W., 280 
Irving L., 280 
Mildred, 280 
Samuel S., 280 

Richardson, Addie, 276 
Cornelius T., 276 
Phineas, 276 

Ritchie, Arthur, 168 
Elijah C., 168 
Hattie, 168 


INDEX 


Robbins, Isaac L. F., 205 
Maetta, 206 
Roberts, Ada L., 160 


Albert H., 160 
Arabella, 196 
Arthur J., 160 


Carrie A., 163 
George C., 196 
John A., 163 
John M., 163 
Reuben D., 195 
William W., 105 
Robinson, Amber E., 37, 234 
Clinton B., 37, 234 
Fred C., 36 
Harrison H., 36 
Oscar B., 37, 234 
William E., 36, 234 
William F., 36 
Ross, Frank M., Dr., 265 
Lina C., 265 
Rodney E., 265 
Rumery, Charles F., 21 
Frank A., 21 
Ida M., 22 


Sanborn, Dearborn C., 160 
John W., 160 
Nina G., 160 
Sarah A., 160 
Sanderson, Benjamin, 317 
Benjamin B., 318 
Beriah, 317 
Edward, 317 
Ella L., 318 
William K., 317 
Sanfacon, Florent, 27 
Joseph, 27 
Julia, 27 
Remi, 27 
Socitie, 27 
Saunders, Ernest, 190, 191 
Jonathan, 190 
Joseph, 190 
Mary, 192 
Samuel W., 190 
Sawyer, Daniel, 188 
Daniel J., 188 
Elijah F., 182, 183 
Emeline B., 1890 
Gertrude H., 183 
Harry B., 182, 183 
Helen N., 159 
John, 188 
Joseph W., 159 
Warren, 159 
Sayward, Alice, 224 
Charles E., 223, 224 
Charles H., 223 
Dwight H., 224 
Scates, Eben E., 23 
John C., 24 
Sinette S., 23 
Schonland, Charles H., 311 
Helene L., 312 
Richard R., 311 
Scruton, Arthur E., 187 
Edwin F., 187, 305 
Eldora M., 187, 305 


John Y., 305 
Thomas, 187, 305 


Shannon, Charles E. G., Dr., 12 


Charles T., 9 
Charles W., 9 
James H., Dr., 9 
Mary E., 12 
Nellie F., 12 
Richard C., 9, 12 
Richard C., Dr., 9 
Shaw, Frank L., 248 . 
Jason H., 248 
Lena C., 249 
Shepley, Anna, 102 
Ether, 99, 100 
George F., 102 
Helen, 105 
John, too 
John R., 102 
Lucy, 105 
Skofield, Alfred, 7, 8 
Clement, 8 
George, 8 
Martha IL. 8 
Thomas, 8 
Sleeper, Alvah, 13 
Charles M., Dr., 13 
Julia F., 14 
Small, Freeman E., Dr., 210 
Henry A., 210 
Lida I., 210 ‘ 
Mary E., 210 
Smiley, David O., 234 
Mary, 235 
Minerva, 235 
Thomas, 234 
Smith, Alice C., 261 
Andrew, 323 
Converse L. O., 261 
Daniel B., 283 
Elizabeth S., 283 
Ella O., 15 
Emma, 324 
Georgiana W., 213 
John B., 323 
Manasseh, 213 
Manasseh H., 213 
Paul H., 283 
Sarah, 14 
Simon, 14 : 
Spaulding, 14 
William H., 261 
Snow, Blanche, 204 
Cyrus, 116 
Lou M., 116 
Reuben S., 203 
Rue T., 116 
Wesley M., 203 
Soule, Albert S., 237 
Alfred M., 199 
Alfred M. G., 199 
Edith M., 237 
Enos, 237 
Fannie E., 19 
George, 237 
John, 237 
Julia S., 237 
Mary E., 199 
Thomas J., 18 


William G., 18 
Spear, Fred F., 325 

Helen F., 325 

Joseph E., 325 
Stanley, Augusta M., 216 

Everett G., 276 

Francis E., 213, 214 

Freelan O., 214 

Isaac, 276 

John L., 275 

Liberty, 214 

Mary E., 276 

Peter, 275 

Raymond W., 216 

Solomon, 213 
Stevens, Carl P., 252 

Clara J., 252 

J. Putnam, 251 

Joseph, 251 

Joseph W., 251 

Julia A., 252 
Stockman, Frank W., 269 

Frank W., Jr., 271 

Nellie E., 270 

‘Olive M., 271 

Ralph H., 270 

Reina B., 270 

Samuel, 270 
Sturgis, Annette P., 153 

Benjamin F., Dr., 152, 153 

Helen L., 153 

John, Dr., 152, 153 

Parker B., 153 
Swan, Abbie H., 1 

Maria P., 147 

Nathan, 147 

Richard, 146 

William B., 146, 147 
Sweetser, Harry P., 259 
Swift, Charles F., 23 

Emily G., 23 

George D., 40 

Lillian I., 40 

Raymond W., 41 

Willis E., 40 


Tapley, Bethia M., 98 
Howard S., 98 
Norman, 98 
Sherman, 98 
Sherman A., 08 

Tebbets, Charles B., 78 
Donald H., 78 
Elizabeth C., 78 
Eugene L., 77 
Eugene L., Jr., 78 
John G., 77 
Lawrence, 78 

Tetreay, Charles, 37 
Josephine, 37 
Thomas, Dr., 37 

Thayer, Arthur L., 304 
Frederick A., 304 
Maud L., 304 

Therriault, Isidore, 263 
Patrick, 263 
Zelie, 264 

Thompson, Benjamin, 196 


INDEX 


Thrasher, Catharine I., 34 


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Thurlough, Frederick, 32 
James R., 32 
Olive, 32 
Topliff, Albion P., Dr., 172 
Calvin, Dr., 172 
Caroline B., 173 
Towle, Amelia, 322 
Anna M., 294 
Charles M., 2 
Gerald H., 322 
Hiram, 293 
Hiram E., 294 
Horace H., 321, 322 
Horace H., Jr., 322 
Kate, 294 
Laforest V., 203 
. Levi G., 321 
Mary E., 293 
Philip, 321 
Trafton, Freeman E., 187 
H. Frances, 187 
Willis A., 187 
Trickey, Florence M., 250 
George M., 249 
Winfield B., Dr., 249, 250 
Turner, Ada L., 245 
Consider, 245 
George, 245 
George W., 245 
Harlan, 245 
Humphrey, 245 
Nellie, 245 
Philip F., 245 
Tuttle, John H., 71 
Leander E., 71° 
Margaret J., 71 


Vaill, Charles, Dr., 148 
Charlotte F., 148 
Edward E., 148 
Frederick S., 148 

Vincent, Alma, 301 
Sabin, 301 
Zephirin, 300 


Walker, Benjamin, 208 
Caroline A., 208 
Joseph, 208 
Sarah A., 298 
Washburn, Algernon S., 76 
Edward E., 168 
Edward P., 168, 169 
Elihu B., 76 
Elizabeth P., 76 


Watson, Alice C., 261 
Caroline, 261 
Julia A., 261 
Sewall, 260 
Sewall J., 260 
Welch, Alvin F., 202 
Carry C., 203 
Frank B. W., 202 
Wells, Charles H., 38, 39 
Emilie, 39 


Georgiana E., 40 

Julia M., 40 

Solomon E., 38 
Wentworth, Arnold, 285 

Daniel, 285 

Elmer E., 286 

Harriet B., 286 

Lillian, 286 

Simon, 286 
Whitcomb, Eleazer, 308 

John F., 308 

Madilena G., 300 
White, Alfred C., 83 


Alva L.,. 83 
Arthur O., 82, 83 
Emily L., 316 


Everett [., 315 
Freeman O., 83 
Gertrude A., 83 
Israel W., 315 
Owen, 82 
Whitman, Charles H., 71, 72 
Nathan, 72 
Rachel J., 73 
Whitney, Ammi, 158 
Ammi R., 158 
Emily S., 159 
Whittier, Eugenie Inlay) 
Frank N., Dr. .o 
Nathaniel G., 
Thomas, 6 
Willson, Benjamin J., 1 
David, 12 
Edward E., 12, 13 
Everett B., 13 
Lunette F., 1 
Michael, 12 
Nathaniel, 12 
Fat iets 
Wood, John N., 158 
Nathan, 158 


339 


Woodbury, Ernest R., 114, 115 


Fannie L., 115 
Roliston, 115 
Roliston G., 115 


Woodward, Abraham W., 149 


Carrie, 150 
Charles F., 1 
John, 150 
Wormwood, Anna H., 257 
Annie M., 257 
Darius, 257 
Robert F., 257 


York, Advardus, 301 
Clementina R., 56 
Clementine C., 302 
Frank W., 55, 56 
John E., 301 
Joseph, 55 
Joseph S., 55 
Lizzie, 302 
Richard, 301 

Youland, Galen L., 157 
John, 156 
Susie F., 157 
Thomas S., 156 
William E., 156 
William E., Jr., 157 


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